Comments on: ‘Deceptively Delicious’ Brownies: Good or Gross?

By: megan

megan

I don’t think I blended my ingredients well enough. I could taste the spinach in the brownies and it was not very appealing…

By: MJK

MJK

I totally agree. Veggies on the plate are a must. I use this cookbook and otheres like it but my kids know what I’m putting in the food. I don’t hide it from them. So we call our Zucchini Brownies, “Zucchini Brownies”. I don’t think it hurts them at all to have something healthy in their treats. My kids are used to this kind of treat…and when we have visitors and I offer Zucchini Brownies…they gobble them up…then when I tell the parents…we had Zucchini Brownies…lets just say they all want the recipe.

We also do Spinach Tacos, French Toast with added fruit puree, chicken nuggets breaded with carrots, etc.

By: Alicia

Alicia

@Renee you have a good point. I don’t like how both books utilize the idea of being “sneaky” to get the good food into these recipes.
I do like how it can help keep fruit and veggies in our dinners and can even make something like a brownie somewhat healthy.

I think these recipes should be used in combination with putting the actual vegetables on the plate and offering healthy meals.

By: Renee

Renee

I just don’t know if I could do that to my brownies.

Are we really teaching our children healthy eating if we are sneaky stuff into their food?

By: Chris

Chris

The boy will eat anything.

By: Jean Lewis

Jean Lewis

Looks yummy to me.

By: Cortney @evanhaslanded

Cortney @evanhaslanded

Just did the grilled cheese today and the kids loved it. I did a couple of batches of the banana peanut butter muffins this weekend and froze the remainder and my hubs loved those! I’ve been wanting to try the brownies-it’s on my list.