I saw this ad while waiting at my doctor appointment today. I haven't seen any other photo ads like this one from the current Hidden Valley campaign but can't forget the television one I saw a couple of years ago where at an outdoor carnival all the traditional treats have been replaced with veggies - displayed in such a way that one could easily see why anybody would switch their box of popcorn for a box of cauliflower. This great picture of broccoli 'cupcakes' was a wonderful reminder. What I love about these ads are how almost completely accurate they are (besides making food look astonishingly glorious.) I'm not saying the broccoli are really replacing cupcakes just that it's amazing how great veggies taste with Hidden Valley. (Side story here - I explained this to my mom while I was staying with her insisting that veggies are better with Hidden Valley which turned into a bit of a joke between us. A few weeks after this assertion my sister was visiting dinner was accompanied by a salad. Not normally a salad eater she began serving herself seconds off-handedly mentioning that there was something about this salad that made it really good - nothing like salads she normally consumed. I would love to say that it was because I'm an awesome salad maker but it was just some romaine with carrots (there were red bell peppers too but she had picked those out...) so I felt completely justified in the gratification of being right on this point. My mom and I shared a good laugh over the spontaneous and unwitting endorsement of my favorite veggie accessories.) I'm not sure when I discovered this truth - probably about four years ago - but since stumbling across this fact of life I've experimented with other ranches 'just to see'. While some are pretty good nothing quite compares. I love my Hidden Valley. Now I just need to go pick up some fresh broccoli.
