Deceptively Delicious!
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Topic: Deceptively Delicious!
Posted By: caraMel
Subject: Deceptively Delicious!
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 9:16pm
I ordered this book a few weeks ago after seeing it on the Oprah show 
My Mum brought it around for me this afternoon and I seriously haven't been able to put it down! It is so cool! And so, so easy! Even for the least kitchen friendly person  I am totally inspired.
It is written by Jessica Seinfeld (Jerry's wife) and is a recipe book all about using pureed vegetables in simple tasty recipes as a way of sneaking them into picky eaters. There are all sorts of yummy recipes from homemade chicken nuggets with broccoli, spinach or kumera, to chocolate brownies with spinach, to mac n' cheese with pumpkin. I screwed up my nose at the idea of brownies with spinach (as did Oprah) but they tested them and other recipes on a classroom of unsuspecting schoolchildren who all raved about how yummy they were even after they fessed up about the sneaky veg! All of the recipes are ready to eat in 30 mins or less and its not too American either. Yay for sly goodness in yummy foods! BTW, OB is giving some away in the giveaways section if you're interested! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 9:17pm
| sounds good! |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 9:40pm
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Wow sounds like a great book and sounds like it will be easy to make them allergy friendly as well!! Must get myself in to win one lol ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 10:18pm
Vegetables ARE NOT supposed to go into baking! Not right... but I'll have a nosey. I'm going to win it Kels, I never win anything... It's my turn  ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 4:26am
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whats the book called..i saw the episode..very clever:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 8:52am
| its in the warehouse as well. bit of a debate about it on Stuff. |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 10:14am
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Hehe, yeah I read about that when I was looking for the book to order online.
It sounds like the other lady has got sour grapes because Jessica's celebrity factor will get her book a lot more interest and promotion and it would be next to impossible for her to have 'copycatted' the other lady's idea in the 6 months after her book was released! I had a look at the other one and it just didn't look as user friendly or simple. The recipes weren't as easy or quick either. I think she's just jealous that someone else did it better  ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and:
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Posted By: Katherine
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 10:39am
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Hey, does anyone who has a copy want to write a review of Deceptively Delicious for the book reviews section of the site? :) |
Posted By: HippyMama
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 6:54pm
Oooh, I think the lady who cares for my DD said she had a copy - I must find out and see if I can have a read sometime! DH is always worried about whether DD is getting enough veges 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 17 March 2008 at 9:27am
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I brought the book after seeing it on Oprah also and have made a couple of things out of it and thought they were pretty average! Also think its rather expensive baking as it has lot sof common american ingredients that aren't so common here so mean they are more expensive e.g treacle, whole wheat flour, molasses etc.
Sorry to be a grump but was sooo excited about it and now wish I hadn't wasted my money. -------------  
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