A lot of people who
make "healthy desserts" like to use the phrase "your friends
won't ever know the difference."
Okay, let's be honest. My friends
know the difference between real cookie dough and cookie dough that has puréed
garbanzo beans as the base. There came a
point where my friends would ask if something had sugar and gluten in it before
they would try it. I then began to
realize that they probably though I was trying to poison them. I had had them taste so many weird baking
attempts, that they were scared to eat at my house. I began to only serve things that I
considered to taste good, but their behavior towards any food at my house did
not change. I am able to tolerate some
pretty questionable tasting food. I
realized that I was not a reliable taste tester, as it was obvious that my
taste bud have become corrupted due to sugar and gluten deprivation. Nate became the new taste tester, and I would
only serve things that he deemed to be acceptable. It worked great...until we realized that
because he had tasted so many of my failed attempts, that now his idea of
"good" was still not even in the "edible" category for most
people. To save ourselves future embarrassment, we developed a new method. The goal is for food to be "David
approved." David is a hard sell on
food. He likes things sweet, and he
likes things that are unhealthy. A good
portion of his food pyramid consists of Skittles and Gummy Bears. It's hard to get David to try something, let alone admit that the taste
is tolerable. I usually end up spending
an unreasonable amount of time trying to convince him that something is good,
as he tries not to gag on what I just fed him.
So here is our official taste testing scale:
"It's
edible" - this means that I will eat it, probably just because it has some
sort of amazing health benefits. Nate
will only touch things in this category if it is extremely necessary. David won't even touch anything in this
category
"It's not
bad" - If I'm starving, I'll eat it, even if it isn't a superfood loaded
with health benefits. Nate will
occasionally eat things in this category, but only if there really isn't
anything else in the house that is easily accessible.
"It's
good" - I like it, and I'll eat it if it's there. Nate will usually eat things in this
category, but won't necessarily crave it, or request me to make it. David will sniff it, maybe taste it, but he
won't like it.
"Delicious!"
- I will make it on a regular basis, because it's the closest thing to sweet
and delicious as I will ever get. Nathan
will admit that it's good, and eat it if it's there. David will taste it, and if he's starving, he
will eat it if nothing else is around.
"David
Approved" - this is as high as we have ever made it on the scale, while
maintaining some level of nutriton. This
means it's healthy, and David will willingly eat it. This usually means that Nate and I consider
it a special treat.
"Off Limits
Delicious" - I occasionally bake things for Nate and David form my Macrina
Bakery cookbooks that my mom got me for Christmas. Everything in these books is loaded with
sugar and gluten. Everything in these
books is literally off limits to me.
Everything in these books is also so delicious, that sometimes I try to
justify eating it, even though I know it will make me sick.
There you have
it. Each recipe will be judged on this
scale, in order for you to make the most informed decision as to whether or not you are brave enough to try it.
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