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Looking for ways to get your kids to eat more veggies?

Packed with creative recipes, this modern approach to classic family comfort foods ups the nutritional ante—infusing TONS of healthful vegetables into every dish (even snacks and desserts!)—while always putting flavor first.

As a chef and cookbook author, Nikki Dinki loves veggies. But like most parents, getting her kids to love them is a work in progress. There will always be a side of veggies on their dinner plates, but when those veggies go untouched, Nikki doesn’t stress. That’s because her cooking incorporates vegetables at every turn: the kids may not have eaten their sides of peas, but they ate cauliflower and sweet potatoes in their Mac and Cheese, devoured Green Eggs (with spinach) and White Bean Pancakes for breakfast, and asked for seconds of the Zucchini Crust Pizzas at lunch!

Although the veggies are sometimes hidden—your kids will be eating mushrooms and eggplant without thinking twice!—the real goal is using the qualities of each vegetable to make each classic, family meals even better than the original version. In these recipes, mushrooms enhance the beefy taste of the Mushroom and Onion Burgers, while eggplant replaces egg for breading on Chicken Tenders and Chicken Parmesan, which keeps them irresistibly moist.

Inside, discover other delicious recipes that will become mealtime staples, including:
Chicken Pot Pie with Sweet Potato CrustCauliflower + Yogurt BagelsEggplant Parm MeatballsPumpkin Pasta DoughTaco Meat (with Pinto Beans)Mac and Cheese with Caulilfower + Sweet PotatoChicken Nuggets with Beans + CarrotsCreamed Spinach Garlic BreadLoaded Queso (with Squash)Banana Carrot Oat MuffinsEggplant Marinara Sauce Brooklyn Blackout Cake (with Beets + Avocado)Sweet Potato Cinnamon RollsBut fear not: there are no fancy ingredients or complicated cooking techniques. These easy, accessible recipes have been tested hundreds of times, by Nikki and other parents, for surefire family food wins! This collection of tried-and-true dishes will wow picky eaters and foodie parents alike with creative veggie twists on breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, sides, and dessert.

From the Publisher

Fettuccine Alfredo (with Cauliflower!)

Chicken Parmesan (with Eggplant!)

Chocolate Chip Cookies (with White Beans!)

Grilled Cheese + Tomato Soup (with Sweet Potato, Beans + Zucchini!)

Mac + Cheese (with Sweet Potato + Cauliflower!)

Minty Milkshakes (with Spinach!)

Publisher ‏ : ‎ BenBella Books (October 12, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1953295568
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1953295569
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.8 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.03 x 0.71 x 8.96 inches
Reviewer: Morgan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Eat foods that YOU love with more nutrition
Review: I bought this cookbook after seeing Nikki on Food Network. Shortly afterward I was told that I needed to reduce my animal protein and increase veggie consumption due to a kidney issue. These recipes have let me continue to eat food I love with more nutrition and still great flavor (sometimes even more flavor). Not to mention, cooking several of these recipes actually makes them more affordable because meat is expensive! I cannot recommend this book enough.

Reviewer: A Lynn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Delicious
Review: The instructions are clear, the ingredients are easy to find at the grocery store, and the recipes are for classic dishes that have been reimagined with veggies. While this says, “kid-approved” and “family-friendly,” the flavors are what your grown-up palate craves.While most recipes can be made without special equipment, if you have a food processor and/or blender you will find yourself reaching for them frequently. Ingredients are listed with size, weight, and volume (2 medium carrots, 5 ounces, chopped 1 cup) so you can’t go wrong. Features like ‘what to make with what you have’ and notes on freezer friendly dishes will make everything so convenient these recipes are sure to become staples.This cookbook will invite you to question what you think about food. Can an entire container of spinach disappear into chocolate chip muffins? Yes. Is it possible to add carrot juice to biscuits and still taste like the ones grandma used to make? Yes, and they'll turn the beautiful golden color. And yes, a veggie burger can hold up on the grill and pack a bbq flavor punch.Get in the kitchen and be inspired by Nikki’s recipes. You’ll love it.

