Deceptively Delicious

Sooo..... a friend (;) ;)) of mine got this book for Christmas & I had a flick through.... it looks awesome! Its by Jessica Seinfeld, Jerry's wife.

When I was baking today I decided to use some ideas from the book & I altered my recipe for choc chip biscuits. I added sweet potato & halved the normal self raising flour & added the rest as wholemeal self raising flour. They are delicious!! I'm so proud of them & Matilda loved helping & didn't balk at them at all where she usually won't touch sweet potato for a mile. I didn't feel bad even with the chocolate bits in them.... I used less sugar as well because the sweet potato sweetened it & I used a bit of apple puree as well so I didn't use white sugar, just brown.

If the girls weren't allergic to oats I would have used them as well. Using less flour.

Ooh I have heard of this book but havent seen one in the flesh yet. Oprah was raving about it! Sounds good... the general idea is to make food that is yummy but actually kind of healthy with getting kids to eat it??? is that right? If so, I could really use it on my DH...

Can we have some ideas???? Or recipes...:D

I saw this book on Oprah, it looks really really good! I'm hoping to eventually get my hands on a copy

Okay I have no idea on quantities but the other recipe I was going to try today was mixing:

drinking chocolate
1 avocado pureed
1/2 cup sweet potato pureed
cinnamon

Then use fruits to dip in....so like a fondue but with more good than bad ;)

Christy, my SIL got me the book too after seeing her on Oprah and its fantastic. Her DD is a very fussy eater and she woofed down the chicken nuggets done with the spinach puree! Your biscuits sound yummy.

For those interested in buying a copy, you can get the book cheaper through Amazon from the US, I think it was $25 AU. Author is Jessica Seinfeld.

Christy, I have been hearing good things about this book so I'm glad to know someone IRL who has had success with it. It sounds like a great idea to me so now I'm planning on getting the book. I wonder if I should suggest it to my mum - she tries to get her DH to eat vegies as a healthy diet is supposed to be a big help with a medical condition he has, but he's worse with vegies than any child LOL!

I think I need to get the book ;) I've had a flick though as I've said but all I can remember is the two ideas.

Oh wow that sounds amazing. I have never heard about it before! I am off to check it out!!

Some recipies on Oprahs site

Deceptively Delicious Recipes

The biscuits are gone!!! DH & the girls were nuts this morning & ate them all. After he tasted them I said that they had sweet potato puree, added vege protein and wholemeal flour and he said he didn't notice!! They are all hyped up now :rolleyes: buts thats okay, they had them after breakfast.

My modified choc chip biscuits: (I don't normally do quantities, I just pour into the bowl... so I'll guestimate for you)

1/2 cup sweet potato puree
1/2 cup nuttlex or margarine... or butter salt reduced whatever you use softened.
1 cup brown sugar

Mix together with electric beaters really well first and then:

1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup wholemeal self raising flour
1 cup self raising flour
1 packet dark chocolate bits (the Cadbury ones are dairy free)

* I added 2 tablespoons of vege protein powder that we put in shakes & pancakes just for extra goodness & to reduce the GI*

Wow! this sounds really good!
just a quick note, i looked on the Dymocks website and you can pick it up for $35 from there

edit: you can also get it for $10 USD from amazon but don't forget you'll be paying shipping costs and all that jazz.

My mum bought me this book the other day - it is fantastic! Now I am a person who has millions of cookbooks (well, not millions, but you get the gist) and am pretty confident in the kitchen but this book is soooo worth it!

i saw her on oprah & got some recipes from her site - think jessica seinfeld has a site too under the book name
i hunted around to get the book as some places had it $49.95 - ended up getting it for $19.95 at kmart - it has some great ideas in it & you can adapt them to suit you
one thing that stuck in my mind from the show was that jessica purees the vegies all at once (once a week) & stores them in baggies in the fridge so she just has to grab them when needed

Thanks Christy I had never even heard of it before *makes note to self to get out from under rock every now and then*

This page has links to some of the recipes.

Hi guys, I want to buy this book only i'm just wondering how many recipes/pages it has?

It has 208 pages.
Don't know how many recipies.

Great, thanks. :) I didn't want to buy it if it only had like 15 recipes lol It will be great for DF as he refuses to eat any vegies apart from potato in the form of a chip! - I don't know how he does it, I feel terrible if i don't eat vegetables for a few days.

