Sneaky Chef
Health Up Boxed Mac and Cheese
by Missy Chase Lapine
August 25, 2009
There’s not a kids’ menu in the United States that doesn’t offer some variation of macaroni and cheese — the favorite — if not the most popular — of American comfort foods. Kraft now sells more than one million boxes every day! The beauty of even the packaged version is that its cheesy creaminess offers ample opportunity for sneaky chefs to slip in extra nutrition that even the toughest little critics ...
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Missy Chase Lapine is the former publisher of Eating Well magazine. A mother of two young daughters, she knows how picky kids can be—and she’s got the kitchen experiments to prove it! She is on the Culinary Arts facility of The New School, in New York City, and also gives cooking classes and coaching to busy families hoping to learn how to eat healthier. Her book, The Sneaky Chef, is published by Running Press. Her next book The Sneaky Chef: How to Cheat on Your Man (In the Kitchen) will be out in April 2008. You can learn more about Missy at her website, www.thesneakychef.com
Column Archive
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Less is More
by Missy Chase Lapine
August 3, 2007, 12:00 amAt some point early in their lives I made the connection between how healthy and happy my kids were and what they ate. This propelled me into becoming a food label sleuth. Any ingredient list that I had to concentrate on to pronounce was immediately suspect. Read More
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Homework Helpers: Food That Boosts Kids' Brain Power
by Missy Chase Lapine
July 27, 2007, 12:00 amWe all know the drill: healthy meals equal healthy kids. But when it comes to between meals, we tend to let our guard down. Here's a snack idea that tastes as good as it sounds: Peanut Butter and Jelly Muffins. These muffins put a new, healthy spin on an old favorite. Read More
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Bad Manners Breakfast
by Missy Chase Lapine
July 20, 2007, 12:00 amBad manners breakfast – now there’s a meal to remember! This was the annual tradition my father cooked up to compensate for insisting on perfectly proper table manners the other 364 days a year. During this one no holds barred meal, we kids could go wild: Pancakes worn as hats and tossed as flying saucers, scrambled eggs and jelly squished between our fingers—or worse, our toes! Read More
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Health Up That Tomato Sauce!
by Missy Chase Lapine
July 13, 2007, 12:00 amFor those of you who haven’t yet tried it, pureeing is a god-send for parents on the go. Besides making healthy veggies, fruits, beans and whole grains undetectable in kids’ favorite foods, purees are quick to make, easy to master, and store well for use later in the week. Read More
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Party Food to Feel Good About
by Missy Chase Lapine
July 6, 2007, 12:00 amAlthough I'm known for taking every opportunity to enhance kids’ favorite foods with top notch nutrition, I'm not an extremist. And as a normal person, I would never deprive a birthday kid of his cake. Read More
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Peace (and Peas) at the Table
by Missy Chase Lapine
June 29, 2007, 12:00 amI may be called “The Sneaky Chef”, but that wasn’t always the case. I used to be called “nagging, bribing, threatening chef.” I set out healthy foods for my kids to eat each night and I berated them to try them. The result was disastrous. My picky little eaters wouldn’t touch a thing and I grew more and more frustrated. Read More
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Cookies without the guilt!
by Missy Chase Lapine
June 22, 2007, 12:00 amCookie Monster said it best, “C is for cookie, it’s good enough for me!” Well, maybe on Sesame Street that can fly with HIS mom, but most parents want to sneak in more than empty calories when it comes to feeding their kids. Here's a recipe you can feel good about. Read More
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Sneaky Baked Ziti
June 15, 2007, 12:00 am
This looks and tastes just like a traditional, decadent baked ziti casserole, yet boasts hidden veggies, extra protein, and fiber from a super secret ingredient…tofu. Tofu is like the secret agent of protein—it can sneak into almost any dish in disguise and go undetected. Plus, because high-fiber, low-fat tofu bears a striking resemblance to its higher fat twin, mozzarella cheese, you can slip it in and replace at least one-third of the cheese used in traditional baked zitis. And your kids won’t even know the difference! Read More
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Spinach Brownies
by Missy Chase Lapine
June 1, 2007, 12:00 amSpinach brownies?!? They'll never know. I promise! It’s hard to believe that brownies can be healthy, but this recipe takes the cake. Read More
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A Veggie with Heart
by Missy Chase Lapine
May 25, 2007, 12:00 amI’ve made my name hiding healthy foods in unexpected places. But sometimes a vegetable is so fantastic in it’s original form, it doesn’t need my help. This column is devoted to one of my favorites—an incredibly nutritious whole food that is completely unadorned, but utterly fun to eat…. the artichoke! Read More
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