450896 Mon Oct 15 09:22:03 -0700 2007 10 33 Food Media and News 0 3035535 If you don't have time to read this entire post, short answer is: NO, not unless you really hate the person you are feeding. Okay, just incase I'm being mistaken as celebrating bashing: I do not and will probably never know or get to meet Mr. & Mrs. Seinfeld nor Oprah. I do not have negative feeling about any of them, and this post is not about them, but the failure of the recipe. Here it goes. Many of you will ask: Why would you every try to make a brownie recipe made with spinach and carrot puree? I'm a curious person, and Oprah and Jerry on the show both claim this is such a good brownie that its qualify as the last meal on death row kinds meal... Because I don't believe them, because I make a very good fudge brownie, I have to try it! I got the recipe from Oprah.com (incase you now also want to try it). Since I didn't buy the book, I puree the veges the way I know. Stemed and then puree in my blender (it was too little of quantity for me to want to use my food processer). Spinach pureed rightaway, carrot was dryer, and took more effort. Than I follow the recipe, which made enought batter for a 8 x 8 pan, than baked. So far so good, everything was exactly as recipe said. 25 mins later, brownie's done, I let it cool on the wire rack. It cooled a lot quicker than my usual brownie. When it was cool enought to handle, I cut it and took a taste bite. 1st of all, the texture was weird to say the least. It was almost rubbery. I can smell the spinach as soon as I cut open the brownie, but the recipe does warn you that the vege taste will not completely be gone until its cool. So I was cautious, but not alarmed. Than I took another bite after its completely cool, still taste the spinach, and now I can see the orange bits of carrots that was not pureed completed. I thought, I am the foodie in the house, maybe I just have a more senstive tastebud and I did make it, so I know what was in there. But just in case, I topped it with creamcheese frosting. Enter victim #1 & 2, my honey and his friend. Now this friend, he is famous for eatting anything and everything ateable, and is never ever picky. One of his recent incident was that he ate some old stale rice cake, and announce it was good with honey..... I walked to them when both were busy playing games, made my offering. They bite, chewed, and in slow motion, turn around, and ask me: What is this? (Brownie, its a new recipe) Something tasted weird, what's in there? (well......) So it failed. Tanked as much as it can. I made it up to my victims by making them real food that's yummy. Word of advise to Bob Green, Oprah's trainer: Please take her off her diet for just 20 mins and allow her to have some real brownie, from anywhere that's serves food. She has been on diet too long that she can no longer judge what a brownie taste like anymore.... Or to the Oprah show, please have Gale be the judge of next food related show you do, she may still have real taste buds, and therefore more releatic opinion. Mon Oct 15 09:22:03 -0700 2007 70689 meimei 1 3036225 I missed the show - but, isn't there a recipe for something w/ beet puree? Maybe a cake or something? Mon Oct 15 12:05:23 -0700 2007 3035535 88683 stellamystar 2 3042787 She said she makes chocolate cake with beet puree. There was an interesting article about this book, and others like it, in yesterday's Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101201942.html Wed Oct 17 09:54:01 -0700 2007 3036225 10666 Chocolatechipkt 1 3036245 meimei In the words of that famous Maven of Justice, Judge Judy: "If it doesn't make sense, it probably isn't true" I rest my case. :-} Mon Oct 15 12:10:42 -0700 2007 3035535 20921 Tay 2 3037575 As ususal, Judge Judy is right!!! I must confess I'm skeptical about this whole "sneaking in the veggies and kids won't know any better..." Of course I need to thank my lucky stars, my kids are somewhat picky eaters (won't eat carrots, peas) but love spinach and broccoli so I knock wood... Mon Oct 15 18:01:58 -0700 2007 3036245 105586 Cat Chow 3 3038017 I love the recipes that "sneak" the veggies into balls of fried dough or other fat loaded concoctions. Sounds like we're really making headway on this healthy eating thing. Mon Oct 15 20:35:10 -0700 2007 3037575 84570 kindofabigdeal 1 3040144 Thank you for for this post. While I have no interest in Jerry's wife or (buying)her book. I was curious as to how this particular item tasted. Sounded disgusting right from the start and your experience back it up. http://meandmyfork.blogspot.com Tue Oct 16 13:00:09 -0700 2007 3035535 23758 Withnail42 1 3042254 This post made me laugh and laugh. Thanks for taking one for the team! Wed Oct 17 07:50:07 -0700 2007 3035535 108080 BostonCookieMonster 2 3049989 I bought the book for a gift for someone who is always "hiding" veggies to get her kids to eat them. I'll be curious to see how she likes them. I considered making the brownies but after the above review, I'm not so sure I want to waste the ingredients. I saw the Oprah show and was skeptical but some of the stuff sounds ok; I'd like to try the mac & cheese with butternut squash puree. Fri Oct 19 11:17:08 -0700 2007 3042254 40346 marciab 1 3050534 check out the article in today's NYTimes biz section about this book's striking similarities to a book that was recently twice declined by Seinfeld's publisher Harper Collins. Fri Oct 19 13:18:28 -0700 2007 3035535 133350 annabana 1 3050580 This whole concept reminds me of something called "I Hate Peas" that was sold when I was a kid. I think they were some sort of extruded potato product, with ridges that ran the length of the "fries" and had potatoes infused with other veggies. Give me carrot cake or zucchini bread anytime and forget about trying to fool the kids. http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayoflife/09/04/food.failures/index.html Fri Oct 19 13:27:34 -0700 2007 3035535 117292 Shayna Madel