I never got to update on my final attempt at the Deceptively Delicious cookbook. I gave pancakes another try, even though sweet potato pancakes didnt work out. Brooke will generally eat pancakes and I know if I can figure out the right way to pump them up with something she would eat it. What exactly is the best thing to throw into a pancake, I am not too sure ... but this one made me curious because it included pureed beets.
Brooke has never had a beet, in fact, I dont think I have ever had a beet either ;) The process was a strange one, starting with a nasty looking pancake batter.
I'm not sure this picture does it justice, but the batter truly was a hot pink. Which looked even more interesting as I cooked the batter.
The pancakes though, ended up looking pretty good. Not as good as the ones in the picture, but when does anything look like it does in the cookbook? I'm guessing ... never.
I tried the pancake out the first time when we were out to dinner. She is generally better behaved and more willing to try new things when we are in public or with other people. In this case, both were true (we were with other people, in public). I handed her some pancake and she handed it right back to me. No luck.
I figured she was a little distracted, so I tried it again the next day. She is very into "taking a bite" lately. She wants to be handed a big item that she can take bites of, versus me handing her already cut-up pieces. I figured it was worth a shot and handed her a whole pancake.
She was pretty excited about her whole pancake and kept looking at me saying "bite?". I told her she could take a bite and she gave it a whirl.
She ate it! There was more mangling than eating, but overall the beet-puree pancake was a hit!
