Clint and I really don't eat vegetables like we should. So it makes sense that I can rarely get a veggie in Seth's mouth that doesn't get spit back out on his plate. So I decided I needed to be a little more "sneaky" in the way I give him the healthy little plants!
One night I had a leftover zucchini and yellow squash so I grated it really small into the spaghetti sauce and voila! Seth scarfed it up without hesitation.
Which gave me an idea....
Why not puree a bunch of vegetables that I KNOW Seth would NEVER touch and mix them into some foods?! A friend of mine happened to have a book (I forget what its called) about pureeing veggies into recipes that kids like so I borrowed it and copied some of the recipes. And then one morning I just dove right in and pureed carrots, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, red peppers, zucchini, and yellow squash. The house smelled horrible after steaming the cauliflower (just an FYI if you are going to try this) but I am pretty excited to make some new foods and get some healthy things into all our tummies while I'm at it.
And yes, while I'm trying to get some healthy things incorporated into our life, I don't want to be the boring Mommy. I found a recipe in a magazine for raised doughnuts and I thought maybe I should try to master these little pieces of heaven as well...while I was feeling all domestic. This is a picture of my first attempt:
Clint said they were great but I didn't love them. I'll have to make them again and try to let them raise a little differently next time.
