Ahem, yes, organic food is expensive (especially in Canada - holy shiznitz!!!!) and it is a challenge to find (for me right now in Barrie)... BUT, come tomorrow, I'll be saving 13% more than people who are buying most packaged foods :) sooooo that makes me a little happier.
Why, you may ask...well it's all thanks to 3 little dreaded letters: HST. For those outside of Canada that means "Harmonized Sales Tax" and it's wreaking havoc on our world right now...there's no harmony about it! Things that used to be taxed only 1 tax (of what was it? 5,6 or 7%? I lost track) are now being taxed a whopping 13% (I still feel bad for the peeps in the UK who have their 20% VAT to pay!!!). THIRTEEN PERCENT! They are combining the 2 taxes that we used to pay on most items (which totalled 13%).
The government, in all their infinite wisdom, has continued to exempt all basic grocery items from this new HST. But, what does "Basic Grocery" mean? Well, the CRA (Our IRS) doesn't even fully know :) hahahahaha! Here's an interesting article for you to read called "Let Them Eat Cake".
As an aside, I went to a beautiful little cafe for lunch yesterday called Bohemia. I had this AMAZING sandwich on whole wheat pita - what was the filling? Spicy Lentil Spread - and WAS IT EVER YUMMY! now I have to figure out how to make it - there was a tomato based spread, then this yummy lentil spread - it was SO GOOD! I am going to saunter down there tomorrow and grab another order so I can 'test it' and come up with the recipe!
Anyhoooo- if you're in Barrie - go to BOHEMIA on Dunlop Street (next to Fitzy's crab shack)for some beautiful food (and fairly traded coffee and tea!)
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
How to start to eliminate canned foods from your cupboards (and BPA from your body)
I just e-mailed a friend some advice on how to start to eliminate canned foods from their diet, and I thought I'd post the same stuff here (because I am a lazy blogger! Hahahahaha) If you've been reading my blog, you'll know that I have tons of links to to informative articles with the details on how bad for you BPA is (I am NOT a science person so I always refer to the articles for that kind of stuff - search BPA on my blog and there will be a number of posts with links to articles that come up). I started to put two and two together with regards to estrogen and 'girl problems' because it just seems like a lot more women are having some severe issues in the last 10 years, and it could just be that we are more open to talking about them, but I think it's also that there are more issues pushing us to be more open to talking about them - I AM NOT A DOCTOR or a scientist or any kind of health care professional, I'm just a regular schmuck who documents her adventures more for her own use than anything - but I'll never specifically mention how omitting BPA from my diet has helped me because I don't want to be sued for giving out medical advice on a public forum, but in conjunction with eliminating most soy from my diet (not that I was going out and eating mountains of tofu or anything, but I did drink soy milk, and there's soy or a soy by-product in TONS of our food and soy also replicates estrogen which messes with our bodies (male and female). And yes, you'll see once or twice that I have eaten tofu, but everything is fine in moderation!). You should note however, that eliminating BPA from my life has reaped TREMENDOUS benefits and I will ALWAYS stand behind that.
Moving BPA tainted packaging is a hard transition to make - that's for sure....EVERYTHING comes in cans or plastic!!!! Maybe you can start by eliminating most canned food (especially avoiding canned highly acidic foods like TOMATOES (which I love) - this is the hardest thing to avoid ever because have you ever seen tomato paste sold in anything BUT a can? Pasta sauces come in jars now so that's easy, and you can start by buying soups in tetra packs (although those also have some evil in their lining too!)) , then move on to sodas, and other things that come in cans. It's such a shame....even cans that are labelled as "BPA FREE" are not :( -and switch completely from canned veg to frozen....frozen is supposed to be better for you anyhow (some are even saying that frozen veg has more vitamins and minerals than fresh because it's flash frozen right at it's peak ripeness (usually in season), whereas fresh produce lies around and loses vital vitamins every day until it's eaten.)
Some things you'd never even think twice about coming in a can - because how else does it come (hello beets! hahahaha) I mean, like beans - I had never in my life bought dried beans, I mean, what the heck are you supposed to do with them? :) Well, I'll tell ya - you are supposed to cook the whole bag at once in a giant pot, then freeze them in "can sized" portions (2 1/3 cup = about 19 oz) to use in favorite recipes. I even go so far as to make my own tomato sauce (haven't figured out the paste yet! but I will) and freeze that too.
