A Book that Really Cooks...and Eat Your Veggies!

Ah, the disappointing life of the cookbook reader. Well, that means me. I love to cook-and I love to browse through the stacks of the library cookbook section-to find new recipes, ideas and inspirations. Being a mom of a 20 month old, finds me constantly trying new ways to prepare vegetables-and I need all the help I can get. Frequently, I find myself drawn in by devastatingly scrumptious looking photographs-only to be less than impressed when I cook the real item at home. I'm not sure how cookbook publishers are able to pack so much deliciousness into a picture, but it sure works and fools me almost every time. Darn those food stylists!

Well, when I came across the book Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld in our Library Parenting Section, I was apprehensive. Sure, Jerry Seinfeld is funny-but can his wife really cook? Additionally, these recipes were all about "masking" vegetable goodness & vitamins, in regular everyday foods. Butternut squash in mac n'cheese, beets in pancakes, cauliflower in scrambled eggs were a few of the recipe ideas. Not the most adventurous cooking-I'll admit-but much needed in my house. Of course, as always, the pictures sold me. So, I borrowed it and gave it a shot.

That is why I'm writing this dear reader-because I was impressed-and so was my family. Not only does this book give the cook of the house great ideas about getting in extra nutrition into every bite-but the recipes are actually good-and accurate to the pictures. Our favorite right now is the Peanut Butter and Jelly muffins made with carrots and yogurt. I almost dropped over in happiness when I ate one this morning! Our daughter-who for the most part cannot be easily fooled by hidden veg-has found these recipes to be favorites as well. For the time being-while she's refusing to eat vegetables in their true form, this book has proven to be a life saver.

So I'm shouting it from the library treetops: Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld. A winning cookbook and one that doesn't disappoint. Check it out today!