Reviewer: Erin
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Recipe Book Perfection
Review: I don't normally leave reviews on things, but I LOVE this cookbook. I really like Nikki's first cookbook, but this one is even better. As a busy mom of 3 little kids, I can totally manage these recipes; they aren't overly involved and don't use hard to find or expensive ingredients. And the recipes I've tried so far have been delicious (and kid approved!). So far we've tried the Cheesy Green Eggs, Zucchini French Toast, Banana Carrot Oatmeal Muffins, Pumpkin Granola, Double Chocolate Chip Muffins, Lemon Blueberry Muffins, Sweet Potato Grilled Cheese, Sweet Potato Tortillas, Veggie Mac & Cheese, Zucchini Pizza Crust, and Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls and they've all been winners. There are so many other recipes that I'm excited to try in this book. Unlike some recipe books where you only like a few of the recipes, every single recipe in here looks worth making for me and my kids. As the introduction of the book says, it's not a substitute for serving whole veggies, but if you're going to be cooking/baking something anyway, why not add a veggie boost? Especially when the results are so tasty. Thank you, Nikki, for a brilliant cookbook! This is exactly what I needed.

Reviewer: whitney Sanders
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Highly recommend
Review: I love this book. We have tried a bunch of recipes my favorite is the vanilla yogurt cannellini bean muffins. I took them to a breakfast get together many people took leftovers. My whole family loved the hamburger helper, thats saying a lot for 3 boys 4 and under. Another recipe that really impressed was the yellow squash corn tortillas. My very picky kiddo ate 2 as i cooked them. A tip I found for rolling out the tortillas is to roll them on a silicone mat. I dont need flour and it has enough stick to get it super thin but then peel them off still. The butternut squash oatmeal is great stirred into my 1 yr old twins oatmeal they love it. I can't recommend this enough. Cant wait to try more recipes. One of my favorite features of the book is the spaces to write in recipe notes. The recipes are great but i did tweak a few things. Like half the struesel topping for muffins to cut some butter. Or note thar the pizza dough came out in my bread maker fine.

Reviewer: Diane C
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great recipe book!
Review: Bought this recipe book a few weeks ago and so far I love it. I dont have a food processor, so been using my blender. But i am thinking of investing in a food processor since buying this book. Been trying to eat more veggies and this book has really helped us do that. The mac & cheese with cauliflower & sweet potato - was good and the chocolate chip muffins with zucchini - soooo good. We have enjoyed alot of the muffin recipes. Great book and great investment!

Reviewer: A. Thomas
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I am enjoying the new ideas...
Review: I am so happy to have a cookbook with some new, unique ideas. I get so bored of the same breakfast, lunches and snacks. This book as given me some great new ideas to add to our family staples.A few helpful changes to our family cooking so far...- Strawberry Chia Seed pudding (page 34) has replaced greek yogurt in our parfaits every other week- Granola Bars (page 202) are a regular in lunchboxes (including mine too!)- Double Chocolate Muffins (page 49) a new after school snack option- Sweet Potato Tortillas (page 88) great for everything - with hummus, for tacos, etc.I am excited to try a bunch of additional recipes and will look at other reviews for more suggestions. Who knew I'd be buying bags of spinach and cans of beans to add to various things I cook already (pesto, muffins, brownies, etc.)On another note - I really like the great photos in this book. Very pleasing to look at, and helpful for making decisions on what to cook.

Reviewer: Beth
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Delicious and Picky Eater Approved
Review: I was really excited for this book to come out and it did not disappoint! I've found the recipes easy to follow, the food delicious and a great way to get more veggies into our family diet. The Chocolate Muffins and the Broccoli Cheese Soup have been 2 of our favorites. The only thing to be aware of is that some of the recipes take a little more time and use some more equipment. This is because you are doing something with the vegetable first, like roasting a vegetable, and then using equipment like a food processor to blend the vegetable to use in the recipe. To me the extra step and equipment is well worth the effort for the end result, but just something to know.

Reviewer: cheri
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I’m getting veggies into my family and they don’t even know it!