As an added bonus to eliminating canned foods,you'll also be eliminating a TON of salt and preservatives...TONS!
Moving BPA tainted packaging is a hard transition to make - that's for sure....EVERYTHING comes in cans or plastic!!!! Maybe you can start by eliminating most canned food (especially avoiding canned highly acidic foods like TOMATOES (which I love) - this is the hardest thing to avoid ever because have you ever seen tomato paste sold in anything BUT a can? Pasta sauces come in jars now so that's easy, and you can start by buying soups in tetra packs (although those also have some evil in their lining too!)) , then move on to sodas, and other things that come in cans. It's such a shame....even cans that are labelled as "BPA FREE" are not :( -and switch completely from canned veg to frozen....frozen is supposed to be better for you anyhow (some are even saying that frozen veg has more vitamins and minerals than fresh because it's flash frozen right at it's peak ripeness (usually in season), whereas fresh produce lies around and loses vital vitamins every day until it's eaten.)
Some things you'd never even think twice about coming in a can - because how else does it come (hello beets! hahahaha) I mean, like beans - I had never in my life bought dried beans, I mean, what the heck are you supposed to do with them? :) Well, I'll tell ya - you are supposed to cook the whole bag at once in a giant pot, then freeze them in "can sized" portions (2 1/3 cup = about 19 oz) to use in favorite recipes. I even go so far as to make my own tomato sauce (haven't figured out the paste yet! but I will) and freeze that too.
As an added bonus to eliminating canned foods,you'll also be eliminating a TON of salt and preservatives...TONS!
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Challenging!
So...I am finding things a bit challenging lately. #1 - I cannot seem to find a really good store in Barrie to get organic fruits and veg...The farmer's market here is only on Saturday mornings and so far, I have been SWAMPED on Saturdays...I am also having a really really really hard time finding 'whole' meat with no antibiotics or hormones and that comes from humanely treated animals....I found some wild mahi mahi, I found some chicken, and I found some eggs (HOLY CRAP are the 'good' eggs here SO EXPENSIVE - like $7.00/carton!That's how much they cost in Bermuda!!!!!)
#2 - I'm also at a loss because my cookbooks are 'in transit' with the stuff that I shipped (which is apparently somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle as no one seems to know where it is) so, I haven't been making bread etc. (Thank goodness for my Clean Eating magazine subscription!)
On the flip side, I have been cooking up some stuff, and on Sunday I made hummus for my niece's party and people LOVED it. I made ALOT of it, and my sister took it to work and it was GONE - so that made me feel really good! (Secret for good humus - put TAHINI in it....sheesh!Some people omit the tahini.)
I don't really have a 'recipe' for hummus, but this is what I do:
Cook up some chickpeas (no cheating and using cans! :D)
Put about a large can's worth of beans (about 2 1/3 cups)into a food processor and pulse a bit so it's chopped up.
Add some water (1/2 cup to start) olive oil (1/2 cup to start) lemon juice (1/2 cup to start) 4-5 cloves of garlic (to start) maybe a teaspoon of sea salt and a teaspoon of cracked black pepper, 4 tablespoons of tahini (which is ground up sesame seeds - most places will carry this with their ethnic food, some health food stores carry it with their nut butters - I had to buy a HUGE jar of it, so look forward to some suggestions on what the heck to do with tahini other than using it for hummus soon!) and plop on the food processor to mash it all up.
If it is dry, add more water and a little more oil...mash again....taste it - if it tastes too 'bean-like' add another tablespoon of tahini. If it tastes too bland, add more lemon juice and garlic. Blend it up....now (and this is seriously my secret ingredient) add about 1 tablespoon of paprika....and turn on the food processor until the whole concoction is nice and smooth...then plop it in a dish and cover it with paprika - serve with pitas (whole wheat) toasted or plain, crackers, vegetables, whatever you want to dip in here is fine!
Notice how little salt is added...if you used canned beans, you would have a TON OF SALT already so don't add any more unless you like high blood pressure!
This was lunch yesterday - just a plate of leftovers and some boiled eggs (note the hummus sitting on top of the pita?):
And, I finally got my act together and have pics for you guys (with another yummy recipe idea for the YUMMIEST soup I have made to date!)
