I’ve finally got around to visiting the Guardian site you recommended for the vegetarian recipes. They do indeed look terrific and I will be trying a number of them soon. Particularly liked Yotam Ottolenghi’s (male/female?) introductory comments to each recipe.
Thanks!

Jennifer, I’ve never heard of Yotam Ottolenghi – but aren’t the recipes glorious.

the the great big vegetable challenge – I think this is a really interesting site and should get more attention than the spat over the jesssica seinfeld cookbook. I saw this article today and thought you might find it interesting – I think the whole idea of disguising vegetables is questionable and was glad to see others questioning it (also saw an article by Mark Bittman questioning it in the new york times (?) recently)
http://www.theage.com.au/news/epicure/getting-kids-to-eat-veggies—the-sneaky-way/2008/03/11/1205125903860.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

Thanks for the link Johanna. I’ve seen some of the reports about Jessica Seinfeld’s book. While I think disguising vegetables can be useful, it’s only ever a short-term band-aid. Ultimately you want kids to get the lesson that vegetables are part of a healthy normal meal. And you can’t do that if you’re hiding them.

Trouble is, many adults haven’t got that lesson yet either.

I haven’t read the Bittman article, so I’ll have a hunt around for that.

I love the Great Big Vegetable Challenge – they’ve been trying samphire this week. I’ve never eaten samphire. Let alone tried to feed it to a child! It’s an impressive project and Charlotte Hume – the mother behind the Great Big Veg Challenge – has just announced she’s got a book deal.