Veggies Everywhere!

In the past few weeks, I have discovered that I can put a vegetable puree in almost anything! Since my last post, I have added carrots into red pasta sauce, sweet potatoes to white pasta sauce, yellow squash and butternut squash to meatballs, and cauliflower to mashed potatoes. I only add between 1/4 and 1/2 cup to the mixtures, otherwise it might overpower the other flavors. John did say that he feels like it makes things taste a little bit more bland - so perhaps I need to try adding more seasoning.
Anyway, Braxton has eaten everything, and then when he gets full, throws the rest on the floor for the dogs. Surprisingly, they eat it too! John has even eaten everything as well, and commented that he can't taste it, so he doesn't mind and is happy about the extra nutrients he's getting. John is preparing to run a 1/2 marathon in May, and so I think I've lucked out with him being so open to my experiments!
My sister, Jenny, was less than excited about the veggies being mixed in, but her husband, Travis, isn't picky at all, so he ate everything. My dad commented that he thought he could taste the squash in my Italian Meatball Sandwich Casserole... but I'm not so sure that he wasn't teasing me.

I have also tried out a few more recipes from my new cookbook: Deceptively Delicious. I have to admit that the Scrambled Eggs (with cauliflower) wasn't very good. The cauliflower flavor was completely overpowering, and the final product didn't hold together very well so it was difficult to eat. Braxton ate them, and seemed to enjoy them, but I probably won't make this recipe again for myself. I am going to have to play around with the recipe to make it more like scrambled eggs and less like cauliflower, but still as nutritious as the original recipe!