I am the only person in the house that isn't a big fan of spaghetti and pasta sauce. I actually kinda hate it. If I make it for the fam and I don't feel like coking something else, I'll eat it. Another exception is if we are visiting someone and they make it. Otherwise, noooo thank you. This sauce though? Not bad at all. I honestly didn't mind it at all and I think it was the addition of the sweet potato puree that made it better. The fam ate it and loved it no problem. Since I started making this recipe, I've added pureed spinach, pureed broccoli, you name it. If I can steam it and puree it, I'll toss it in the spaghetti sauce (stew too but that's a whole other subject). (read)
There have been a lot of serious winners from his book in our house and a few not so well received dishes. This one though has become our oldest little one's favorite snack. He asks fot it several times a week. Just before we moved to LA, I made this for him and a three of his friends and they inhaled it. For the record, none of those kids would ever eat squash or navy beans or even sour cream! (read)
Yet another winner from Sarah Matheny's Peas and Thank You cookbook! And no, I am NOT giving you the recipe for this amazingness, but I will break it down for you a bit. (read).
These burgers are the 15th recipe I've made from this book. I can't say these burgers were amazing, because they were not. However, I can say that not one out of all five of us didn't finish their burger - loaded with mushrooms and zucchini. None of us like zucchnini and only one person likes mushrooms. I think that counts as a success, because while no one raved over them, no one complained about them either and we all got a shot of immune system boosting mushrooms, selenium and B2!(read).
Lucky 13! This is the 13th recipe I've made from Jessica Seinfield's sneaky veggie book and it was just ok. I'm not sure if it's the concept of meatloaf, or maybe just too many liquidy ingredients but it didn't come together the way my standard meatoaf usually does. The hit of vitamins from the carrots was a plus but if I make this again I will probably not use any ketchup. We all liked the onions and celery being cooked first to bring out more flavor though! That's something I will repear in the future for sure. (read).
Chicken soup is one of those things I just love so much I can eat pretty much any version of it. The kind that the local greasy spoon serves? Yes please! The kind my father makes so so so well? Of course that's my first choice! The kind in a can with huge, chunky noodles? Sign me up! So this version, while nothing out of the ordinary (aside maybe from the slightly crazed amnount of garlic) warms my tummy and my little heart. (read).
Recipe #11 from Deceptively Delicious was only eaten by me - and I really liked it. Yogurt and cauliflower puree are snuck in (with a little low fat mayo to make it less obvious), and the celery is there for a bit of a crunch. It's not really far off from how I'd usually make it, but the addition of the cauliflower is a great nutrition boost! I know the grapes are good too but I didn't have any on hand so I made it without them. (read).
This is the 7th recipe this year from Deceptively Delicious, and in our house, this lunch was a hit and miss. Wee Ones #1 and #3 ate it without any issue, but Wee One #2 (who is pretty defiant about just about everything) ate half of it and declared she didn't like it. The plus side here is that Wee One #3 had seconds and later wanted the leftovers for dinner! (read).
This is the 6th recipe I've made from Deceptively Delicious (by the end of 2011, I'll have made every recipe in the book), and we have another winner with this one. All three kids ate it happily and my husband loved it - even though he watched me puree the broccoli for it! (read).