Carrot Cake Mix
On my top ten never-buy processed food list is carrot cake mix. Besides partially hydrogenated oils (trans fats) and other chemicals, there are absolutely no carrots in it whatsoever. The
10/16/14
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Category: Industrial Foods
Feed Corn
Today I’ll talk more about feed corn and then tomorrow make something yummy with non-genetically modified sweet corn. Sweet corn is the corn that you buy at produce stands and
10/11/14
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Pineapple Upside Down Cake
Sometimes I ask myself, “If purple carrots are the best carrots for the people, how come everyone buys orange carrots?” It’s kind of like asking, “If high fructose corn syrup
09/07/14
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Cooking Oil and Apple Cake with Coconut Oil
I caught part of a cooking show rerun last week – Bobby Flay was grilling with Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo from Sesame Street. [Kevin grilled an onion wrapped
08/22/14
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Snack Counters
I took the girls to the ice skating rink and my daughter asked if she could take $5 to buy a snack. My first thought was, “It’s going to take
08/10/14
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America: Model of Obesity and Illness
It’s sadly ironic that the wealthiest country in the world, and I dare say one of the coolest, most diverse, and beautiful, is not one of the healthiest. In fact
08/06/14
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Slow Food USA
Someone forwarded me an email about events going on through Slow Food DC. The Slow Food movement began in Rome, Italy, in the late 1980s after a McDonald’s tried to
07/11/14
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Heavy Users (and Blueberry Crisp!)
I went to a co-worker’s office at work and she had a McDonald’s bag on her desk and was eating dinner. She told me she stops at McDonald’s almost every
07/01/14
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Granola Bar Comparison
I was in line getting a coffee recently and the woman in front of me was telling the barista about a granola bar she liked (I didn’t catch what kind
06/26/14
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Celery Peanut Butter Snack
I read in the Washington Post one day about a House measure, supportedby Republicans and pushed by food industry lobbyists and some school officials, that would allow some districts to
05/27/14
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