Jessica Seinfeld - Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food Reviews

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Jessica Seinfeld, wife of TV Star and Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, released the recipe book Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food and received rave reviews, followed by claims that it may be plagiarized. Missy Lapine, author of The Sneaky Chef, claims the idea was hers first. Even with these allegations, the majority of reviewers still “recommend this book to anyone that wants to start adding more veggies to meals”. The book is full of tips for tricking your kids into eating better by hiding healthy ingredients inside delicious meals. Parents are crying out “The book is AMAZING! My kids are eating veggies!” Plagiarism? Or a good helpful recipe book? Check it out and judge for yourself. Also read reviews of other recipe books on viewpoints.

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Deceptively Delicious for the kids (and their picky Mum, too!)

JAN

2008

Deceptively Delicious — Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food — by — Jessica Seinfeld — What is it? — Deceptively Delicious is a cookbook by Jessica Seinfeld (Comedian Jerry Seinfeld's better half). After having numerous challenges in trying to get… read full review »

a busy person, mother of 2

CrystaBush
Garden City, MI

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Jessica Seinfeld has been charged with plagiarism.

JAN

2008

Jessica Seinfeld scored with her cookbook, Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food. Great idea. You blend up various veggie based concoctions and mix them in with favorite kid dishes. Your kids eat better. Hard to argue with that. — The problem here… read full review »

avid reader, mom to boys

CyndiA
southern, NC

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This book is great!

Every day computer user, avid reader, into trying new things

NOV

2007

This book is wonderful. It incorporates so many healthy foods into foods my 18 month old daughter will eat. I still offer vegetables on the side so that she is exposed to "green" on her plate, but it isn't as disappointing or stressful if she doesn't eat them all, because I know she's getting some in the other food. This book is cute, clever and full of fun. And even if you don't use all the recipes, it's a great launching pad for your own ideas. It gave me the inspiration to put vegetable purees into other foods, like brocoli into a can of beans for burritos or… read full review »

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byebyebug
Patterson, CA

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The book is AMAZING! My kids are eating veggies!

a pet owner, into trying new things, Experienced Parent, not rich, a comparison shopper, Every day computer user, value conscious, mother of 2

NOV

2007

I bought this book after seeing Jessica on the Oprah show. The recipies looked so easy and delicious that I couldn't wait to see the book for myself. Within 24 hrs of seeing the show, I was on the Internet purchasing the book. The day I got the book in the mail I was off to the grocery store to stock up on a few things like wheat germ, flax seed meal, and lots of fresh veggies (new for us!) I spent an entire Sunday afternoon pureeing the veggies after I cooked them. This was the hardest part, but I now have a freezer full of different pureed veggies to use at a moments notice. — The… read full review »

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Pilarski4
Rantoul, IL

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Well organized instructions for tasty, healthy cooking

read for fun, character-lover, a fan of quick, page turning books

NOV

2007

This cookbook is well organized and teaches fundamentals for adding more vegetables to your diet, especially for those who won't usually eat many vegetables. I'm happy to find no artificial sweeteners in these recipes, but disappointed to find most of the main dish recipes are chicken...no fish! Also hoped for some recipes including whole grains. Overall a good cookbook for adding vegetables to your diet, especially if you don't usually enjoy… read full review »

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gudshopper
Beebe, AR

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Interesting concepts that are fun to try

married, an avid reader, Practical

MAR

2008

I enjoyed reading through this book. Unfortuantely, my picky eater doesn't even eat some of the food she suggests "hiding" the veggies into so they don't work for me but a few of the recipes (such as the yellow cake with pumpkin) were delicious and it got me thinking of my own ways to hide veggies into the foods my daughter does… read full review »

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braleycakes
Alpharetta, GA

Kids hate veggies? They won't with this book!

a fan of clever plots, chronic book buyer, reading non-fiction, fiction reader, Every day computer user, read for fun, an avid reader

