because although the overwhelming majority of her recipes I tried were HORRIBLE, I did come away with one good idea. I call them "sneaky baked potatoes."
This is the idea. It's so amazingly simple.
Chop up a head of cauliflower and steam it until it's soft. Puree it in a food processer, adding water as necessary, until the cauliflower has a smooth, mashed potato like consistency. Do you see where I'm going with this?
bake your potatoes, then scoop out 90% of the potato pulp. Save it for another use.
Now mix 10% of the potato into a bowl with the cauliflower, adding salt, butter etc to your taste. Then spread the mixture into the shells of the baked potato, pop it back into the oven for a few minutes and serve! We top ours with cheese and steamed broccoli.
the kids will get a good dose of vegetables, some obvious and some not-so-obvious.
so simple, right??
Unfortunately the overwhelming majority of the Seinfeld cookbook was absolutely awful (Chef points out that you should not buy a cookbook from a celebrity. point taken), but the idea of hidden cauliflower has proven surprisingly useful.
and PLEASE don't tell me that my kids should love vegetables on their own, that I shouldn't hide them, blah blah blah.
yes, some kids are surprisingly adventurous and will eat anything. and then there are others that just....won't. I've got one of each. So sometimes, yes, I sneak in veggies. I refuse to feel ashamed of this. I hope that one day, my kids will appreciate the beauty of cauliflower on its own, but in the meantime, sneaky baked potatoes make me feel better and make them happy. It's a win-win situation, don't you think?
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