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Monster Mash*

Whether it's made with carrots or other vegetables, "monster mash" offers a great way to get your kids to enjoy veggies. Try this same recipe substituting squash,broccoli or sweet potatoes for carrots. Let kids scrub the veggies. If you have a potato masher, let them do the mashing, too.

Ingredients:
1/2 pound raw, russet potatoes
1/2 pound raw carrots
1 tsp. butter, margarine or olive oil
1/4 tsp. salt
pepper (to taste)
1/2 tsp. soy sauce (optional)

Directions:
  1. Wash potatoes, and cut into eighths.
  2. Scrub carrots, and cut into 1-inch chunks.
  3. Cook potatoes and carrots in a covered pan gently in about 2 cups water. When softened, drain vegetables, saving cooking liquid.
  4. Mash, or process them in a food processor, with 1/2 cup cooking liquid, butter, salt pepper and soy sauce.
 Nutritional Information Per Serving (without soy sauce):

Calories 75, Total fat 1 g, Saturated fat 1.7 g, Cholesterol 1 mg,  Sodium 181 mg., Protein 2 g, Carbohydrate 15 g, Fiber 3 g.

* (Adapted by Healthy Start from a recipe in Meals Without Squeals by Christine Berman and Jacki Fromer. Palo Alto, CA; Bull Publishing Company, 1991)

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