Deception Can Taste Really Good

Dear Margot,

Those chicken tenders you ate for lunch ... ummmmm ... those we actually vegetarian "Chik'n" tenders by Morning Star Farms. Oh, and that ketchup you were slurping up right and left? That was a special concoction.

I have an idea that you'll thank me when you're forty.
Love,
Mama

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Homemade Ketchup

6 oz tomato paste

1/2 cup pureed carrots

1/4 cup water

2 Tbsp Apple Cider vinegar

2 cloves garlic, minced

1/2 tsp dry mustard

1/4 tsp ground allspice

1/4 tsp chili powder

Recipe adapted from Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food

this was Stella's face when I told her about all my sneaky tricks