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Deceptively Delicious
by Jessica Seinfeld
Sneaking Good Nutrition onto Your Child's Plate
Never has a cookbook become a national bestseller as quickly as Jessica Seinfeld’s Deceptively Delicious. Fed up with the constant power struggle that happens at most household dinner tables, Seinfeld decided to create her own answer to one of motherhood’s greatest frustrations: getting kids to eat their vegetables. As she says during her introduction, “this is nothing more than one mother’s attempt to cope.”
Seinfeld divulges her secret to getting kids to eat their vegetables: she hides them in tasty treats. Seinfeld shares her weekly ritual of buying organic, fresh vegetables, chopping and pureeing them, and then storing them in organized ziplock bags. The author routinely throws the purees into her children’s favorite foods ranging from macaroni and cheese to chocolate brownies and claims that this is her own magic bullet for good nutrition in her family.
Aside from the fact that this book had already been written (just Google that one), Seinfeld fails to recognize the fact that vegetables lose much of their goodness when overcooked. After steaming and baking a vegetable, it is highly likely that much of the nutrition is lost (see The Nature Cure by Timothy Brantley). Some readers will find the notion of deceiving one’s child into eating vegetables fundamentally wrong. It seems better to instill sound nutritional reasoning, good habits, and balance into a child’s life rather than sneak vegetables into their food. The bonus of this book is the fact that the recipes are not only tasty, but low fat, providing the entire family with a great five course meal. Seinfeld’s intention is good, but the nutritional results may not be what she had hoped for her children.
Title: Deceptively Delicious
Author: Jessica Seinfeld
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780061251344
Review written by: Lisa Benton, MA, Psy.D.
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