Start from Scratch

Friday, July 2, 2010

4thTips

Here are some great (although difficult) tips for making your 4th of July celebration more "food friendly."
http://www.takepart.com/news/2009/07/02/declare-your-food-independence-sarahs-social-action-snapshot

In the article, they reference two great site: Eat Wild and Eat Well. These sites provide a search for farmers markets and farms with sustainable products. Eat well also provides bed and breakfasts and restaurants in their search results. There is a very reasonably priced B&B in Lancaster that looks interesting!

BPA Update

Thanks to my friend Jess for giving me this site:
http://nutrition.about.com/od/ahealthykitchen/tp/bpa-free.htm
It lists some products that are BPA free!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

BPA

Here's a great article on why you need to buy BPA free foods and containers. Please be careful!

Clean Eating

This is a great article from Livestrong with tips on eating clean. Many of these principles are the ones that I have been trying to instill and implement.

Ready to Eat Soup

So, my mom informed me about this company: http://www.rightfoods.com/index.php
She has tried the minestrone soup and LOVED it! I will try to get some this weekend to try as well. If you read on the web site, they are highly concerned with sustainability, no BPAs in the packaging and recycling. Let me know if you try it!

Milk Origins

This is a great web site for determining the "localness" of your dairy products. Simply type in the code (you know, the numbers on the milk carton that we never understood what they were there for). The first 2 digits determine the state, and the last set of digits determine the processing plant. Give it a try!
http://whereismymilkfrom.com/results.php?milkCode=06%202796

Food Dye Danger

This is a startling article about the food dye in MANY of our common, everyday foods.
http://www.slashfood.com/2010/06/30/is-food-dye-just-a-colorful-killer/
Here are a few highlights directly from the article (emphasis mine):
- Red 3, has actually been identified as a carcinogen by the FDA, but you can still find it on supermarket shelves.

- Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 -- contain cancer-causing substances.

- The dyes are in a staggering array of foods, from salad dressing to matzo balls. In fact, manufacturers put about 15 million pounds of eight synthetic dyes into the food supply each year,

- Do not let your children be caught by the looks of a product. Chances are, if it is brightly colored it is due to one of these dyes and they are also most likely charging more for the product.

Just another reason to start from scratch!