Trick or treat? Jessica Seinfeld's new cookbook for parents

Jessica Seinfeld -- wife of Jerry -- released a must-have book for every parent yesterday. Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food ($14.97) provides stealthy and easy ways for parents to hide healthy food into their favorite and not-so-healthy ones. Jessica, who has three children, Sascha, 6 1/2, Julian Kal, 4, Shepherd Kellen, 2, with Jerry, tells People what inspired her to be a sneaky chef.

I was making butternut squash puree for my baby and mac 'n' cheese from a box for my other kids. I realized the colors matched exactly. So I added the squash to the mac 'n' cheese and they didn't notice. I was so excited! I thought, 'What else can I hide?' It became an obsession.

So what else does she hide?

Sweet potato in pancakes, pureed tomato in taco meat, spinach in brownies...I've met kids who say they hate spinach -- 'Eww, it's so gross!' I'll give them a brownie and tell them, 'That was FULL of spinach.' They don't know what to say.

Jessica doesn't have to trick Jerry, 53, who she says is a good eater, but should she stuff some of his loathed asparagus into a meal, he wouldn't mind.

He would love it. He thinks this whole thing is so much fun. He would say, 'I stand corrected.'

Source: People, October 15 issue, pg 56

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