Diets in Review - Find the Right Diet for You  Hiding Veggies
Can Help You Shed Pounds  Adding “hidden” vegetables in meals
has been a popular tactic for parents in getting their kids to
eat the food they often turn up their noses to. Cookbooks like
Jessica Seinfeld’s cookbook “Deceptively Delicious” and Missy
Chase Lapine’s “The Sneaky Chef” espoused the benefits of doing
so.  Now, researchers are suggesting that adults can stand to
benefit from hiding vegetables as well. According to researchers
at Pennsylvania State University, if you hide veggies by
pureeing them and adding them to your entrees, it reduces the
number of calories in the meal without sacrificing texture or
taste.  An added benefit found in the study was that
participants got more than double their fiber intake of veggies
without even knowing it. You see, the participants in the study
were unaware of what was being added to the foods they were
eating. The cooks were adding vegetables that had been steamed
and then pureed.  Here are some exam