Good pudding recipes with HIDDEN fruit anyone?

[aliceemma]

DD (2.2) generally a good eater as long as it doesn't involve anything too obviously resembling vegetables or fruit! (In her defence, she does just about everything else and is quite adventurous) Am looking for puddings other than crumble as a quick & easy or freezable way of smuggling in some fruit. Any suggestions anyone? P.S. I tried Plum Cobbler from River Cottage and can highly recommend - yum, yum - even though DD wasn't tempted.

Try grating apple into cake mixture, it disappears!
Banana cake.
Citrus sponge or lemon surprise pudding but with orange instead. All pretty well hidden and only detectable by taste.

Thanks boogiewoogie - grated apple a fab idea - will try hiding it in some other spongey stuff :)

You could offer her a smoothie as an alternative pud, and you can cram a hell of a lot of fruit into that!

I've actually served mashed sweet potatoes as dessert! Add butter, cream/milk, brown sugar and cinnamon and you're away.

Have tried the smoothie option and no success yet - just bemused outrage at why you would possibly want to "mess with" plain dairy!

AndiMac - she won't eat my ordinary mash at the moment - although confess it's not great - but yours sounds yummy so will definitely try even if I only eat it all myself :)

Was much relieved yesterday to meet another mum whose child is a complete veg & fruit refusenik - was feeling very shamed by all the children who gobble up blueberries and the like as if they manna from heaven. Though give DD her due - you can give her meat, fish and cheese in any form and she will eat it.

Ice cream or pureed in plain yogurt?

Carrot cake? you'd never know it was made from veg if no-one told you.

Take a ripe banana, cut it in half lengthways and freeze for 6hrs (ish!). Blend it in a food processor, if you like add a little yogurt, or some berries (frozen work fine, no need to defrost). Voila, instant ice cream.

Sticky toffee pudding has dates in it...

Blackberry and apple in and out is yummy.

Blueberry muffins might work, or if she likes tangy even lemon and raspberry ones.

Pancakes can have fruit added, either to the mix or served with them.

Thanks for all the ideas ...

Silly mummy thought blueberry muffins would be a good idea - we made them Thursday and DD loved making them acting all excited about the blueberries - but have then had to spend the last 2 days picking blueberries and any blue "infected" sponge out of "her cakes". Aaargh!!

Was thinking of shredding some carrot in muffins - not sure what it will taste like but they are so quick to make that would be good if I could smuggle something in.

Yes, carrot in muffins would be fine. Squash was undetectable by my kids too, although I wasn't keen!

Can't say I'm tempted by squash either ... am wondering if I can do a more savoury cheesey version with some broccoli or spinach as would be v good to get some green stuff in? Or is that pushing it too far?

chocolate apple cake.

ooh that sounds good wheredidiputit!

Rice pudding with apple or berry purée / compote in.
Blueberry or banana pancakes
Bananas n custard

Cobbler always good here.
Grated courgette / carrot / apple fine in cakes or even bread.

Muffin recipes using courgette or spinach.

I bet there are some savoury scone recipes out there with veg in if you search.

Also, you could make lollies with real fruit juice using one of these

Thanks for the Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall link PestoPenguin the savoury muffins look great - am going to go on the search for savoury scones.

If it was me I would give the child a dinner of

Beans, peas, red kidney beans, garlic, carrott, sweetcorn, parsnip, pasata, chick peas cooked in herbs and serve with a little rice, if shes hungry and rest of family are eating so will she.

sod the hidden veg thing, you will set you both up otherwise.

Thanks OlympicRelay - I know this works for some but don't thinks it right for us. My mother took your approach and I remained a very fussy eater well into my teens. For me most important things are that my DD is involved in growing, buying (at the greengrocers) and preparing food and enjoying a wide range of different flavours and textures. I believe that small children genuinely struggle with some flavours and textures and that this varies by child, (interestingly other young omnivore mammals do show similar behaviour when they start feeding themselves - e.g. avoiding bitter tastes, certain textures), and personally don't want the table to be a battle field when with a little imagination and v little effort on my part DD can enjoy a healthy and wide ranging diet.