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I add cauliflower to mac and cheese too. It doesn’t even have to be
pureed just chopped small, it blends right it with the pasta.
— In Budget101_@yahoogroups.com, “Joi”
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> My kids run when they see a vegetable, so I want to share some of
> my “tricks” to get them to eat them. With any tomato sauce ie..
> spaghetti, goulash, sloppy joe, pizza I cook frozen pea/carrot mix and
> puree them and add them into the sauce as I cook it. I am sure there is
> other vegetables that would work with this, such as pumpkin, sqash,
> sweet potato. Now for white sauce, I cook and puree zuchini or
> cauliflower mixes well with my chicken pot pie, mashed potato,
> stroganoff. Sweet potato, squash and pumpkin work well with cheese
> sauce. What I look for is vegetables that don’t have a strong flavor,
> take on other flavors well and that will puree easily. Most of these
> also make great thickeners. If you have any other ideas I would love to
> hear them. I have tried to introduce them, still continue, but until
> they realize vegetables are not an enemy they will still get them, they
> just won’t know it.
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