Heather A. (katala97) reviewed on 7/14/2011 + 5 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

The only thing true about this book is the word "Deceptive." The recipes are NOT simple -- the process of fixing the purees takes a LOT of time and effort. The food is not delicious or good -- we couldn't find one recipe that any of us liked. And the idea of hiding vegetables and deceiving your kids about what they're eating absolutely defeats the purpose. How is that teaching them to eat properly? Plus, so little vegetable puree actually goes into each recipe that I can't believe it truly provides extra "hidden" nutrition.

Instead of deceiving our boys (7 and 5 years old), we have a rule that you must try what is put on your plate. In doing so, they've discovered that they like broccoli, carrots, corn, green beans, edamame, and a whole host of foods unrelated to chicken nuggets. Best of all, it takes a lot less time than grinding up vegetables to hide them in chocolate pudding.

Oprah described this as "FABULOUS!!!" Sorry Oprah, it's anything but.

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