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  • Sneaky Chef (0 / 0)

    I just read The Sneaky Chef, which is the one Jessica Seinfeld allegedly plagiarized.

    I wasn't impressed!  Like you said, I wasn't convinced that the amounts you would add would make a big difference.  

    Then, you had to keep all these purees around, they were called Orange Puree #1, Orange Puree #2, Purple Puree, Green Puree, on and on and on.

    Already, I know, there is no way I am going to be able to keep up with this.

    Then, at the very end of the book, she says you can substitute the purees with BABY FOOD! After all that, I could just be throwing baby food in!

    Also, I'm not sure that hiding the veggies is a good thing.  I would rather they learn to eat them whole, even if I need to throw some cheese on them, at least they know what they are.

    by NJmom on Sat Apr 05, 2008 at 05:29:46 AM PDT

    • With normal kids...yes.. (0 / 0)

      with Cracker Boy we've been sneaking baby food into stuff since I bought that book.  He has major texture issues (and is insanely stubborn) so the only way to get any veggies in him is to sneak them.   We could argue and make him cry and turn dinner into a big battle ...and then have him gag and puke and get to clean that up... but I choose the low road with this child.  

      The other two eat veggies with minimal arguing but if this one child gets some veggies snuck into his food and even if it's a tiny amount it's still better than nothing.   I know it's a very small amount but it's something.  

      It's a major pain in the arse to have a child like this and I hate the whole stressing out about what he eats.  

      Mother of one girl(3/98)and two boys(5/00) & (5/03) and general pain in the arse.

      by lonestar canuck on Sat Apr 05, 2008 at 06:26:07 AM PDT

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