Hi Everyone. Well- Home-school is in full swing again, and the summer has flown by. Today will be my LAST post. I have done 27 days worth of experiments, and about 30 recipes. Being that I do not enjoy cooking all that much, I have still learned a ton! I have learned which gadgets are helpful, and which are not. I have learned certain shortcuts, where to get produce for really cheap, and most of all - I have learned to change recipes. Some were to taste, or just because I didn't have a certain ingredient. Most of my recipes I decided to try were because I happened to have most of the ingredients on hand. Sometimes, the ones I changed turned out great. Some of them - not so much. I guess that is what the discovery is all about.
After my last post, I dried garbanzo beans, and ground them up hoping to make bread with them as the flour. But I guess they weren’t dried enough, because they went rancid before I used them. So I just made white bread with Cauliflower again. Mmmm. Rave reviews for all who tried it. Also, I whipped up a little more garbanzo bean paste, and tried just a tiny bit again mixed with PB, on a sandwich w/ honey for Bailey... He didn’t go for it.
Last week, we bought a tube of pre-made Nestle Toolhouse cookie dough. We get this occasionally so we can make about 6 at a time in the toaster oven. SO I made some, and gave Bailey one. He took one eagerly, and said “Wait – what’s in this?” I was pleased to say, “Nothing- it’s straight from the package!”
I have also ruined myself (in a good way) by not being able to make Mac & Cheese w/out adding pureed Butternut squash to it. The Cheesiness totally covers up the squash flavor! Also, I will never again eat spaghetti sauce straight from the jar, without adding a ton of veggies to it. My kids love this! And always ask for extra sauce. Add this to garlic bread, and it is a huge treat!
The other day, Bailey was looking through pictures again, and pointed to the Boboli pizza with my “special sauce” (carrots added to spaghetti sauce), and said – I wish we could have that again!
Today – I made Reese some pink Pancakes. Bailey doesn’t like pancakes, and was happy with a PB and honey sandwich (no garbanzo beans). I offered him some pancakes anyway, and he politely said “No, thank-you”. So I left it at that.
The pancakes turned out great! They were light and fluffy, and they really were Pink! The hidden ingredients are Beets and Apples. Now- If you ask me, Beets taste like DIRT! I would NEVER have tried this otherwise. But the recipe called for ½ of what I pureed, so I saved the rest to make these again. Also the apples weren’t pureed, they were just grated. Do you know how hard it is to grate an apple?? Let me just tell you, it’s hard! You’d think because an apple is so crisp and crunchy, it would be easy. But the juice squeezes out, and it gets mushy and slippery all at the same time. So needless to say, I wasn’t looking forward to trying these, but the apples softened, and the beet taste just disappeared. These were super yummy with butter & Maple syrup. For Reese’s, I used some letter cookie cutters and made them say REESE. She was super excited – and I was willing to go through a little more effort, since this is my last post. It turned out really cute! For her reaction – she wasn’t feeling good this morning. She ate the R and said it was good. Maybe she’ll try the rest later. If not, I’m sure we can find someone to finish them… J See the pictures below!
Some things I made in this “mission” were big flat flops. Some things certain people liked, and others hated (amazingly enough, Bailey wasn’t ALWAYS the hater). But I am glad I did this experiment, because I learned A LOT! Now that I am done, I encourage you to try to add things to your recipes that you never thought to. Pureed veggies can be amazing, when they just blend in. Who ever thought that Brownies would be so tasty when there are carrots and spinach baked into them?? You never know how sneaky you can be when your kids (or others) aren’t watching… DECEPTION IS DELICIOUS! I know because I DISCOVERED IT FOR MYSELF!!!
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