Yummy pork stirfry:
This tomato and bean soup was TO DIE FOR! And it was totally off the cuff! I was going to make tomato sauce and make a vegetable casserole with beans, but then my sister asked me to make the stir fry above instead...soooo, as I already had the tomatoes (about 5 of them) stewing on the stove and a TON OF BEANS cooked, I decided to make something up. So - stewing tomatoes is easy as I've said before - chop 'em up, rinse off the seeds, throw 'em in a pot of boiling water (not too much water, just enough to cover the tops of them)and simmer - I like to add some Italian seasoning to the mix right away...and some garlic too...this time, instead of straining the water after the tomatoes cooled, I plopped everything into a blender and pureed it, then I added about 1/4 to 1/3 of a cup each of black beans and chickpeas and pureed it again...then I poured some in a bowl and threw some fresh parmesan on the top et voila - YUMMY soup - or gazpacho (because it was yummy cold too!)
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Speaking of which, I don't even really know what Gazpacho is, so I looked it up - and now I have a ton of more ideas for what to make!
And this is a lunch that I made a few days ago - a ground pork patty with havarti cheese, garlic navy beans, and tomatoes....
I have been looking through my pics of my meals and I noticed that I am slightly tomato obsessed :) Just wanted everyone to know that I have eaten TONS of corn since I've been back (which is in season and is SUPER CHEAP at $0.25-$0.60/ ear!!!! and Strawberries......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
#2 - I'm also at a loss because my cookbooks are 'in transit' with the stuff that I shipped (which is apparently somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle as no one seems to know where it is) so, I haven't been making bread etc. (Thank goodness for my Clean Eating magazine subscription!)
On the flip side, I have been cooking up some stuff, and on Sunday I made hummus for my niece's party and people LOVED it. I made ALOT of it, and my sister took it to work and it was GONE - so that made me feel really good! (Secret for good humus - put TAHINI in it....sheesh!Some people omit the tahini.)
I don't really have a 'recipe' for hummus, but this is what I do:
Cook up some chickpeas (no cheating and using cans! :D)
Put about a large can's worth of beans (about 2 1/3 cups)into a food processor and pulse a bit so it's chopped up.
Add some water (1/2 cup to start) olive oil (1/2 cup to start) lemon juice (1/2 cup to start) 4-5 cloves of garlic (to start) maybe a teaspoon of sea salt and a teaspoon of cracked black pepper, 4 tablespoons of tahini (which is ground up sesame seeds - most places will carry this with their ethnic food, some health food stores carry it with their nut butters - I had to buy a HUGE jar of it, so look forward to some suggestions on what the heck to do with tahini other than using it for hummus soon!) and plop on the food processor to mash it all up.
If it is dry, add more water and a little more oil...mash again....taste it - if it tastes too 'bean-like' add another tablespoon of tahini. If it tastes too bland, add more lemon juice and garlic. Blend it up....now (and this is seriously my secret ingredient) add about 1 tablespoon of paprika....and turn on the food processor until the whole concoction is nice and smooth...then plop it in a dish and cover it with paprika - serve with pitas (whole wheat) toasted or plain, crackers, vegetables, whatever you want to dip in here is fine!
Notice how little salt is added...if you used canned beans, you would have a TON OF SALT already so don't add any more unless you like high blood pressure!
This was lunch yesterday - just a plate of leftovers and some boiled eggs (note the hummus sitting on top of the pita?):
And, I finally got my act together and have pics for you guys (with another yummy recipe idea for the YUMMIEST soup I have made to date!)
Yummy pork stirfry:
This tomato and bean soup was TO DIE FOR! And it was totally off the cuff! I was going to make tomato sauce and make a vegetable casserole with beans, but then my sister asked me to make the stir fry above instead...soooo, as I already had the tomatoes (about 5 of them) stewing on the stove and a TON OF BEANS cooked, I decided to make something up. So - stewing tomatoes is easy as I've said before - chop 'em up, rinse off the seeds, throw 'em in a pot of boiling water (not too much water, just enough to cover the tops of them)and simmer - I like to add some Italian seasoning to the mix right away...and some garlic too...this time, instead of straining the water after the tomatoes cooled, I plopped everything into a blender and pureed it, then I added about 1/4 to 1/3 of a cup each of black beans and chickpeas and pureed it again...then I poured some in a bowl and threw some fresh parmesan on the top et voila - YUMMY soup - or gazpacho (because it was yummy cold too!)
