The Sneaky Chef: Simple Strategies for Hiding Healthy Foods in Kids' Favorite Meals

Love the nutritional info! The recipes are easy and practical. I am very pleased with this purchase.

I've heard some strong opinions about this book being about deceiving own children and that no matter what good intention a mother has, she should never deceive her own children. Although this could be a good ground for a longer discussion about ethics, here are some points that, in my opinion, make `Sneaky Chef' a good buy:

1. Children only eat what they find attractive to their eyes and their taste buds. Any reasoning about food nutritional value is blocked and absolutely ignored. So if you have a case of a child absolutely abhorring vegetables then the only way to make vegetables a part of daily meals, is to sneak them in to the dish under some disguise.
2. Any reasoning about nutrition is simply not possible in case of small children. It's better to feed them now with the help of Sneaky Chef and teach them later to eat more variety of foods.
3. Many of the recipes provided by the author are also very useful in case of stubborn adults who, like big children, are only guided by the physical appeal of meals rather then by their nutritional content.
4. In the first part of the book the author provided a lot of valuable information about selecting the proper ingredients for making meals, about organic foods, as well as about food contamination, etc.
5. The variety of healthy food recipes in this book is tremendous!
6. Last, but not least, the meals are tasty and appealing to the eye.

`Sneaky Chef' is a great book for anyone who makes his or her meals at home, not only for mothers concerned about properly feeding their children. I also suggest reading about Proper Food Combination in this other book that I highly recommend for all people concerned about healthy life style and longevity.

I know a lot about whole foods and was a little suspicious about this book but it gave me some new info. and some great, inspiring ideas for my 2 year old!

Because kids rarely like vegetables and healthy foods, this book fills an important need. The main useful emphasis of the book is the idea of sneaking pureed vegetables into kid-friendly dishes. In addition to sneaking in the vegetables, the recipes take some of the unhealthy ingredients out. The book offers traditional recipes with purees or healthier replacements that add fiber, vitamins, and antioxidants to meals. The book is easy to read and presents a practical guide for parents.

Contents:
Introduction by Anastassios Koumbourlis, M.D. MPH
Chapter 1: Keep `em Happy and Healthy
Chapter 2: For Their Own Good
Chapter 3: My Philosophy About Food
Chapter 4: The Lists (Organic foods, Contaminated foods, "In" and "Out", Staples)
Chapter 5: The Sneaky Chef Bag of Tricks
Chapter 6: Make-Ahead Recipes (Purees, Juices, etc)
THE RECIPES
Breakfast Recipes
Lunch Recipes
Snacks
Dinner
Treats
Drinks
Index

I like the idea of sneaking in healthy purees, but after kids decide they like one of the dishes, tell them that what they liked contains healthy fruits or veggies! Then kids learn that healthy foods don't have to taste icky. If you also need to slim down (a child's most important role models are his/her parents), I also recommend The 2007 Second Expert Report, Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global Perspective.. I hope people will buy Sneaky Chef rather than the celebrity copycat.

I don't love the concept of lying to your children and not teaching them to eat like socialized humans.
But I hope Jessica Seinfeld loses her shirt. What a witch.