There is some controversy surrounding the release of Deceptively Delicious, a cookbook by Seinfield's wife.
Some of is is because there is another book called The Sneaky Chef that some feel she plagiarized.
She suggests pureeing fruits and vegetables into foods that you do not have to fight your children to eat or drink in order to get them the nutrition whether they like it or not. Examples include pureeing sweet potatos into hot cocoa to make it creamier and more of a healthy treat.
What do you think? Should children be deceived into eating healthful foods by hiding fruits and vegetables in starchy, high-sugar dishes? What happens when they grow up and think those foods are healthy and do not understand just how many servings of fruits and vegetables go into a healthy diet? Is "by any means necessary" jusitifiable in this case?
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There's an MSN article where "Seinfield Defends Wife's Cookbook"
http://entertainment.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=281758>1=7703
that claims she never read or even saw the other cookbook.
So who knows- its kind of true in regards to especially cookbooks- they all deal with similar things(ingredients)- it's hard to say no -I invented the avocado.
I'm all about sneaking them in. But I also give them the opportunity to eat them as is. Often. I believe a child's nutrition and eating habits when they are young spill over into adulthood. My son will barely touch cooked veggies but he'll eat zucchini bread, pumpkin cookies, spaghetti sauce etc... and he loves edammame. I wonder if it is because I fed him soy formula?
It's a tough question. I don't think they should be "tricked" into eating their veggies. But they should get their 5 servings a day! Perhaps it's better to "wean" them into full veggie servings - like weaning infants off of breastmilk. Like putting less hot chocolate in their puree every day so they get more veggies. It's really a matter of getting their taste buds used to taste.
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