Meatballs????

My new recipe of the week is special for my little man.  I got this book for Christmas:

and now that Z is eating real people food (but would live off of bananas and graham crackers if it was up to him) I decided to make him some meals that I could freeze and serve him so I am not looking into the fridge everyday wondering what I can give him.
I LOVE meatballs (being Norwegian I have been trained to make the best meatballs EVER), and I can make them bite sized so I figured this would be a great start for my "cooking for children" days.  The recipe called for her "green puree" (sweet peas, broccoli and spinach).  The whole idea of this cook book is to sneak veggies and other healthy ingredients into your children's food.  I originally wanted Jessica Seinfeld's book but I saw a review of several mothers who cooked and compared recipes from both books.  They liked the food and their children liked the food of both but they said the "Sneaky" cookbook was easier (um.....I'll take the easy one). 

Zack's well balanced meal: steamed carrots, garlic bread and meatballs

It looked awful (I should say I used breadcrumbs instead of wheat germ...I couldn't find wheat germ in the store).  The meatballs ha a green tint to them.  Once I cooked them they looked much better, but they kind of fell apart (next time I might roll them in flour before I cook).  None of this matters because Zack loved it!

I should mention that he won't eat food that blends into his high chair tray...even if he likes it so meatballs were something I knew he would try

He liked it so much he didn't care I was taking pictures of him!

I tried a bite but I think knowing what the green puree looked like and seeing the green meat might have swayed my opinion.  I gave a bite to Adam without telling him what was in it and his comment was "what...it tastes like ground beef".  You are supposed to serve the meatballs with sauce on spaghetti...but I am not ready for that mess yet.

By the way don't judge me for letting my baby stay in pj's all day...or that I took him to the grocery store like this (what am I supposed to do when I need to get to the store and Z takes an extra long nap...and on a side note why can't he take the extra long nap when I need to get things done at home).