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Speaking of which, I don't even really know what Gazpacho is, so I looked it up - and now I have a ton of more ideas for what to make!
And this is a lunch that I made a few days ago - a ground pork patty with havarti cheese, garlic navy beans, and tomatoes....
I have been looking through my pics of my meals and I noticed that I am slightly tomato obsessed :) Just wanted everyone to know that I have eaten TONS of corn since I've been back (which is in season and is SUPER CHEAP at $0.25-$0.60/ ear!!!! and Strawberries......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
More on BPA
THIS article is really good!
I'm looking into whether tetra paks are an acceptable substitute for cans...sadly, it seems they are not as there are other chemicals in their lining that aren't very good either :(
Glass seems to be the way to go!
I'll keep you posted!
I'm looking into whether tetra paks are an acceptable substitute for cans...sadly, it seems they are not as there are other chemicals in their lining that aren't very good either :(
Glass seems to be the way to go!
I'll keep you posted!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Abundance!
So - I was a little overwhelmed with catching up on this blog because I have read sooooooo many great articles and learned some great new things - I didn't even know where to start...so, I thought I would just start with what I've been up to this week, and the rest will fall into place as I type in the days to come :)
This is a brand new week, and I am dedicating it to BEANS. I've already fallen in love with lentils and how easy they are to use in stuff, so I felt that I was up to the challenge of cooking with dry beans. Why beans you may ask? Well because:
Beans beans, they're good for your heart
The more you eat, the more you fart
The more you fart, the better you feel
So eat more beans at every meal!
I TOTALLY couldn't resist that :)
In any case - as a side note - in the 'You On a Diet' book by Dr. Roizen & Dr. Oz (I love you Dr. Oz!)you can read all about farting (tooting, passing wind/gas, flatulating (is that a word?)) and how it works in our digestive tracts...I love that book for all the 'easy-to-understand' info it provides about how our bodies work!
I am allowed to talk about these things because I earned some kind of badge of honour after having spent the last week with the poopiest baby on the planet!
***Side note ended***
So, today, instead of going downtown to the OHIP office (that's our provincial health insurance for any peeps who don't know) and reinstating my coverage like I should be, I was inspired to COOK...OMG I haven't COOKED in FOREVER! And I miss it! I soaked some beans overnight (ok, 'some' is an understatement as I poured out a whole bag of Chickpeas because I thought it didn't look like quite enough for the things I had planned - we are going to be having a TON of hummus at my niece's 1st birthday party this weekend- hahahahahahaha!)and I cooked them this afternoon. And as they were cooking I got a tons of ideas. You can also cook a whole bunch of beans ahead of time and freeze them - this is WAY better for you than buying canned beans which are FULL of SALT and whatever other preservatives-du-jour they throw in there.(lest we forget that the cans are also lined with TOXIC BPA). And, like making your own bread, it isn't hard to do at all - it just takes a bit of time to soak then boil and simmer them - but seriously, how many of you guys sit and watch a couple of hours of TV at night? (I know I never bought dried beans before because cooking them seemed so daunting - it's EASY)
In any case: last week I made navy beans for my sister and her husband as part of their dinner. I wasn't sure how well that would go over so I added butter and garlic - because like chocolate, butter and garlic makes EVERYTHING taste yummy (prime example: escargots - people (not me) eat them with tons of garlic and butter - otherwise, I think no one would eat them because they are yucky SNAILS) - but, my sister would have none of it (of beans nor escargots) but my sweet little baby niece however - ADORED the beans, and my brother in law didn't complain - actually, the leftovers are gone from the fridge - so SOMEONE must have liked them.
My sister then told me that she HATES beans. She said "The ONLY beans I will eat are the baked beans that come in a can." "oh really?" I replied in more of a 'you-just-totally-gave-me-a-challenge' voice than I had intended. So- today, I made the Garbanzo bean chocolate torte for her to have FOR DESSERT and we'll see how much she doesn't like beans now :) I'll keep you posted! To my knowledge, she doesn't read this blog (and if she does: HI CATHERINE!)so, I feel pretty safe sharing my evil plan with you all - mwuahahahaha!
