Hiding Food Part 1

• Protein Powder blends into milkshakes, fruit smoothies, yogurts, puddings
• Agar Flakes can be slipped in judicious amount into mac&cheese, pasta salad
• Raw Vegetables can be run through the food processor add to muffins, hamburgers, tomato sauce.
• Blackstrap Molasses as sweetener, in cookies
• Add a box of frozen spinach to a devil’s food cake! Thaw, drain/press then run the spinach through a food processor until there are no large chunks. Add this puree to the cake batter and bake as usual. It adds moistness as well as nutrition, and I would never believe how good it is until I tried it.
• Substitute “good” pasta for “empty” pasta – whole wheat, spelt, Barilla Plus
• Substitute brown rice for white rice, cook in vegetable broth or low sodium chicken broth rather than water.
• Substitute whole wheat flour for bleached
• Pancakes, Waffles – add mashed banana, oats, Protein Powder, Wheat Germ
• Substitute avocado for butter, sour cream or cream cheese. It adds flavor and is a monounsaturated fat.

Dave