Veggies added/ Speaking of muffins/Cakes

August 14, 2010

We have been putting veggies in bread anad cakes and cookies ever since Elie

started eating table food. Can't see it, even I don't taste it, and it

boosts the nutrition enormously. Pureed spinach can be most of the liquid,

pureed carrots and squash add sweetness, broccoli has to be in something

that has a taste of its own because it is stronger tasting, but dense

chocolate or spice cake covers it up.

Just some of the tricks we use. OH _ and I never use oil in baking - only

applesauce or another fruit puree.

On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 9:05 PM, agirlnamedsuess21 <

agirlnamedsuess@...> wrote:

>

> Whole Foods (frozen section for the cake version) has carrot, spinach,

> squash muffins and cakes with a cream cheese type icing that is totally

> GFCF. They gave us a sample and OMG!!!! We will buy several next time we go

> (several of the cakes, that is) and keep them frozen until ready to eat. You

> could not even taste the veggies and my kids were begging for more.

>

> > > >

> > > > Thank you so much to all of you for the replies. I can tell that this

> is a great group and I know I will learn a lot from you.

> > > >

> > > > Oh, another thing about Aimee that I wanted to ask about. I have

> heard the food issues can be an autism trait. Does anyone here have a child

> with infantile anorexia? We got that diagnosis at the beginning of the year

> after spending 3 weeks in an in-patient feeding program. Aimee does not

> appear to have any desire to eat or drink. She either does not feel

> hunger/thirst or else she doesn't care about those feelings. We finally had

> a g-tube placed back in February. She gets about 90% of her calories and all

> of her fluids through the tube. She is healthy now but still has very little

> interest in eating.

> > > >

> > > > Just curious if anyone has ever seen this with autism. I have not yet

> found anyone with just DS who has such severe feeding issues.

> > > >

> > > > ~

> > > >

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