NOTE: to convert the recipe - instead of using a 19oz can of chickpeas - use 2 1/3 cup of cooked chickpeas.
OK, so yesterday, I had McDonald's. I have to admit and confess my sins. The reason I had McDonald's is because I was STARVING and I seriously didn't have any food made up that I could eat in a quick minute, and we were coming in late from a soccer game, and and and and everybody else was doing it!
I feel like, in the world of whole food, I have committed the worst sin imaginable by eating fake food at Mc Donald's. Now, I haven't had MickyD's in AGES - like years - because I a) don't like their food too much to begin with b) it is seriously not good for you c) I lived on an island in the middle of the Atlantic with no McDonald's and d) IT IS SERIOUSLY NOT GOOD FOR YOU! (hellloooooo anyone see "Supersize Me"?)
In any case, although it filled up the hole in my tummy, it didn't taste good at all - and all it was was a bunch of empty calories and fat and salt and sugar and chemicals and CRAP. Then i woke up this morning STARVING for my cereal! So I am guessing that eating well really does pay off...and I've been reading about one way it does: You loose the cravings....
I was reading a super fantastic article in Red (UK) Magazine (May 2010 issue) that talked about being "addicted" to food. When people first came out and starting saying they were "addicted to food", I thought that they were maybe just looking for an easy excuse. It seems to me that a lot of people look for an easy way out for losing weight (magic pills & miracle diets) and/or look for any excuse to explain why they are fat. I am probably venturing into some pretty controversial territory here, but I am just going to say it (and as a fat person, who has been fat all her life, I feel like I can) people are fat because they eat too much (and too much of the wrong food) and don't exercise enough. Well, according to this article and a Dr. Kessler that they quote a lot (he has a book out that I have to read now)- processed food is engineered to be addictive (which makes sense - corporate greediness and all). Lays Chips is probably the only honest product out there with their "Bet you can't just have one" slogan...because you SERIOUSLY can't just have one...because they SERIOUSLY are addictive!
Here is a really good example: Chocolate - if I have organic dark chocolate, I can have a square after a meal and feel (very) satisfied with that. If I have a Snickers bar, I have to eat ALL of it (and since we're being honest here, I am no stranger to the king size bar)- can we imagine why? Because Snickers is actually the PERFECT mix of addictive qualities (they even state that in the article!) Sweet/Salt/Fat/Chewy/Crunchy.
Give it some thought - what's a massive fake-food craving of yours? Chips/crisps? Candies? Deep Fried? Can you skip it for a week (even if it means swapping it for a whole food version?)
Try it...see what happens!
I'm off to puree some stewed tomatoes for the vegetable and chickpea and black bean casserole that I am making up as I go along for tonight (all my cookbooks are in transit, and I feel creative today anyhow!)
Someone please remind me to tell you guys about the product I saw in the supermarket for the LAZIEST consumers EVER! (I might have been one of them in a previous life where convenience mattered above all else!)
This is a brand new week, and I am dedicating it to BEANS. I've already fallen in love with lentils and how easy they are to use in stuff, so I felt that I was up to the challenge of cooking with dry beans. Why beans you may ask? Well because:
Beans beans, they're good for your heart
The more you eat, the more you fart
The more you fart, the better you feel
So eat more beans at every meal!
I TOTALLY couldn't resist that :)
In any case - as a side note - in the 'You On a Diet' book by Dr. Roizen & Dr. Oz (I love you Dr. Oz!)you can read all about farting (tooting, passing wind/gas, flatulating (is that a word?)) and how it works in our digestive tracts...I love that book for all the 'easy-to-understand' info it provides about how our bodies work!
I am allowed to talk about these things because I earned some kind of badge of honour after having spent the last week with the poopiest baby on the planet!
