Results tagged “peanut butter” from The Sneaky Chef

Dear Missy,

My 3 year old son only wants to eat chicken nuggets, pizza, peanut butter, or spaghettio's. It is affecting his ability to use the bathroom and everything. How do I sneak healthy foods into this? It also has to be store bought; I have tried homemade and he doesn't go for it. Somehow he knows the difference. 

Dear Casey,

Your son's favorites are typical for kids his age. That's why I chose these recipes to fix first. More kids eat these than any others. Check out these delicious, easy and nutritious fixes:

Peanut Butter:
In my first book, I mention adding wheat germ to peanut butter. I also have recipes for Peanut butter and Jelly muffins and Peanut butter Thumbprint Cookies, each with hidden purees of fruits or white beans in them. In my third book, "The Sneaky Chef to the Rescue," I've got quite a few peanut butter cookies and bars, again with my signature sneaky purees. 

Chicken nuggets:
My crunchy chicken tenders are fantastic and are loaded with sneaky orange puree with carrots and sweet potatoes, as well as my Better Breading with hidden wheat germ and whole wheat flour. Since he's so partial to store bought, we have two additional sneaky options: mix some of my finished nuggets into his favorite brand, or better yet, make mine and freeze them in the empty box from his favorite brand–and make sure he sees you taking them out of the box ; ) Works every time! 

Pizza:
How about you mixing the puree into the tomato sauce while he's having fun somewhere else, then call him into the kitchen and together, make an exciting pizza with all his favorite ingredients. He may just catch kitchen-fun-fever! Or, you can alternatively put the sneaky purees back into the jar and make sure he sees you taking it out again. Just remember that once you've put the fresh cooked purees into the jar, you'll only have about 3 days of shelf life to use it up. 

Spaghetti-Os:
Mix some orange puree into it, and serve it! Start with just 1/4 cup puree per can.

As you can see, I'm suggesting different approaches, and I've got 13 more sneaky methods of disguise in each of my books. I've never met a child who won't eat their vegetables on the very first try using my sneaky recipes ; )

With healthiest regards,

Missy

My children love peanut butter balls and I have  recipe that
I currently use (it only has powdered milk, peanut butter, honey and
choc chips).  Do you have any suggestions on how I can "sneak" some
other nutrition into those little balls?
Thanks

Hi Judy,

You can add orange puree to your peanut butter balls, but of course it might take multiple experiments to get it just right. In my third book, "The Sneaky Chef to the Rescue," I've got a great healthy recipe called "sneaky bonbons" that is exactly what you're looking for. The book should be coming to your favorite bookstore in the next few weeks.

Enjoy!

Missy