Re: New cookbook (and question)

January 27, 2008

Cheryl, this is so funny, as I was going to post about this very book

today...many of the recipes do have to be modified for our kids,

but it's certainly do-able. So far the " hits " have been the chicken

nuggets with cauliflower (they came out better when I baked them than

when I pan-fried them), the pancakes with sweet potatoes, and the

french toast with the pumpkin. I tried to make the coffee cake with

the sweet potatoes, but it came out too gooey. That could have

something to do with the fact that we live at an altitude of 3000 feet

and the baking time might need to be altered, so I'll have to try it

again. And I definitely want to try the brownies with the beets and

the spinach.

I tried the pudding, but it wasn't a hit with my son or with me: we

could still taste the avocado. I wonder if I did something wrong in

making it? Anyway, it did made a really nice topping for non-dairy

ice cream (the cold ice cream hid the avocado taste), so it wasn't a

total loss. The chocolate dip with avocado and carrot looks

interesting. Great for dipping apples and other fruit!

There's a similar book out, with similar recipes, called " The Sneaky

Chef " , which some moms prefer to " Deceptively Delicious " . And of

course, a plagarism suit is in the works.

Question with regards to some of the ingredients: What is Dr. G's

position on coconut? On flax seed meal?

TIA,

Donna

>

> I have to tell you all about this cookbook. If you already know

> about it, great but for those that don't " Deceptively Delicious " is

> *awesome*. I have to modify some recipes to fit within the diet

> (although not much) but I have to say, I made 3 of the recipes today

> and my son loved them all. *Finally* I'm able to get some veggies

> into my son! I've always tried to sneak veggies in wherever I could

> but this cookbook has just taken it about 5 steps further than I ever

> thought of. I actually made a chocolate pudding today that was made

> from avocados as the main ingredient! It tastes *exactly* like

> chocolate pudding. I'm making brownies tomorrow - can't wait to see

> if they are good - that have spinach and carrots. I've made pancakes

> with sweet potatoes and french toast with pumpkin and my son gobbled

> em up like they were his normal pancakes and FT. It definitely has

> me thinking about what other things I can do now! Again, I've only

> made the 3 things but so far, it's been well worth the money. I did

> have to modify the pancake recipe because it really didn't work out

> for me very well so I modified it a bit and now it works perfectly.

> If you know how to cook, it isn't hard to fix a recipe that doesn't

> work well.

>

> Hope this helps someone!

>

> Cheryl

>

January 28, 2008

An FYI: Dr. G doesn't allow any kind of nuts, including hazelnuts.

You're probably right, the avocados were probably too ripe. They were

left over from some guacamole that I made a week prior.

I'll try again.

> > >

> > > I have to tell you all about this cookbook. If you already know

> > > about it, great but for those that don't " Deceptively Delicious " is

> > > *awesome*. I have to modify some recipes to fit within the diet

> > > (although not much) but I have to say, I made 3 of the recipes today

> > > and my son loved them all. *Finally* I'm able to get some veggies

> > > into my son! I've always tried to sneak veggies in wherever I could

> > > but this cookbook has just taken it about 5 steps further than I

> > ever

> > > thought of. I actually made a chocolate pudding today that was made

> > > from avocados as the main ingredient! It tastes *exactly* like

> > > chocolate pudding. I'm making brownies tomorrow - can't wait to see

> > > if they are good - that have spinach and carrots. I've made pancakes

> > > with sweet potatoes and french toast with pumpkin and my son gobbled

> > > em up like they were his normal pancakes and FT. It definitely has

> > > me thinking about what other things I can do now! Again, I've only

> > > made the 3 things but so far, it's been well worth the money. I did

> > > have to modify the pancake recipe because it really didn't work out

> > > for me very well so I modified it a bit and now it works perfectly.

> > > If you know how to cook, it isn't hard to fix a recipe that doesn't

> > > work well.

> > >

> > > Hope this helps someone!

> > >

> > > Cheryl

> > >

> >

>

January 28, 2008

Forgot to add that Splenda and Splenda Sugar Blend can be substituted

for the sugar in all the recipes. I couldn't find Splenda Blend in

brown, so I just mixed 1 part brown sugar with 1 part Splenda, and

then you measure the same as regular sugar.