***Side note ended***
So, today, instead of going downtown to the OHIP office (that's our provincial health insurance for any peeps who don't know) and reinstating my coverage like I should be, I was inspired to COOK...OMG I haven't COOKED in FOREVER! And I miss it! I soaked some beans overnight (ok, 'some' is an understatement as I poured out a whole bag of Chickpeas because I thought it didn't look like quite enough for the things I had planned - we are going to be having a TON of hummus at my niece's 1st birthday party this weekend- hahahahahahaha!)and I cooked them this afternoon. And as they were cooking I got a tons of ideas. You can also cook a whole bunch of beans ahead of time and freeze them - this is WAY better for you than buying canned beans which are FULL of SALT and whatever other preservatives-du-jour they throw in there.(lest we forget that the cans are also lined with TOXIC BPA). And, like making your own bread, it isn't hard to do at all - it just takes a bit of time to soak then boil and simmer them - but seriously, how many of you guys sit and watch a couple of hours of TV at night? (I know I never bought dried beans before because cooking them seemed so daunting - it's EASY)
In any case: last week I made navy beans for my sister and her husband as part of their dinner. I wasn't sure how well that would go over so I added butter and garlic - because like chocolate, butter and garlic makes EVERYTHING taste yummy (prime example: escargots - people (not me) eat them with tons of garlic and butter - otherwise, I think no one would eat them because they are yucky SNAILS) - but, my sister would have none of it (of beans nor escargots) but my sweet little baby niece however - ADORED the beans, and my brother in law didn't complain - actually, the leftovers are gone from the fridge - so SOMEONE must have liked them.
My sister then told me that she HATES beans. She said "The ONLY beans I will eat are the baked beans that come in a can." "oh really?" I replied in more of a 'you-just-totally-gave-me-a-challenge' voice than I had intended. So- today, I made the Garbanzo bean chocolate torte for her to have FOR DESSERT and we'll see how much she doesn't like beans now :) I'll keep you posted! To my knowledge, she doesn't read this blog (and if she does: HI CATHERINE!)so, I feel pretty safe sharing my evil plan with you all - mwuahahahaha!
NOTE: to convert the recipe - instead of using a 19oz can of chickpeas - use 2 1/3 cup of cooked chickpeas.
OK, so yesterday, I had McDonald's. I have to admit and confess my sins. The reason I had McDonald's is because I was STARVING and I seriously didn't have any food made up that I could eat in a quick minute, and we were coming in late from a soccer game, and and and and everybody else was doing it!
I feel like, in the world of whole food, I have committed the worst sin imaginable by eating fake food at Mc Donald's. Now, I haven't had MickyD's in AGES - like years - because I a) don't like their food too much to begin with b) it is seriously not good for you c) I lived on an island in the middle of the Atlantic with no McDonald's and d) IT IS SERIOUSLY NOT GOOD FOR YOU! (hellloooooo anyone see "Supersize Me"?)
In any case, although it filled up the hole in my tummy, it didn't taste good at all - and all it was was a bunch of empty calories and fat and salt and sugar and chemicals and CRAP. Then i woke up this morning STARVING for my cereal! So I am guessing that eating well really does pay off...and I've been reading about one way it does: You loose the cravings....
I was reading a super fantastic article in Red (UK) Magazine (May 2010 issue) that talked about being "addicted" to food. When people first came out and starting saying they were "addicted to food", I thought that they were maybe just looking for an easy excuse. It seems to me that a lot of people look for an easy way out for losing weight (magic pills & miracle diets) and/or look for any excuse to explain why they are fat. I am probably venturing into some pretty controversial territory here, but I am just going to say it (and as a fat person, who has been fat all her life, I feel like I can) people are fat because they eat too much (and too much of the wrong food) and don't exercise enough. Well, according to this article and a Dr. Kessler that they quote a lot (he has a book out that I have to read now)- processed food is engineered to be addictive (which makes sense - corporate greediness and all). Lays Chips is probably the only honest product out there with their "Bet you can't just have one" slogan...because you SERIOUSLY can't just have one...because they SERIOUSLY are addictive!
Here is a really good example: Chocolate - if I have organic dark chocolate, I can have a square after a meal and feel (very) satisfied with that. If I have a Snickers bar, I have to eat ALL of it (and since we're being honest here, I am no stranger to the king size bar)- can we imagine why? Because Snickers is actually the PERFECT mix of addictive qualities (they even state that in the article!) Sweet/Salt/Fat/Chewy/Crunchy.
