I'm still trying to get my kids to eat some green stuff and even perhaps some spinach. So the next recipe I've tried on them is again one from Jerry Seinfeld's wife and her book Deceptively Delicious. This one is like a granola/muesli slice hiding the spinach in amongst the blueberry jam. I have to say, once I mixed it into the blueberry jam it looked like mud, but it tasted so so. A bit earthy but I was hoping that it would all mesh together nicely once cooked and wouldn't be noticeably when done and served up.
My brother in law and his kids came over and he was noticing something cooking in the kitchen that caught the attention of his nose. "can I try some?" "Well, yes as a matter of fact you can try some!" ;-) Well he really liked it and wanted more. I told him what was in it and he was very impressed. Hurray, I think I'm on a winning combo this time! I thought it wasn't too bad myself, though I could still taste the earthy bit (dirt?) and wondered weather the kids would notice.
So the true test...the kids. I think they each took
one bite, turned their noses, went back to their DS games and that was that. My husband didn't even try this one. It sat in the fridge a few days until I just threw it out. Again, I thought it was ok but to my 5 and 8 year old palates, was a flop. Their cousins didn't even try it. I thought it looked OK, geez, hard crowd to please. At least they didn't throw it back at me.
Well next I'm trying some good old fashioned pumpkin scones. No spinach, surely they'll eat these, right?!
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