Missy Chase Lapine

I was not at all impressed with this book. I loved the concept - "sneaking" healthy ingredients into meals, and doing it without investing loads of time.

But the recipes? Awful. For example, there is the "Breakfast Banana Dog," which is a banana placed in a hot dog bun, with a few "add-ins" like cheese, flaxseed, and jam.

Also, I didn't understand one of the purees (the hidden ingredients combos) - most of them were vegetables, and that makes sense. But the "purple" puree is part greens and lots of blueberries. Greens are great. Blueberries? I don't know any child who wouldn't gladly eat a handful of blueberries and, quite frankly, they're just too darn expensive for me to go around hiding them in my food!

I'd be interested in finding a different cookbook that uses a similar concept, but offers truly delicious recipes. Any suggestions?… (meer)

This book is just amazing giving me a variety of ideas and tips on how to incorporate nutrition and healthy foods to my kids meal without them being so picky and choosy on what food I serve them. It has been a struggle for me with my kids choosing candies and cookies over their fruits and slices fo vegetables however the strategies presented by Lapine is just superbly effective. I no longer need to push my kids in eating their veggies and our dinner table did have a quite environment while eating now. Thanks to this book very useful and helpful specially for mothers out there.… (meer)

My four-year old won't touch anything green unless it is a skittle or a jelly-bean, so I do what I can to make sure he gets some of his nutrients.

I've found some winners in this book, most definitely, though unfortunately, they haven't been the vegetable rich ones yet. Crispy no-fry fries were received with ovations from both the preschooler and my husband. I love the No Harm Chicken Parm, but the preschooler decided he wasn't hungry after the garlic bread was devoured and the husband said it didn't hold a candle to my standard chicken parm.

We all loved the Cream of Tomato soup made with sweet potatos, carrots and evaporated milk. We also will be keeping the pancakes and breakfast cookies in a frequent rotation.

If nothing else, this book is helping me to see the health benefits in the things he will eat. The fact that there are multiple fruit purees makes me laugh. My kid not eat fruit? His standard breakfast is a banana, strawberries, blue berries, apple and whatever else fruit is in season and a bagel.

Maybe I'll need those recipes for my one year old, who currently won't touch fruit unless cinnamon plays a part.… (meer)