Missy Chase Lapine - Sneaky Blends: Supercharge Your Health with More Than 100 Recipes Using the Power of Purees

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PRAISE FOR MISSY CHASE LAPINE AND
Sneaky Blends

The Sneaky Chef has done it again! In a world where we seem to have forgotten you are what you eat, Sneaky Blends gives us the road map to creating nutrient-dense blends that will help anyone feel more energized and be healthier.

Michael Lewis, MD, president and founder, Brain Health Education and Research Institute

Say goodbye to fighting over greens and hello to healthier meals that taste incredible.

Brooke Griffin, author of Skinny Suppers and founder of SkinnyMom.com

Missy has been a champion of childrens health through her innovative Sneaky Chef booksbringing easy ways to add vegetables and other nutritious foods into our kids diets. Now with Sneaky Blends , we adults have a delicious chance to enjoy her signature blends and purees for ourselves! The book is beautiful to browse, and the recipes [are] so delicious, it makes healthy eating a pleasure!

Elizabeth Pantley, author of The No-Cry Picky Eater Solution: Gentle Ways to Encourage Your Child to Eatand Eat Healthy

With Missys recipes, we have no excuse for avoiding the delicious, satisfying foods weve all been neglecting. She understands flavors and texture as well as any chef and edits her recipes for a healthy experience.

Daniel Boulud, chef/owner, The Dinex Group

I have been immersed in the health and wellness space for fifteen years, on the fitness and the food and beverage sides. I believe that Missys blends will trigger a nutritional revolution, by providing wonderfully tasty, nutritionally dense food products and offering superior accessible nutrition and an exceptional delivery system for all ages.

Mark W. Wood, CEO and founder, Wolfpack Hospitality

Sneaky Blends is a versatile guide that will add pizzazz to your dishes and delight your taste buds.

Samantha Heller, registered dietitian, exercise physiologist, and author of The Only Cleanse

Sneaky Blends is a game changer for those of us who know how difficult it is to stay healthy when constantly on the go. Not only do these nutrient-packed purees help save precious time in the kitchen, but they also allow you to feel better about eating your favorite comfort foods.

Phoebe Lapine, founder of FeedMePhoebe.com and author of The Wellness Project

Missy has a flair for creating healthful recipes with a boost of good-for-you nutrients. Her latest book has lots of fabulous, healthy recipes that are a perfect addition to any healthy eating plan.

Toby Amidor, MS, RD, nutrition expert and author of The Greek Yogurt Kitchen

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Medical Disclaimer: The ideas, methods, and suggestions contained in this book are not intended to replace the advice of a nutritionist, doctor, or other trained health professional. You should consult your doctor before adopting the methods of this book. Any additions to or changes in a diet or exercise program are at the readers discretion.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Lapine, Missy Chase, author. | May, Jennifer, photographer.

Title: Sneaky blends : supercharge your health with more than 100 recipes using the power of purees / by Missy Chase Lapine ; photography by Jennifer May.

Description: New York : North Star Way, an Imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., [2016]

Identifiers: LCCN 2016005845| ISBN 9781501130397 (trade pbk.) | ISBN 9781501130427 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Smoothies (Beverages) | Cooking (Fruit) | Cooking (Vegetables) | Blenders (Cooking) | Reducing diets. | LCGFT: Cookbooks.

Classification: LCC TX817.S636 L57 2016 | DDC 641.8/75--dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016005845

ISBN 978-1-5011-3039-7

ISBN 978-1-5011-3042-7 (ebook)

For my tireless taste testers and loves of my life,

Rick, Emily, and Sam.

HEALTH SNEAKS UP ON YOU

BLEND ( ' blend ) noun: a combination of different tastes, styles, or qualities that produces an attractive or effective result.

My Sneaky Blends start with a combination of superfoodslike broccoli, peas, and spinachthat are pureed down into concentrated form (imagine the consistency of hummus). Theyre delicious enough to eat on their own but also are designed to be added to recipesto make everything you eat better for you, by replacing higher-calorie ingredients with lower-calorie, antioxidant-rich blends. Think of them as condensed nutrition. Theyre the magical ingredient that transforms your favorite comfort foods into healthy ones.

I dont know about you, but I love food too much to go through life restricting what I can eat (read: boring diet food that tastes like cardboard) just to fit into my skinny jeans. But I found a way to enjoy the decadent foods I crave, while losing weight and getting amazing nutrition. I discovered the power of blends.

Let me explain. As the author of the Sneaky Chef series, I originally created my blends as a way to pump more nutrition into my picky kids diets, by slipping the blends into their favorite foods. But I discovered something: Moms like me all over the country were sneaking my delicious blends on themselves as a way to effortlessly get in more nutrition, feel recharged, and, get this: lose weight. As the testimonials throughout the book will tell you, it just works.

The power of blends isnt just anecdotal; research has proven theyre an insanely effective tool for weight loss. A study at Pennsylvania State University found that swapping vegetable purees (aka blends) for some of the more caloric ingredients in recipes helped participants eat 357 fewer calories each day, on averagethats 2,500 calories a week. And heres the best part: Despite eating lower-calorie foods, the participants felt just as satisfied as when they ate the higher-cal, blend-free versionsand didnt detect any taste difference between the two. The blend-boosted group also snuck two extra servings of produce into their daily diet.