FEB

2008

I have three daughters. My middle and youngest daughters like only certain veggies, but my oldest daughter hates almost all types of veggies with the exception of green beans and corn. It was getting really old trying to fight her to get even a small amount of veggies into her. Finally, I saw Jessica on the Oprah show and my eyes were opened quite a bit! — The favorite dish in our home is the macs and cheese so naturally we tried it with the pureed butternut squash. We have a Magic Bullet that we bought after reading this book, so we added the cheese powder to… read full review »

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GraceA
Pottstown, PA

Good book, some receipes need tweaking

an avid reader

FEB

2008

I took both this book and The Sneaky Chef from the library, with an attempt to get my toddler to eat more veggies. I ended up buying this book to keep, because there are more recipes than TSC. I will say that a lot of them are the same.... this just has a few more. The recipes are easy, some require a bit of tweaking however, some dishes are a bit runny, some use regular white flour which I always replace with whole wheat. The breakfast dishes are the better dishes in the book, adding sweet potato puree to the french toast batter is an excellent addition, in fact my husband and I make… read full review »

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coll1114
King Of Prussia, PA

Tasty recipes, love the hidden vegs concept! Eat a rainbow!

a fiction reader, avid reader, a sci-fi buff

MAR

2008

Since the beginning I have introduced my daughter to a a variety of foods - she loves avocado, brown rice, tofu etc. but I bought this book anyway and have tried out a couple of the recipes - particularly the chicken nuggets and italian meatloaf. I think the prep time is a bit tedious, but if you keep all your ingredients handy, it goes pretty quick. All in all its a good… read full review »

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NikiWrites
Camarillo, CA

Much too much prep and doesn't even taste good

a fiction reader, avid reader

MAR

2008

The idea behind this book is great. However, when I read all the prep work that has to go into it, I became a little hesitant but went ahead and pureed all my veggies. I made a few things that my son and husband wouldn't eat. I mean my son NOT eat a brownie???? unfortunately I haven't opened the book since. —… read full review »

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sharfer
Randolph, NJ

a must have for parents of picky eaters

non-fiction reader, avid reader, read for fun

NOV

2007

This is such an amazing cookbook, I thought it might be a bit too gimicky for me, but it is awesome!I have put pureed cauliflower in stuff and I can't taste it at all! My son thinks it's neat that we are hiding veggies in our food, I need to hide them from myself as well as my… read full review »

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mosiphine
Odenton, MD

Some good ideas.

an avid reader

FEB

2008

This book was okay. She had some interesting ideas on hiding veggies into other more palatable food. The nutrition information in the front of the book was very informative and worth reading. The recipes are just okay. They are not bad, but they aren't great. Just okay or average.… read full review »

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eitak
Draper, UT

I wish they she had done this back when I was raising kids!

an avid reader

FEB

2008

Wow, I love this book. The recipes are fabulous! I have tried quite a few and you would never know they were so good for you! I have a son who hates vegetables. I have fooled him on several occasions with these recipes! They are good for you and taste great! I love… read full review »

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ccfccapres
Westminster, MD

I can't believe my really fooling my family!

reading non-fiction, an avid reader, reading Oprah's picks

FEB

2008

I haven't tried all the recipes yet but the ones I have attempted were great! My family's favorites are the spinach brownies (it's great to be able to say "Sure have another!"), sweat potatoes in the grilled cheese sandwiches and the broccoli chicken… read full review »

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neva
Conifer, CO

It's pretty good.

an avid reader

FEB

2008

Some interesting things in here....I liked to macaroni and cheese. It's defintitely worth a try if you want to get kids eating better, but if you think you're doing ok by yourself...don't… read full review »

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Braveskat
Amarillo, TX

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Key Information	Authors Jessica Seinfeld Nonfiction Category Cooking • Health & Fitness Nonfiction Subcategory • •
Book Editions	Book Editions HardcoverSpiral204October 01, 2007Collins9.25"(h) x 9.25"(w) x 1"(d), 2.35 lbs.9780061251344
Professional Reviews	Professional Reviews <b><i>Publishers Weekly</i>:</b> "Seinfeld, mother of three and wife of comedian Jerry, devised an elegant plan: puree fruits...

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