![]() ![]() ![]() I was more alarmed to find that she wants us to bake with canola oil, vegetable oil, nonstick cooking spray and “trans-fat-free” tub margarine spread. I was not surprised but definitely disappointed to find that she uses lowfat dairy products, tofu, cold cereal and lean meats. (My own great grandmother was famous for her zucchini cookies.) Many of the foods that Jessica Seinfeld promotes in her cookbook, however, are very new to the human race. I imagine that mothers have been fortifying their children’s foods in this way for as long as we have had graters and blenders. Hiding vegetables in food is nothing new. Price Foundation), I would much rather see recipes for children that use more saturated fat while reducing the starch and sugars.ĭeceptively Delicious is designed to resemble an old-fashioned cookbook so I expected plenty of “from scratch” recipes using real ingredients. Given my knowledge of nutrition (based on personal experience, several years of research and the advice of the Weston A. ![]() What I found is a collection of recipes that almost completely avoid saturated fat but still use plenty of flour (both white and whole wheat) and refined sugar. Roxana Mehran and Mehmet Oz blame heart disease and diabetes on “too much starch, sugar and saturated fat.” I read on, expecting the recipes to limit all three of these ingredients. The cookbook contains numerous “kid-friendly” home-style recipes using various hidden fruits and vegetables to “enhance the nutrition.” Unfortunately this book is yet another case of a well-meaning celebrity wife and mother perpetuating the lowfat nutrition dogma. Nourishing Traditional Diets with Sally Fallon Morellĭeceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good FoodĪs an avid cookbook reader and cook, I was excited to receive a copy of Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld as a gift. ![]()
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