Deceptively Delicious

You have probably all heard about this cookbook. I have had it since Christmas and I love it. First of all it's darling. Each page is cute and there are lots of yummy pictures. Every recipe calls for a vegetable puree of some sort. I do feel like a better mom knowing we are all getting a little extra nutrition. Tonight I made tacos with sweet potato puree hidden in the meat. The whole dinner Corbin kept saying "Delicious" and "This is good" and "Yummy". I'm not kidding after every bite he had a compliment. I'm pretty sure that this posting will be Derek's first clue about what I've been doing. He has no idea that the muffins I've been making have butternut squash in them or that the mashed potatoes have cauliflower. I have tried quite a few of her recipes and they have all been hits. I also like it that she uses a minimal amount of sugar which is great for Corbin and even with his strict diet I can modify most of the recipes to fit him. Usually I look through the book and pick out a few ideas that have the same purees in them so I don't have to do too much extra work. The pureeing takes very little time at all. I know it's not going to solve all our veggie eating dilemmas at the dinner table. But I know that even if Corbin won't eat the peas on his plate at least he had spinach in his breakfast bar or sweet potatoes in his chicken nuggets which makes me feel like I'm a least trying to do my job as a mom. Tomorrow we are going to make Lemon cupcakes (with yellow squash) and Raspberry filling (with beet puree). So Hooray for Deceptively Delicious!