The more I read food labels, the more I realize what junky food we Americans eat! Why does the box of cupcake mix have to have maltodextrin? Because it is cheaper to use than real sugar.
I checked the back of McCormick's "Pure" Vanilla Extract. It has high fructose corn syrup in it! Yuck.
Have you looked at the list of ingredients in any processed food lately? What are we putting into our bodies? Who knows what the side effects of this stuff is? The FDA is controlled by industry lobbyists. Therefore, anything approved for general use by the FDA must be considered suspect, in my mind, until proven otherwise.
In my quest to avoid processed food and chemicals, I have started making more things from scratch and buying organic fruit and veggies, especially strawberries because my kids loved them and I know that strawberries easily absord chemicals from the ground. I have been considering going with an all organic fruit and veggie delivery company, such as Greenling.com for quite a while, but have never made the plunge. Primarily because I am nervous about the quantity of items that will be included in the "local basket" of produce for which I will need recipes. But I guess that could be fun, too, right? What do you do with rhubarb besides make pies? I'm sure there are plenty of recipes out there. I think Greenling actually includes recipes for some of the not-so-well-known produce in the baskets it delivers. I must make the plunge.
I am also going to shop at Central Market today. My husband is not crazy about the idea because he thinks it will be more expensive, but I am going to try to stick to my original food budget of $100. This will be the real test, I guess. Can one eat healthy food on a budget?
We'll see how it turns out.
3 comments:
Have you given more thought to ordering a local food box? We've done this for a number of years (though our growing season limits it to the summer months). It's a great way to get local produce and support local farmers, especially if you don't often get to a farmer's market.
We finally got one from Greenling today! I am so excited! I wasn't quite sure what to do with the kohlrabi but I just found a recipe online for kohlrabi slaw that looks quite good. I'll have to post it.
If you have Simply in Season, they have a really yummy kohlrabi recipe, a mild curry.
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