Pink Pancakes

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For those of you who know me well, you know that I am not the greatest cook in the kitchen....but that is changing!!! Now that I have a family I am trying really hard to become a better cook. I want to prepare nutritional meals for my kids so they will grow up to be healthy and strong... and I think it's gross that Jacy's favorite breakfast is frozen Eggo waffles...literally, still FROZEN! She gets upset when I try to heat them up or toast them for her.
I recently got a cook book titled "Deceptively Delicous". It is a great cook book full of yummy recipes that hide "mystery" ingredients from your family. They will never guess what HEALTHY food they are actually eating!
Jacy invited her Aunt Janell over for a sleep over so I thought I would give it a try. PINK Pancakes made with pureed BEETS and grated apple! They were beautiful and delicious!!! Jacy really loved them. She took 1 bite and said, "These are DELICIOUS!" It may have helped that I told her that all the princesses also eat pink pancakes, but either way, she ate without fighting with me!
I have also tried oatmeal with pureed pumpkin, mashed potatoes with pureed cauliflower, chicken taquitos with pureed yellow squash and pureed carrots(These are my favorite so far!), and chocolate pudding with pureed avocado (These were not my favorite, but I think it was the avocados fault). It has been so fun to try these new recipes (especially with all of the new kitchen gadgets I am getting through Pampered Chef) and I feel good about giving my family healthier meals. Jacy loves to help me in the kitchen whenever she can. She especially loves to use the electric mixer!

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  1. Carrie10:53 AM

    Sounds yummy! You'll have to try some out on me sometime.

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