Since we don’t eat much processed foods, I’ve cut out about 90% of any regular grocery store. Plus I prefer to buy organic when I can. But it gets expensive. So I’ve got it down so that i get the best “bang for the buck” by shopping at 3 of my favorite stores. Costco, Trader […]
I was hoping to keep this list short, just 4 categories, but after much thought, I had to include all of these categories as foods to avoid. The point is to eat real food, with real ingredients. There are lots of resources out there that talk about real foods such as Lisa at www.100DaysOfRealFood.com and Vani […]
There are many sweeteners out there, both artificial and natural. In this post, I’ll focus on the natural sweeteners and which ones are good, and which ones are bad. Fructose Fructose is part of a normal diet, but when we consume too much fructose, our bodies get overwhelmed and cannot process all of it. So […]
There are many interesting ingredients in the food found in our stores. We, as a family are on our way to getting rid of these “FDA-Approved” ingredients that we believe to be bad for our health. Many of these ingredients we’ve eaten for years. I wish we could go back and take these ingredients […]
Here’s a cool take on spaghetti! Skillet Pasta! Background. One day, I decided to take some pasta and throw it into a pan and fry it up. With a little oil, I got some crunchy pasta with the soft pasta. This was so cool. Keeping it easy, I added some pasta sauce and cheese on top […]
I have been craving Green Beans! When I was at one of my favorite stores (COSTCO) I bought some. Not only did I buy SOME, I bought A LOT. This bag is a 4 pound bag of frozen organic green beans. But I wanted some. Guess I’ll be having some for the next few weeks […]
The question of “What’s For supper” comes up every day at our house. We need to get on track and put our menu together so that it’s planned out in advance. Then each day, we won’t be in the never ending quandary of “what’s for supper”. When we used to buy pre-packaged food, such as […]
My boy Jacob likes sushi. But only a specific kind of sushi. Basically, the kind I make at home for him. It’s plain, and it’s easy, and he eats it. We have trouble getting him to eat other things, but he goes to town on sushi. I’m certainly not complaining that he eats sushi as […]
What a simple delight! I love granola. So does my family. I think we could eat a pound of granola every day. But we don’t want that going to our waist lines. So we’re limiting the kids to 1.5 small bowls per day. I’m not sure how much that is by weight; someday I’ll weight […]
We go through oatmeal in our house, left and right. In my quest for better tasting oatmeal, I stopped buying Quaker Quick Oats, and started buying Quaker Old Fashioned Oats. They take longer to cook, but have a far better texture. We just add a little brown sugar and cinnamon for the perfect breakfast. It […]