I came across this the other day on Facebook.
It’s a sober reminder of what to look for, and avoid, in the products we purchase. Easier said than done, though, right? Manufacturers are sneaky, and it’s easy to overlook harmful ingredients in favor of cost and convenience.
The best way to ensure that your food is made with only the ingredients you approve of? Make it yourself! Again, easier said than done, but my friend Mandi has just released an ebook to help us out!
Easy.Homemade.
For only 99¢ (through 8/21) you can snag this resource with more than 60 recipes for homemade pantry staples (most with pictures) plus dozens of kitchen tips!
In addition, you’ll also get a set of printable recipe cards, access to all of the Easy Homemade recipes on Plan to Eat and the Nook and Kindle files so you can load the ebook on those devices if you have them.
Taco seasoning, chocolate syrup, and salad dressings are just a few of the recipes you’ll find in Easy. Homemade. If you’re looking to clean up your diet, streamline your kitchen, or simply have lots of basic pantry recipes in one place, this is the ebook for you. 99 cents!
What pantry staples do you make on a regular basis? What do you wish you could make? (I’ll tell you if it’s in the book!)
I saw that too. It’s kind-of sad how hard it can be to by real food. I do try to make most things from scratch (especially now that I have a little one that’s eating and she put away the food like none other). It also helps my budget out.
The preservatives is why I like to can my own foods and to make as many as I can of our snacks and all. Besides hubby being a diabetic and me being borderline diabetic. We don’t usually eat a lot of sweets, but do indulge occasionally. But one or two cookies are it. Or a small cup of ice cream. We also try to watch our carbs, but that is pretty hard.
What a great resource! My husband and I were reading the ingredients on a package of flour tortillas and we saw “interesterified fat” listed. Having no idea what that was, we googled it and were were a little put off by what we found. We don’t make a LOT of things from scratch but we found the things we do make from scratch are A LOT easier than we thought they would be. (Hello, overnight crockpot chicken stock!) To avoid getting overwhelmed and discouraged by kitchen projects I try to add new recipes to our repertoire gradually.
So scary what’s in some of those packaged foods!
My husband and I have gone from being carbo/sugar-aholics to eating items on the Paleo plan (gluten/dairy/sugar-free) as of April 1st of this year. It was a shock in the beginning to find food products that didnt have any additives! For instance, the peanuts we bought were roasted in vegetable oil (Vegetable oil is a no-no for us). I was also surprised at how much sugar spaghetti sauce in a jar has in it (no wonder I like it so much!). We are now making our own taco seasoning and meat rubs as well as freezing and canning veggies from the garden. I made my first pot of homemade spaghetti sauce last night from our abundance of tomatoes. It isnt all that bad without all of that sugar!