Ottawa ComicCon

The 2012 Ottawa Comiccon opens today, and to honour my love of both cooking and pop culture, I thought I would put the spotlight on something that celebrates both, "The DC Super Heroes Super Healthy Cookbook".

I discovered this book in my school library when I was in grade 8, and while I was more interested in the superheroes than in the recipes, I loved how it made cooking fun for kids like me, and it was a lot more interesting than the lessons being taught in Home Ec class. I was, and still am, a huge Batman fan, so one of the first recipes I tried was one featuring the Dynamic Duo:

(forevergeek.com)

I wasn't much of a salad eater back in the day, but my parents seemed to like the dressing I had made, or maybe they were impressed with me taking an active part in preparing a meal. At any rate, I was encouraged to try making something else. The next thing I made was from the cookbook was another recipe from the Batman family, Commissioner Gordon's Undercover Vegetables. The recipe was basically oven-roasted vegetables with a breadcrumb coating, but the fact that it was superhero approved made it that much more appetizing to me. There were a lot of good recipes in this cookbook, but unfortunately, the book has been out of print for years. I would have thought with superheroes being all the rage these days this would not be the case, forcing me to rely on images found on the Internet. Maybe I can find a copy of it when I head out to ComicCon this weekend. Excelsior!

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