I saw this book while I was in BigW doing my Christmas shopping, and I thought it looked quite good in terms of explaining the real basics that some people who are just learning how to cook could really benefit from, but I thought it was just 'too American', and full of sugar and other junk. I was almost tempted to get it as a gift for someone, but decided against it.

I actually found this book to be less "American" than some other books I have seen, but IKWYM. If concerned about sugar you could always reduce it - rarely is sugar an "essential" in a recipe (in the way that flour or milk may be...)

There are about 80 recipes in the book. Yummy sounding ones include French toast with pumpkin puree, banana bread with cauliflower (!), oatmeal with sweet potato (!!) and chocolate pudding with avocado (!!!) You get the picture - each recipe has hidden puree :)

Okay I just did another DD inspired dish!!

Turkey meatballs & chips

Meatballs:

500gm turkey mince
1/2 cup sweet potato puree
1/2 cup broccoli puree
1 clove garlic crushed
1 cm grated ginger
1 tbsp honey
2 tbsp soy sauce (you could use tamarind if you wanted less preservatives)
1 carrot grated finely
1 tsp coriander
1 egg

Mix it all together & pop into the fridge for 20-30 minutes

Meanwhile chop into "chips"
3 potatos
1 large sweet potato or 2 smaller ones

Combine in a large bowl with 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 clove garlic crushed & some pepper.


*Pop the chips in the oven on 180 for around 20 minutes & then turn up the heat & make them crunchy.
*When you put the chips in the oven, warm up the fry pan with a thin layer of olive oil, roll the mince into small balls & cook :)

So even though Matilda wouldn't eat the "orange chips" she still ate 5 meatballs!!! WOOT!

Well done Christy.

I just got the book today at Kmart for $21.95. I'm not sure if that's their normal price or a special (there was no price label), but I'm really pleased to get it at that price. I guess now I'll have to try the recipes!!

Ok, I'm sold. I have tried the chicken nuggets (with broccoli) and the burgers (with cauliflower). Everyone loved them! Even DH who hates broccoli and knew that was in them LOL!

I'm going to check it out next time I'm in KMart...sounds good :)

MR I made the applesauce muffins - they are really nice. DH said they are a bit "cardboardy" (I think the oats make em like that) so they MUST be healthy LOL!!

I just bought it today & am so excited to try some of the recipes. Zander saw that I bought a new cook book and has asked to mke some cup cakes tomorrow - his wish is my command ;) So we've picked either choc cupcakes (with avocado & cauli) or the choc chip ones (with pumpkin & squash).

We're also trying the tortilla cigars for dinner tomorrow!

Wish me luck!!

Good luck Sarah. I reckon it'll be a hit!!

It looks really good but there is another Australian one on the market called "Cauliflower Conspiracy" a lady wrote it who worked as a chef at a Child care centre... its brilliant I have it and there are heaps of good recipies and advise for fussy eaters.
There is a website if anyone is interested just search for Cauliflower Conspiracy.
I made the meat loaf tonight and believe me i have a fussy eater and he ate it without too many dramas and it had cauliflower, zuchinni , carrot, onion in it !

ohhhh will have to look that one up! Thanks Jane.

Oooh me too!

Cauliflower Conspiracy

This is an EVEN BETTER one & it's written by an Aussie Mum!!!

The Cauliflower Conspiracy!

2 new books needed I see ;)

Jessica Seinfeld is on Oprah now talking about the book.
ETA- 1pm AEST

Wow after watching it on Oprah I am totally convinced and will be buying a copy when I'm out next! I wanna try those brownies!! I love the idea of pureeing at the beginning of the week and chucking vegies into everything! It will ease my mother guilt over Em not getting enough vegies!!

I know, I don't have kids but I don't eat enough vegies, I'm gonna buy it and hide the vegies from myself, lol.
Is a blender and food processor much different? I've only got a blender, can I use that?

I only use a bar mix to do mine so I'm sure a blender would be fine ;)

BTW: Just ordered a copy of Cauliflower Conspiracy for my friend... can't wait to see it!!

I just use a hand blender too with no problems. And instead of pureeing once a week, I just do a double batch each time so that I am slowly building up a stash.

Thanks guys! I'm definately gonna get it then! Ooh...I'm all excited now. I don't really cook much but I've looked at some of the recipes on the website and it looks simple enough that even I could handle it!! lol.

Ok I made the brownies yesterday and I can taste the spinach. And smell it!! uck!!

Oh no SaraJane we were going to make them tomorrow! Maybe we're going to have to do something else....