I love "deceptively delicious"

[anonymamadaddy]

Last night, I made our traditional breakfast casserole. It is cooked ground sausage, 6 oz shredded cheddar cheese, topped with a scrambled egg mixture, and covered by unrolled cresent rolls. I added 2 tbsp sour cream and 2 tbsp cauliflower puree to the 4 eggs instead of milk and NO ONE NOTICED!!! I'm doing french toast with butternut squash puree now.

[flminivanmama]

me too!!! I only tried the oprah recipes so far (I have the book on hold at the library)

we made the white bean & squash quesadillas

and the chicken cutlets with carrot & sprinach puree


SO GOOD

seriously delish IMO

[Mihelinka]

I'm going to look for that book at the library!

[Maluhia]

Me too - the Mac & Cheese with Butternut Squash is to die for! SO good.

[mamamilkers]

I love it, too!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bobica]

just got it & haven't made anything yet but i can't wait! i will probably start with cookies

[fek&fuzz]

not to rain on your parade by a 1/2 tablespoon of Cauliflower per serving doesn't seem like much...
what about adding a few handfuls of pureed spinach, chopped up peppers or serving fruit along side?

[VikingKvinna]

Originally Posted by fek&fuzz

not to rain on your parade by a 1/2 tablespoon of Cauliflower per serving doesn't seem like much...

It's not, but it's more than 0 tablespoons of cauliflower per serving. That's how I look at it, anyway.

[flminivanmama]

1st - like VK said - it's more than 0
2nd - a person's stomach is the size of their fist - so yeah it is about a serving
and
3rd this is just added to the dish. other veggies or fruit are still included. like for the quesadillas I still served guacamole and salsa & for the chicken I still served brocolli

[mysticmomma]

I tried similar recipes, and they are unbeleivable. I did cauliflower in scrambled eggs with cheese, but used about double the cauliflower, and the french toast with homemade whole wheat bread and butternut squash was very tasty. I did the chocolate cake last night, and um... it's gone!

[flminivanmama]

not from the book (because it's still on hold at the library!) but last night I put about a half a cup of pureed squash (pumpkin and acorn mixed) in my ricotta cheese filling for lasagna rollups. plus I put in plenty of cut up spinach (not hidden). the squash surprisingly blended in very well. the cheese was no longer really white but it wasn't orange either.

I think my KIDS would have eaten it if I said I put pumpkin in, but my dh otoh....

and everybody cleaned their plates and asked for more!

I bet I could have put in cauliflower too.... and I have 2 heads of it!

[Jojo F.]

Just to add something about the book.... It's not the first one written about being sneaky with food. The Sneaky Chef was the first. Personally, I would be more apt to buy Mrs. Lapine's book only because she is NOT Seinfeld's wife.

Plus, if you are waiting for Deceptively Delicious at the library, you might be able to get The Sneaky Chef instead.

(I don't mean to be a booger about this, just wanted to share)

[momileigh]

I'm with you Jojo... The Seinfelds have been a little nasty about the other book, which came out first. And Deceptively Delicious has a lot of identical recipes to Sneaky Chef, or so I've read.

[wasabi]

Originally Posted by Jojo F.

Just to add something about the book.... It's not the first one written about being sneaky with food. The Sneaky Chef was the first. Personally, I would be more apt to buy Mrs. Lapine's book only because she is NOT Seinfeld's wife.

Plus, if you are waiting for Deceptively Delicious at the library, you might be able to get The Sneaky Chef instead.

(I don't mean to be a booger about this, just wanted to share)

I was going to say the same. Mrs. Lapine shopped the book around and was turned down by several publishers one of whom is now selling the Seinfeld book which was originally titled in a manner that was closer to the Sneaky Chef (sneaky was in the title). I'm just left with a vibe the JS slapped her name on someone else's idea and it annoys me. So yeah Sneaky Chef y'all!

[Jojo F.]

Whew!! I just didn't want to seem rude about it

[BonMaman]

I've made the chocolate chip cookies with oatmeal & chickpeas as well as the chocolate chip muffins with prune puree from Deceptively Delicious. I tried to make the chicken nuggets the other night and burnt them to a crisp. There are several more recipes I'd like to try...

I've thumbed through Sneaky Chef but found more of the Deceptively Delicious recipes to be up our alley, so to speak. It's worth another look, though...

[Simplicity]

I've read both books that are talked about in this thread. I've tried recipes from both. Both are similar, but I really like deceptively delicious better. It's a better book really.

And honestly, my grandmother used to do recipes like this when my father was younger. It's not like they are actually doing anything new anyway. The comparing and arguing who came first and so on is old news. Honestly.

Both books good. Recipes are good. Enjoy them. That's what they are there for. Who cares who came first and so on.

Maybe they both just copied my grandmother? Laugh.

I say enjoy both books. I'm sure there is something in both of them we'd all enjoy.

I'm hoping more people write more books like this so we can get some new recipes too!

Matter fact, if anyone here tries something new that is not in either book, Share with us!

[flminivanmama]

I also don't care who wrote what first, honestly. Jessica Seinfeld herself says on her blog that sneaky chef is a great book and that there have been other books like this before either of them....

I also have been putting veggies in everything I cook for YEARS.

My red sauce tastes different every time I make it because I always through in whatever vegetables I have in the house....

I put pureed winter squash in everything if I have some already in my fridge...


I make awesome brownies with zucchini... (or black beans )


so, yeah.

more recipes=good

[davi]

i always shred up zucchini & add it to my oatmeal raisin cookies! the 8 y/o has never asked about it it really makes them SUPER moist too!

[Mihelinka]

aaah i'm still waiting for my copy of the book