Deceptively Delicious!

For my birthday my fabulous sister-in-law bought me Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook, Deceptively Delicious. The entire premise of the book is to sneak veggies into regular foods. While I will always cook my family veggies as side dishes and I think offering veggies in their natural form at meal times is very, very important in developing Matthew's maturing taste buds I figure throwing in a few extra nutrients in something we already eat can't hurt. So, today I steamed and pureed some carrots. They looked just like they ought to and I got to use my brand spanking new handy dandy Ninja that was also a birthday present from my wonderful husband. The only recipe I really had everything for already were the applesauce muffins. I must say they are great. I love the topping and just knowing Matthew has a few extra nutrients is great. Although, when I really thought about it there is only a half cup of carrot puree and 12 muffins so the amount of carrot isn't exactly great but we couldn't taste it at all and I suppose some is better than none. There is also a lot of oats and applesauce in the recipe so all in all I give an A for health and an A- for taste. They are just a bit softer than we like in the middle and even after putting them back in the oven for 5 more minutes there was no change. Matthew didn't seem to notice at all. So tomorrow morning we will be having our applesauce muffins, banana, and cantaloupe  for breakfast. We are also heading to the local farmer's market to pick up some fresh veggies and I'll be trying out many more recipes. I especially can't wait to start throwing butternut squash into stuff since Michael and I both despise this particular veggie. Matthew, however, loves it so I will leave a bit out as a side just for him.


I almost forgot to add as a side note that the applesauce muffins would have been great with some raisins or dried unsweetened cranberries thrown in. I will definitely be doing this next time!