Try to ensure that the majority of your diet consists of food that will rot fairly quickly. Just eat them before they do so! You have to wonder about the health benefits of a pre-packaged cupcake that is still fresh one or two years later! Your children’s eating choices directly reflect your own for the most part. It is important to instill healthy eating habits at an early age, to ensure long-term health.
Watch out for things that say “low fat.” This isn’t always good. It usually means that it is very high in sugar. Sugar is a culprit you want to stay away from. Sugar will cause weight gain and it doesn’t feed your cells. Fat is not all bad. You need the “good fats” to maintain good health.
How to buy oils: Buy the cold processed oils or the expeller pressed oils. These have not been heated. Oils that have been heated for more than 15 minutes become rancid. This can cause free radicals in the body. Also look for non-hydrogenated fats. You want to avoid hydrogenated fats in your diet.
Excellent Resource for healthy menus is at www.savingdinner.com For a nominal fee, you are sent health meal plans for 7 days at a time. It come each week and if for people who are busy and don’t have a lot of time to cook. Includes a grocery list for each menu!
Grocery Store Items Available at Your Local Grocery Stores & Co-ops.
• Country Choice Organic Oatmeal- available in individual packets (I love the good old fashioned dry oatmeal (organic), then cook it and add fresh berries – it’s so tasty that way)
• Arrowhead Mills Organic Peanut Butter- made with non-hydrogenated oils
• Annie’s Organic Foods- includes pasta, macaroni, and spaghettio’s
• Annie’s Organic Frozen foods- includes pizza, macaroni and cheese, enchiladas, toaster pops (just like pop tarts), etc.
• Annie’s Organic Buttermilk Pancake Mix- delicious!
• Annie’s Salad Dressing- wonderful organic salad dressing made with cold pressed oils.
• Van’s Gourmet Multi Grain Frozen Waffles
• Organic Valley -- Organic Beef and Pork
• Organic Valley Chicken – free range chicken with no antibiotics or growth hormones used.
• Amy’s Chunky Tomato Bisque Soup- Just heat it up. It is so good!
• Organic Valley Skim Milk, Butter, Cheeses, and
• Organic Valley Juices – once you try their orange juice, you’ll never be able to drink anything else. It’s so fresh and good.
• Knudsen Spritzers – alternative to sodas. It’s carbonated with 50% real juice.
• Knudsen or After the Fall Juices – there is a variety of organic juices.
• White Wave Soy Milk in Vanilla or Chocolate
• Stonyfield Organic Yogurt in individual containers and fun squeeze tubes for kids!
• Cascadian Farm Organic Strawberry Spread- great alternative to sugary jams & jellies
• Spectrum Organic Mayonnaise made with cold pressed oil.
• Muir Glen Organic Pasta Sauces- these are awesome
• Westbrae Organic Mustard
• Muir Glen Organic Tomato Ketchup
• Muir Glen Organic spaghetti sauce and other tomato products
• Wellshire sliced deli turkey and ham. Free of antibiotics and growth hormones
• DeBoles Organic Spinach Fettuccine; artichoke angel hair- delicious!
• Rudi’s Organic Bakery makes a lot of delicious chemical free, whole grain breads and buns. Tastes just like soft, white bread.
• Ezekiel Sprouted Grain Breads- we love the cinnamon raisin, toasted and spread with a little organic butter. This is in the natural, frozen food section at Cub.
• Rice Dream- a non-dairy version of milk with frozen strawberries and 2 tbsp. of a high quality organic, soy powder makes a great power breakfast for kids and adults!
• Cascadian Farm frozen vegetables are delicious! Available at Cub.
• Cream of Buckwheat makes a great, hot, whole grain cereal. Tastes like tapioca pudding.
The list goes on and on. There are wonderful products like:
• Frozen Organic French Fries made with non-hydrogenated oils. I hear these are awesome. We have found them at Cub Foods!
• Organic Chips and Salsas – Bearitos makes good corn chips.
• Organic Packaged Cookies made with whole grains and organic ingredients
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