I've yet to read the book Deceptively Delicious that I own, but it hasn't stopped me from sneaking around the kitchen, in a covert operation to sneak vegetables into Sully's foods.
He's always been a wonderful eater, especially fruits. I can't keep enough fruits in the house for this child. We frequent the store/farmers market 2-3 times a week just for the sole purpose of restocking fruits.
I've tried putting them on toothpicks - but I can't become little, old or Japanese so to the farmers market we go. So, I've been left with no other choice than to take action and bake all of the stuff he spits out along with my lies into tasty treats.
Yes mom, from scratch. This little loaf packs a punch with two whole bananas, a whole zucchini and crushed walnuts baked in. He loved it, and so did daddy, so much so that there was barely any left for breakfast the next morning! So you can bet this has made it onto our weekly rotation.
I may actually pull off this whole cooking thing yet.
He's always been a wonderful eater, especially fruits. I can't keep enough fruits in the house for this child. We frequent the store/farmers market 2-3 times a week just for the sole purpose of restocking fruits.
Pears,
apples,
bananas,
strawberries,
blueberries,
tangerines and
grapes are among the top favorites, but he also eats pineapple, peaches, plums, nectarines and oranges.
Vegetables on the other hand, well, thats tricky. He'll eat frozen peas, corn and raw Japanese cucumber only under the condition it comes from the nice little old Japanese lady at the farmers market on a toothpick.
I've tried putting them on toothpicks - but I can't become little, old or Japanese so to the farmers market we go. So, I've been left with no other choice than to take action and bake all of the stuff he spits out along with my lies into tasty treats.
Exhibit #1: Zucchini, banana walnut bread!
Exhibit #2: Homemade pizzas! (Which Sully loved making)
The pizza sauce was made from scratch using 5 yellow heirloom tomatoes, 10 plum heirloom tomatoes, 2 whole zucchinis grated, 1 whole yellow squash grated, and a cup of chopped spinach. We topped it with mozzarella, chopped basil, rosemary and cashews. (Plain cheese on Sully's) The dough came from Trader Joes.
And thanks to Sully's Papa, he's acquired quite the taste for chocolate pudding. So we've taken to making the homemade kind at home, since it contains less preservatives, I can add his whole milk into it and we can add extra fruits we have on hand inside. Plus, it keeps him entertained with all the mixing and stirring.
Exhibit #3: Discovering the age ole' mixing spoon.
P.S. Mom, I know why you always kept wooden spoon in the house. Plastic feels so cheap. I've ditched them all in favor of our brand new maple wooden spoons which I'm in love with!
I have a book called Sneaky Chef.. it is amazing. Pretty much - it gives you recipes on veggies you can make into puree's in advance so you can put them in any food you make on a daily basis and obviously disguises it so the little ones don't know. The puree's are specific to colors so I have green ones, yellow, purple, etc. The yellow one goes into her mac n' cheese.. you get the idea. It also has fun and yummy recipes to go along with the idea. But mostly, I took away the puree's because on nights I can't spend a lot of time cooking - it allows me to still get her veggies in. I've been able to make some of the puree's more chunky as Riley gets acquainted to certain tastes also.
ReplyDeleteYour pizza looks great! :)