hiden veggies recipes

[fiona]

I remember there was a book out by Seinfeld's wife that had recipes and ways to hide the vegetables in their meals.

[Jewel]

I don't think it's necessarily a good idea to hide vegetables in other foods. I remember my father serving us liver and telling us that it was steak, and when I found out, I never trusted him about food again. Trust can be broken easily with children, I believe.

[MrsH]

I was thinking more about us. Hide veggies in other dishes as a way of getting more veggies in our diet.

[Jewel]

Ah, thanks for clearing that up MrsH. I have no problem hiding fruits and vegetables as long as everybody else knows about it.

[fiona]

Aah I do not think that would work well with me as I would already know where the vegetables are .

[Jewel]

I don't care if I know that they are there, so long as they taste like they aren't there. But then again I guess it depends on the type of vegetable.

[Green-Moo]

I'm another one who doesn't really go with the idea of sneaking veggies into things, but I have a vegetarian friend who is expert at it. She has to be, as her vegetarian son refuses to eat veggies. Her favourite is carrot grated into (fake) sausage rolls. Even I can't tell it's there even though I know it is.

When her son is here I either blend everything into a pasta sauce as has already been suggested, or just live with it & thank heavens he's not my kid.

Green-Moo

[lakirarodricks]

Luckily my kids are not so difficult when it comes to eating vegetables, but if I think it will be a night Ill make diifcult spaghetti and throw extra vegetables in the sauce, onions, peppers and broccoli in Alfredo sauce. There is usually the case

[dotjc]

I like to put lots of veges in any thing I can just because I think they are good for us. Stir fries and salads are great ways to reduce the amount of meat we eat.
I used to find that by cooking mixed veges (cut up small but still recognizable) my kids used to eat pretty well any veges without picking out any thing.

I would probably go for more salads now most veges taste better raw, things like pumpkin are nice raw grated in salad etc. I used to hate pumpkin as a kid and had never tasted it raw.

[katharina]

Originally Posted by Jewel

I don't think it's necessarily a good idea to hide vegetables in other foods. I remember my father serving us liver and telling us that it was steak, and when I found out, I never trusted him about food again. Trust can be broken easily with children, I believe.

It is easily broken, yes. They are so trusting. I was never tricked into eating things and I haven't done that either. I remember not liking things and being told to just try it to see if maybe I could like it. Sometimes it took many tries over the years (peas and chili come to mind ) but it worked... I enjoy chili and peas very much now.