Give it some thought - what's a massive fake-food craving of yours? Chips/crisps? Candies? Deep Fried? Can you skip it for a week (even if it means swapping it for a whole food version?)
Try it...see what happens!
I'm off to puree some stewed tomatoes for the vegetable and chickpea and black bean casserole that I am making up as I go along for tonight (all my cookbooks are in transit, and I feel creative today anyhow!)
Someone please remind me to tell you guys about the product I saw in the supermarket for the LAZIEST consumers EVER! (I might have been one of them in a previous life where convenience mattered above all else!)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Long time no speak! Whole foods Round 2 - for keeps!
Hi Peeps! (Yes, Daniel you are one of my peeps!!!Hi!!!)
Tons of blog postings will be coming soon! Just because I have been on hiatus from posting on the blog while I am relocating, does NOT mean that I am on hiatus from research and practicing a whole foods lifestyle (except it was VERY HARD during my last 2 weeks while I was 'in transition'! Thank goodness for Amy's!!!)In the mean time - GO get the newest issue of Clean Eating Magazine! go go go go - there's a whole section on yummy 'foil packed' meals that are super quick, easy, and NO CLEAN UP (foil is 100% recyclable too!) GOOOOOO!
It is very very very very hard to maintain a whole foods lifestyle if you don't have anywhere to cook or anything to cook with! It's also very hard when you're eating out for a lot of your meals! If you've been keeping up with stuff here, you know that I cannot stomach the thought of all the hormones and chemicals and CRAP they feed our animals that we use as a food source - let's not even get into inhumane treatment here! As such, when I can't have 'humanely treated - hormone/chemicals/crap free' meat, I will either go vegetarian, or order locally caught fish (wild fish!) - or, pork - because did you know that it is ILLEGAL to give hormones to pork...but they can give them therapeutic antibiotics and even some growth promoters (even though that's more common in the cattle industry than in pork, but you never know!)
Let me tell you that because of the crappy way I have been eating in the last month or so I have once again suffered joint pain, poopy moods, and sleeplessness and then fatigue.
I am very happy to tell you that I am 100% back on the bandwagon again, and am going whole food whole hog - along with my side-quest to eliminate as many toxins from my life as possible (found a pretty good deodorant at LUSH U.K. - hope they have it in N.A.!)
And I am hoping to dedicate at least 1 post to BABY STUFF (because I am taking care of my sweet baby niece this week and I am crashing with her and her fam for a while, and I am a little dismayed at the CRAP they put in baby food and baby products!)
Tons of blog postings will be coming soon! Just because I have been on hiatus from posting on the blog while I am relocating, does NOT mean that I am on hiatus from research and practicing a whole foods lifestyle (except it was VERY HARD during my last 2 weeks while I was 'in transition'! Thank goodness for Amy's!!!)In the mean time - GO get the newest issue of Clean Eating Magazine! go go go go - there's a whole section on yummy 'foil packed' meals that are super quick, easy, and NO CLEAN UP (foil is 100% recyclable too!) GOOOOOO!
It is very very very very hard to maintain a whole foods lifestyle if you don't have anywhere to cook or anything to cook with! It's also very hard when you're eating out for a lot of your meals! If you've been keeping up with stuff here, you know that I cannot stomach the thought of all the hormones and chemicals and CRAP they feed our animals that we use as a food source - let's not even get into inhumane treatment here! As such, when I can't have 'humanely treated - hormone/chemicals/crap free' meat, I will either go vegetarian, or order locally caught fish (wild fish!) - or, pork - because did you know that it is ILLEGAL to give hormones to pork...but they can give them therapeutic antibiotics and even some growth promoters (even though that's more common in the cattle industry than in pork, but you never know!)
Let me tell you that because of the crappy way I have been eating in the last month or so I have once again suffered joint pain, poopy moods, and sleeplessness and then fatigue.
I am very happy to tell you that I am 100% back on the bandwagon again, and am going whole food whole hog - along with my side-quest to eliminate as many toxins from my life as possible (found a pretty good deodorant at LUSH U.K. - hope they have it in N.A.!)
And I am hoping to dedicate at least 1 post to BABY STUFF (because I am taking care of my sweet baby niece this week and I am crashing with her and her fam for a while, and I am a little dismayed at the CRAP they put in baby food and baby products!)
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