Re: Mrs. G/New cookbook (and question)

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Seriously, I can't tell you how much I love this book. I'm so glad

to finally get veggies into my son!

I made the pancake recipe and it didn't work for me. Like your

coffee cake, it came out too gooey so I added an egg and 2/3 cup of

flour and now it comes out just like a regular pancake and Gryffin

gobbles them up. I also add some dairy free and sugar free chocolate

chips to it since he loves cc pancakes. I haven't tried the nuggets

yet but they are next on the list.

We *loved* the pudding! I had one of our therapists taste the

pudding and she had *not clue* that it was avocado. Gryffin wasn't a

huge fan because he really doesn't like it warm - too new of an idea

for him but I did learn some great things about it - if you

refrigerate it, it'll make a great icing for cakes and donuts! I

made it and froze it in little portions in an ice cube tray and now I

use it to ice the donuts (from the book, too) and send it as a part

of his lunch. I've definitely figured out several ways I can modify

the pudding. I was thinking I could crush up hazelnuts and make my

own " nutella " spread, etc. Lots of great stuff. Maybe the avocados

were overripe? That would be my only guess because we couldn't taste

avocado *at all* and my dh is not a fan of avocados - he loved it.

I'm actually planning on buying The Sneaky Chef next although I've

heard the recipes are similar.

Honestly, I don't know how Dr. G feels about coconut or flaxseed meal

so I changed the subject line to get Mrs. G's attention and hopefully

she can let us know. She's pretty much the go to gal for diet

questions.

Cheryl

On Jan 27, 2008, at 10:27 PM, thefamily007 wrote:

> 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

>

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> > 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

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