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| Author: Jessica Seinfeld
Brand: Harper Collins
Category: Book
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Rating:  704 reviews
Sales Rank: 1667
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 8.3 x 0.9
MPN: 0061251344
ISBN: 0061251348
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5973
EAN: 9780061251344
ASIN: 0061251348
Publication Date: October 1, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Closeted non-cooking mom October 7, 2007
24 out of 31 found this review helpful
As a working mom, with a huge fear of the kitchen and cookbooks you need a culinary degree to understand, I love this book! Mrs. Seinfeld's treats an issue a lot of us struggle with, with humor and sensitivity. From the onset of the book, she makes us feel comfortable by recognizing our vulnerabilities and limitations in our quest to be perfect parents. She approaches the issue of providing your children with nutritional meals with a very well made plan that deals not only with the easy to follow fundamentals of cooking, but with a psychological understanding of how children's minds work. Not only did I learn to make great healthy recipes for my children, but I was able to get great child rearing tips that span other areas of their life beyond nutrition, like "giving them age appropriate jobs to make children feel independent and engaged" and "not being ambivalent and apologetic about rules." The thing that won me over about this book and actually made me want to make the recipes was the upfront step-by-step instructions of what you need to have in your kitchen and how to complete even the simple tasks most of us non-cooking moms are afraid to admit we don't know, like how to actually puree something. Most cookbooks assume moms already know how to do the basics of cooking and they start with step three. In most cases, I am usually intimidated and feel so inadequate that I don't know the ABC's of cooking, that I give up before I start. This cookbook lays it out so well, from the equipment you need in your kitchen to how to actually cook rice. For the first time I actually feel excited about making a healthy meal, something that was so daunting for so long. One challenge of parenting I can put my mind at ease about, to focus on so many others I wish could be made this easy.
 Buy the SNEAKY CHEF philosophy, not this cookbook October 7, 2007
75 out of 131 found this review helpful
I personally own a copy of The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids Favorite Meals. The Sneaky Chef cookbook is VERY EASY to use and has great recipes. The premise in Deceptively Delicious book is the same as the one addressed in the Sneaky Chef book. However, Missy Chase Lapine (the Sneaky Chef) provides the philosophy of adding purees into foods that kids will eat. Sometimes "trickery" is needed when you have an extremely picky eater that isn't ready to accept fruits and veggies outright. If trickery isn't needed, cook right in front of the kids using the Sneaky Chef recipes and add not only the purees, but chunks of the fruits and veggies. The purees are easy to make and can be substituted with baby food. The fruit juices are different from the fruit purees and have different purposes in the various recipes. I, like many other parents, make the purees ahead of time and freeze for quick additions to meals. I also keep a store of baby food in my pantry for the really last minute additions to pizza sauce, spaghetti, etc.
It is true that the Sneaky Chef offers alternatives like quick fixes for boxed Mac and Cheese which are less than stellar in the world of nutrition. However, there are some kids who won't eat any other type of Mac and Cheese besides Kraft. The Sneaky Chef identifies that the home cooked version is better but in some cases, already accepted foods can be made "more nutritious." I am one of those parents who needed suggestions for new recipes as well as the boxed/canned varieties that I can't get away from (like Mac and Cheese). My kids won't accept the whole grain pasta's yet, but we are working on them. Meanwhile, quick fixes are a welcomed suggestion for improvement over the former standard.
I am a disheartened that another author is getting much of the publicity about adding purees to kid's foods when the Sneaky Chef deserves the credit for providing this philosophy to desperate parents this past spring. The Sneaky Chef explains that it may take time for us to change our children's palate so they are more likely to try new foods, especially fruits and vegetables. Slow and steady can indeed win the race when you have a child as picky as mine. Mind you, as a baby she ate everything I put in front of her. But when she turned 2, she refused most anything healthy and yet I continued to offer them at every meal. I still do. Not only do I use the Sneaky Chef techniques, I offer the fruits and veggies whole on the plate as well, and with some success. I've been using the Sneaky Chef since May, and since then my daughter has started to eat peas, corn, carrots, and green beans, apples, pineapples, and grapes. These were items she refused to eat since she was two. Now that they have been snuck into her foods and offered at the table, her palate is changing and for the right reasons. Being sneaky for me was about getting the vitamins and minerals into my child's diet that wasn't getting there before.
If you don't believe me, go to the TSC website to see what the other parents have been saying about TSC. People with picky kids, spouses and elderly family members have all benefited. There are several postings by parents with autistic children who have had success using her techniques as well!
Knock off, or coincidence, it doesn't matter to me because I see no need to spend money on DD. Try a taste test before you buy the book...then decide for yourself. Go to each author's website and get some recipes. Make them both. Try it out on the kids. Then decide which book to buy. Or buy both for more recipes. There are other sneaky kid cookbooks out there as well. I don't need a 2nd book because I am armed with the knowledge of HOW to improve my child's nutrition until they can be reasoned with about making healthy choices. Had Jessica published first with the puree technique, I would have bought her book and tried it out on blind faith like I did with TSC. So for me, it's the principle of the thing and therefore the one star. If someone doesn't speak up, then no one is the wiser. I have adapted my own recipes to the point that I could write a sequel, so my money is better off in the bank.
MOMS DON'T WALK, RUN TO BUY THIS BOOK! October 6, 2007
8 out of 16 found this review helpful
I have very picky eaters in my home. Mealtime is a big, stressful disaster. I want my children to eat veggies and healthy foods - but I gave up, it wasn't worth the fight. NOW, for the first time I feel hope. We have already made recipes from this book and shockingly my boys are eating spinach, cauliflower, carrots, squash, beets, broccoli, peas..etc and are loving it. They are even getting excited about the idea of eating healthy. I plan to use this book as our family eating guide. Signed, GRATEFUL MOM TIRED OF MEALTIME DRAMA
Great Cookbook! October 6, 2007
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
I just finished serving my family the chicken nuggets recipe and it was a hit!!! The broccoli puree that you dip the chicken in made the nugget VERY moist and it had a great flavor. Make sure you coat them WELL or you will see the green underneath the breading. That was not an issue for my children, but ironically my DH. LOL Great book, cant wait to make the french toast in the morning!!
invaluable book October 6, 2007
10 out of 17 found this review helpful
Meal time has always been a little stressful at my house. I am a mother of two boys, ages 2 and 4, who would eat pizza for breakfast, lunch and dinner if they had their way. Add to that the fact that I am clueless in the kitchen and cannot boil an egg without consulting a cook book. So when Jessica gave me an early copy of this book, I went right out and purchased my 1st cuisinart.
To say this book has changed our life is an understatement. The recipes are not only "deceptively" delicious, they are easy to follow. And I no longer worry whether my children are getting an adequate supply of vitamins with every meal. The pizza even has spinach in it!
Thank you Jessica for sharing with us - it has helped change mealtime at our house!
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