Turkey Puree

Today was the day when Mads and her best friend got to wear their Turkey Dresses to pre-school. They both looked as cute as a button and every last bit of frustration I had with doing the turkey appliques was ALL worth it!

Here is a photo of Mads from this morning, just before leaving for pre-school.

My new focus for today was to concentrate on the kiddies diets (again) Maddy is still a pretty picky eater and it worries me at times with how little she consumes - combine this with the fact that both kiddies and me have been ill on and off over the past two months - and I thought it was about time to make sure they are both getting enough fruits and veggies in them, any way I could. I ordered this Children's cookery book - Deceptively Delicious a few weeks ago and it arrived last week.

It has a brilliant concept to mix puree fruits and veggies into the kiddies favourites foods to ensure that they get their daily allowance of veggies - even when they are not prepared to eat the veggies on their plates.

So today, I spent a while cooking squash, sweet potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, peas and courgettes (zucchini) and now have over 26 bags of puree in the freezer ready to be added (deceptively) into the kiddies dinners.

I tried the concept out on a small scale tonight by mixing sweet potatoes (something Maddy wouldn't touch) into her normal mash and she ate it - it was all I could do, to not get up and do a Mexican wave right there at the table!

There are a variety of recipes that I can't wait to try out on the kiddies, like brownies that have cauli and spinach in them - sounds crazy huh!

Comments

[Samantha Caffee]

Hey hun! I have not stopped by in a while,WOW you have been busy! I love the turkey day dresses. Those sneaky veggies are too funny, but a good idea. So far I have 3 good eaters, I hope I stay this lucky!

[Offshorewife]

I'm waiting on the arrival of that very book. I cannot wait to try the recipes on my VERY picky eater. You will have to share your experience with the brownies.