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

From the Author of The Sneaky Chef: How to Cheat on your Man in the Kitchen. This book will teach you how to sneak nutrient rich fruit and vegetable purees into the foods that kids love.

These healthy and delicious recipes couldn't come at a better time: Two new studies, published in New England Journal of Medicine, warn that obesity in children today is likely the result of a significant increase in coronary heart disease among adults in the near future. Fortunately, a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association noted that when kids improve their eating habits (including lowering their intake of saturated fats and increasing their consumption of fruits, berries, vegetables and whole grains), they can lower the risk of hear disease later in life.

Brainy brownies - hidden with spinach and blueberries
Masterful mac-n-cheese - hidden with spinach and cauliflower puree
Magic meatballs - tricked-out with eight hidden vegies
Mystery Mashed Potatoes - smashed with protein-rich white beans
Chocolate Banana Ice Cream - made extra-rich with avacado

About the Author: Missy Chasse Lapine is the former publisher of Eating Well magazine and the founder of a natural baby product line Baby Spa. She is currently on the Culinary Arts faculty of The New School, in New York City and is also a collaborator with The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a partnership between the American Heart Association and the William . Clinton Foundation, helping schools serve healthier lunches. Missy serves on the Children's Advisory Council of Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian where The Sneaky Chef recipes are served to patients. She and her husband and two daughters live in Westchester County, New York.

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