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Get your kids to eat their veggies — ‘deceptively’

All across America there is a nightly battle between parents and kids at the dinner table. The challenge? Getting kids to eat their vegetables. It’s an age-old problem, and one that can really frazzle parents anxious to get their kids to eat well. So what’s a parent to do? Jessica Seinfeld has some helpful hints to offer in her new cookbook, “Deceptively Delicious.” She appeared on TODAY t

All across America there is a nightly battle between parents and kids at the dinner table. The challenge? Getting kids to eat their vegetables. It’s an age-old problem, and one that can really frazzle parents anxious to get their kids to eat well. So what’s a parent to do? Jessica Seinfeld has some helpful hints to offer in her new cookbook, “Deceptively Delicious.” She appeared on TODAY to discuss the book with contributor Joy Bauer, who served as nutritionist on the new cookbook. Here’s a recipe excerpt you can test out on your family:

Pancakes (with sweet potato)

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Pancakes (with sweet potato)

By Jessica Seinfeld, from her "Deceptively Delicious" cookbook

Recipe reprinted from "Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food." Copyright 2007 by Jessica Seinfeld. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.