Fast Food

Recently the following was on the show The Doctors, for the story click this link  I just wanted to share the story.  A man from St. George, UT bought this hamburger from McDonalds 14 years ago and it still looks brand new.  It has no mold or anything on it.  He originally bought

GMOs & March against Monsant

I just wanted to post a few links to information on GMO (Genetically modified organisms) foods.

Genetic roulette  This is my favorite documentary.

Farmers Story

Dr Oz explains GMOs 

Dr Oz II GMO OMG  Dr Oz has experts from both sides so you can listen to each one as he leads the debate.

Recently President Obama signed what is nicknamed the Monsanto act which in essence says that Monsanto

Reminder That Labels Are For Reading

I saw a commercial last week that talked about how Daisy sour cream was just cream, nothing else.  I listened and thought, "Well, duh.  What else would it be?"  Turns out there's lots of options.  Here are a couple labels from a couple other sour cream brands.

I'll Have a Salad With a Side of Sugar

Today I was planning to make a crock pot chicken recipe that called for a bottle of Catalina dressing. I like Catalina but never buy it so I Googled a copycat recipe.  Wow!  A recipe that makes 3 cups of dressing calls for 1 c. sugar and 2/3 c. ketchup (with sugar), ouch.  I had no idea I was putting sugar on my salad when we ate somewhere and I used Catalina dressing. That's what I learned today, know your salad dressing or you'll turn that healthy bowl of goodness into dessert!

Lunches 4/12/13

First: shredded pork in an organic flour tortilla, pistachios, grapes, peas, and an orange second: pb&j on whole wheat bread made with natural yeast, grapes, peas, almonds third: pb&j on natural yeast whole wheat bread, peas, orange, grapes. Happy Friday!

Lunch

I am not a fan of school lunches and luckily for the most part neither are my kids. School lunch has very few choices of real food that isn't processed. One day my 7 year old came

Almost Healthy Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

I love chewy chocolate chip cookies.  I'm just not a crispy, cookie kind of girl. Over the years I have perfected a chewy, chocolate chip cookie recipe.

Enter healthy lifestyle changes.  Ack, what to do? Get to work!   I've spent 2 years experimenting and now, today, I share with you my healthier, but still chewy, yummy chocolate chip cookies.

These use healthier fats, and 1/3 of the fat of the original recipe.  They have half the sugar but more fiber and they are whole grain.  Not bad for a cookie, right?

Lemon Socks

My sweet baby has been running a fever for 2 days now.  It hit 103.5 today, advil doesn't work on him (I actually think he might be allergic to it to some extent - my husband's sister is actually allergic to it) and tylenol helps but only a little.  Today he was miserable, just whining and whining while I held him because he was so hot and hurting.  I couldn't google anything because I had to stand up holding him or rock him or what not so I called my sister and asked if she would google natural remedies.  She came up with 2 things.  First, lemon socks.  Yes that's right lemon socks.

Soaked Dutch Babies (German Pancakes)

It's tradition in my family to make what we call "Dutch Babies" (and what most people call German Pancakes)  for LDS General Conference weekend.  Recently I learned that in order to get the benefits of whole wheat you have to soak the wheat over night or you have to use a natural yeast start for breads.  This process breaks down the yeast and allows the vitamins and minerals to be released into your body for use.  I have been using natural yeast for a little while now but this was the first time I soaked the grains for a recipe like this. I used different wheat for both pans. The hard red wheat one that was soaked and then I needed an extra pan so I made one with soft white wheat.  Both were good, but I would recommend using hard white wheat in this recipe.  My family ate both without complaints. So here is the recipe: