If you are someone like me, who follows recipes very loosely, this is a serviceable cookbook. That said, I do find myself using Deceptively Delicious for ideas. The Spaghetti Pie and Lasagna recipes don’t even look very appetizing, though I think they could be very good if made with full-fat dairy products and meats. They certainly aren’t getting what they need from all that soy. Let’s just feed them some chicken or cheese then. Seinfeld claims the kids think they are chicken or cheese. I don’t even want to go near the Tofu Nuggets. Of course, they all use nonstick cooking spray. Some of them would be just fine if they called for more heat-stable fats such as lard. Many of the recipes are baked substitutes for fried foods. Too much beta carotene, which you might get from all the puréed veggies hidden in these dishes, can depress our ability to convert carotenes into vitamin A. We know that too much protein without the fat and fat-soluble activators will deplete our livers of vitamin A. They are loaded with improperly prepared whole grains, lowfat or nonfat dairy products and lean meats. If the sugar-rich breakfasts and baked goods are making you crave some protein, be very careful of the entrées. With the pumpkin purée and pumpkin pie spices it was still very sweet to my taste. In my own kitchen, I made the recipe using well-soaked oats, whole milk and a quarter cup of butter instead of the brown sugar. Seinfeld then suggests serving the sugar-laced oatmeal with dried fruit and nuts and maple syrup. For example, the pumpkin oatmeal recipe uses skim milk and a full quarter cup of brown sugar for two servings. Using nonfat yogurt and trans-free soft spread instead of butter in the same recipe will ensure that your unsuspecting children will lack the essential saturated fats and nutrients they need to convert the beta-carotene in those puréed carrots to usable vitamin A.įrom breakfasts to desserts, this cookbook gives us a surplus of carbohydrates and lean proteins while neglecting the important fats and fat-soluble vitamins that every child needs. Adding a half cup of puréed carrots or squash will add some fiber to a recipe but will never make up for the fat-soluble nutrients, including true vitamin A, that are lost when you discard the egg yolks. Seinfeld know that the yolks are the most nutrient-dense part of any egg. Nearly every recipe that uses eggs calls for throwing out most or all of the yolks. There are serious flaws in nearly all of the recipes. Thousands of loving mothers think that they are doing a good thing just because they are getting their children to eat hidden vegetables. It saddens me that this cookbook is flying off the shelves. And this is a cookbook of recipes for our children! Not only are these ingredients highly processed, but they are also high in omega-6 fats and dangerously rancid when heated. I was more alarmed to find that she wants us to bake with canola oil, vegetable oil, nonstick cooking spray and “trans-fat-free” tub margarine spread. I was not surprised but definitely disappointed to find that she uses lowfat dairy products, tofu, cold cereal and lean meats. (My own great grandmother was famous for her zucchini cookies.) Many of the foods that Jessica Seinfeld promotes in her cookbook, however, are very new to the human race. I imagine that mothers have been fortifying their children’s foods in this way for as long as we have had graters and blenders. Hiding vegetables in food is nothing new. Price Foundation), I would much rather see recipes for children that use more saturated fat while reducing the starch and sugars.ĭeceptively Delicious is designed to resemble an old-fashioned cookbook so I expected plenty of “from scratch” recipes using real ingredients. Given my knowledge of nutrition (based on personal experience, several years of research and the advice of the Weston A. What I found is a collection of recipes that almost completely avoid saturated fat but still use plenty of flour (both white and whole wheat) and refined sugar. Roxana Mehran and Mehmet Oz blame heart disease and diabetes on “too much starch, sugar and saturated fat.” I read on, expecting the recipes to limit all three of these ingredients. The cookbook contains numerous “kid-friendly” home-style recipes using various hidden fruits and vegetables to “enhance the nutrition.” Unfortunately this book is yet another case of a well-meaning celebrity wife and mother perpetuating the lowfat nutrition dogma. Nourishing Traditional Diets with Sally Fallon Morellĭeceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good FoodĪs an avid cookbook reader and cook, I was excited to receive a copy of Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld as a gift.
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