Deceptively Delicious

I decided that my daughter was not getting enough veggies! So I bought the Deceptively Delicious cookbook. Well let me tell you I watched Jessica Seinfeld on Oprah and she just made it sound so easy. She said that she pureed her veggies every Sunday night. She has to be super mom b/c each veggie took me about 45-60 minutes to wash, cut, stem, puree and divide them into storage containers. The process is a whip! My kitchen was a mess. Oh and the book does not tell you how much of each veggie to buy. Thankfully my neighbor informed me that one thing of broccoli only makes like a cup and a half. Anyway I would NOT do this every week. Its a huge mess. I made sure and made enough of each puree to last at least a month. My neighbor and I agreed that next time we will have a pureeing party and do this together.

So I spent all this time and decide to make mac and cheese for the kids. Well it called for 1/2 cup of cauliflower puree so I put it in. Let me say I cannot stand the smell of cauliflower but think okay this cannot be to bad. Well my Lillie Beth would have nothing to do with it! She said it stunk!!!!!!!! Jackson on the other hand had never had mac & cheese and thought it was just the best. I tried it and it wasn't bad but had my mom put it in front of me I would have not eaten it either. It was tooo funny so if you are trying this I would say start out with a smaller amount then what it calls for like 1/4 cup.

Good luck to anyone who is trying to deceive their little ones! I hope you have more success then me. I will let you know what else I try and how it goes over.

Home Sweet Home

We are home. We got home on Wednesday. I am happy to be home but I have to say I miss the cold. I cannot believe it was in the 70's today. I at least got one cold day before it warmed back up. I am sorry for not posting everyday like I said I would but time got away from me and I was exhausted at night. Lillie Beth and I both skied. It was okay. I think if I was in better shape I might enjoy it more but I think I am going to try snowboarding next time. Lillie Beth had fun. She made a couple of 10-15 feet with out falling. It was really cold so she was only out for an hour or so. We hope to go back in March and it will be warmer and we can try again. I have tons of pictures and videos to upload (still not sure how to do that) but will work on it. We are getting a back into our normal routine. OH Jackson is going to get his first haircut this week! I will post pictures. He is starting to look like a little girl with all his hair and its driving Daddy crazy! See ya later!