So the beat-beat-beat of the drum of the march of the food revolution continues. As the consumer continues to connect the dots between what they eat and their health they continue to create changes by using their food budget to vote for healthier choices, which really is the only way to promote the changes,… Continue Reading
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You may think of chocolate when you think of the Nestle brand, but the backbone of the Nestle Company is such a sensitive topic in California that I am now boycotting them completely. What changed my shopping habit was my seeing the documentary FLOW (FOR LOVE OF WATER) about 8 years ago. The Nestle business… Continue Reading
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I’m going to keep this short because you don’t have time to eat, you don’t have time to read about eating. Have you moved past junk food and into snack food? If you’re eating snack food while you sit getting your ass whipped playing video games? You ass isn’t just getting whipped it’s growing into… Continue Reading
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Your personal food choices as a ‘Mindful Consumer’ (or not), make dollar votes that affect the food industry. The latest statistics show that what we, the consumers, want is organic, natural, unprocessed foods with no artificial ingredients and we now make consumption decisions on food purchases based on the effect on our health, it’s sustainability… Continue Reading
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The GOOD NEWS Clean Labels are becoming a mainstay in the food and beverage industries rather than a passing trend, one in five tracked products had a clean label, up from 17% the year before. This has inspired 64% of Americans to check ingredients labels, looking for ingredients that are easy to understand and to… Continue Reading
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This article should clarify the evolution of GMO’s and help you know what all the hoopla is about. As I live gluten and dairy free, (and I only use natural sweeteners and sea salt) and there has been some question as to whether gluten-free symptoms and dairy allergies are linked to GMO foods I… Continue Reading
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WHAT’S MORE EXPENSIVE THAN STEAK OR LOBSTER OR CRAB MEAT? GLUTEN FREE PASTA! Do U Miss Pasta? You don’t have to just because you’re gluten free. There are great options: here is my pasta report. A buyers guide to gluten free pasta and noodles. What makes great pasta? Little Flavor – Perfect Texture … Continue Reading
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I get international newsletters from medical and food industry reporters to keep on top of food trends, new products and the latest discoveries in nutritional understanding. In those insider news feeds come food production scandals. As I’m an organic consumer with a basic understanding of how things grow and am certified in how to keep… Continue Reading
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When you eat gluten free, dairy free, sugar and salt free, the first thing to improve is your waist, now let me show you how to avoid waste: as in food waste. As much as I LOVE hearing: “Look at your waist!” I HATE saying: “What a waste”! If you are stocking your kitchen with… Continue Reading
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The gluten free market has opened the door to small independent producers being able to break through a market place that was and still is impenetrable. Big supermarket chain’s distribution and shelf space is only available for huge sums of money, unless it’s a new category that the public is demanding. This new revolution has… Continue Reading
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It’s pretty easy to replace milk, there are plenty of non-dairy substitutes that taste well enough to drink. Soy milk, rice milk, hemp milk, even green tea is used as a substitute in baking. Replacing cream has been a different challenge. During the holidays, at the end of the year a soy based product cream… Continue Reading
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Today’s Blog is a history lesson in the by-product of food, and was inspired by an email from my good friend and Documentarian Daria Price. Her award winning ‘Out On A Limb’ is an uplifting look at the astonishing changes in prosthetics since the advent of robotics. Check for local listings: http://outonalimbdocumentary.com MANURE: In… Continue Reading
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My new students, regardless of age or cooking experience, begin with a quick reference to measurements as they pertain to the size of the hand. Their hand to be specific. They made measuring cups and spoons long after women had been cooking and men had been flipping meat over an open fire, and based the… Continue Reading
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When you have food allergies eating out can be like walking through a mine-field. I no longer feel safe when eating out, I’ve been sick too many times from a wait staff that doesn’t want to give me a straight answer or simply didn’t properly know their menu items. I even had one waiter tell… Continue Reading
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Cookbook, Art Project, Story Book, 100% Delicious This delightful cookbook for 2-8 year olds and their associates is filled with fun, healthy recipes; easy-to-handle food cartoons entice even the pickiest eaters. Developed for the adults in charge of homemade meals for children, Let’s Play With Food is the answer to how to create healthy foods… Continue Reading
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Mixed Family Cooking: Cooking safe for allergies or dietary choices. If you’re preparing a meal that includes items with and without gluten it is important to keep in mind that gluten spores can be airborne in flour and baking mixes and should be prepared first and before any gluten containing items are prepared or cooked, while… Continue Reading
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Eliminating items that you believe are staples is the first step in reforming your eating to a healthy diet, a diet void of gluten or over-processed grains, diary, sugar and salt. Begin by no longer buying items that advertising campaigns have convinced you of as being ‘staples’. Yes, eliminating gluten, diary, sugar and minimizing salt… Continue Reading
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When I first realized that I was going to have to eat without wheat (my favorite meal: pasta), barley (a favorite soup), rye (my favorite toast) I was overwhelmed by the ‘No’ in my head. My mind became a filtration system as I immediately focused on what eating gluten free would deny me. It brought me… Continue Reading
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Back 2 School Special Cooking Workshops good2eat4U is offering 2 Gluten, Dairy and Sugar Free Cooking Workshops this September: Feed Ur Brain, part of the Pac ‘n Go Workshop Series. These foods are quick and easy 2 make, they travel well and make Ur brain sharper. Great 4 kids to make themselves or 4 mom… Continue Reading
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Keeping Track Print out our ‘Daily Needs’ chart, put it up on the refrigerator and help your family keep track of their eating habits. By ticking off the servings of food groups that they’ve eaten during the day you will all see in a glance what food groups are missing that might be best served… Continue Reading
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Bar Codes: PLU (Price Look Up) stickers, used on produce has a bar code used for the pricing of produce at the cash register, but organic and genetically modified are part of the identifying process as it affects price. The code represents origin and size as well, which also affects the price. The savvy consumer… Continue Reading
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Whether you’re hosting or a guest here are some points regarding a gluten, dairy and sugar free All-American-Holiday. Of course our recipes are all of that and undetectable as anything but delicious. Eat In Dinner Party Organization is the key to success when hosting an event, and a holiday feast is certainly an event. Here are… Continue Reading
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Some people give soybeans a bad rap, someone just told me that ‘they’re not good for men’. I love them and use organic soybeans in every form available: soy sauce, soymilk, soy flour, tofu and in their natural state in pods called Edamame in Japanese. Soybeans are versatile and adaptable, having little flavor of their… Continue Reading