This video was posted at Breaking Free: Truths for Healthy Living, a blog I read (and a friend writes!). Chris and I watched it and we have truly re-doubled our efforts to avoid all GMOs whenever possible. This is proving to be so difficult. But I am glad to know the information than be ignorant of it! It's a long video, but worth the time. It will really make you think about what is in your food, and how 'they' make it.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Phytic Acid Article
I discovered this article from Bread Beckers tonight and wanted to share it.
It really made me think, and while I will continue predominantly sprouting grains as our source of flour, I will not be so harsh on myself if we run out once in awhile, or if I just feel like making oatmeal for breakfast (as you may know, we have an oatmeal obsession in our house!), even though I didn't soak it last night... etc.
Anyway, I know most of you are not on the soaking/sprouting route right now, but I wanted to share this article. Until now, my biggest influence in my soaking / sprouting conviction has been Sally Fallon and Nourishing Traditions. Which I still love and will continue to read and from which continue to glean amazing amounts of wisdom.
Goodnight for now! :-)
It really made me think, and while I will continue predominantly sprouting grains as our source of flour, I will not be so harsh on myself if we run out once in awhile, or if I just feel like making oatmeal for breakfast (as you may know, we have an oatmeal obsession in our house!), even though I didn't soak it last night... etc.
Anyway, I know most of you are not on the soaking/sprouting route right now, but I wanted to share this article. Until now, my biggest influence in my soaking / sprouting conviction has been Sally Fallon and Nourishing Traditions. Which I still love and will continue to read and from which continue to glean amazing amounts of wisdom.
Goodnight for now! :-)
Monday, February 13, 2012
Chicken Tacos and Rice Pudding
Okay, I did some number crunching tonight after dinner because I was wondering if dessert would actually end up being more expensive than dinner! Here's what I found:
Chicken Tacos
1 Chicken Breast (from a whole chicken roasted yesterday)-- 3.00
1 cup chopped Spinach-- 0.85
1/2 cup stonyfield yogurt-- 0.40
24 tortillas
1 onion-- 0.75
1 cup uncooked rice (I actually cooked 2 cups, and used the rest for dessert...)-- 1.00
Total: 8.67
Rice Pudding
3 cups cooked rice-- 1.00
3 cups raw milk-- 1.32
2/3 cup organic raisins-- .56
1/3 cup maple syrup-- 1.50
Vanilla-- gift
1/2 tsp cinnamon-- 0.12
2 eggs-- .60
Total: 5.10
So, it turns out dinner was more expensive than dessert! Also, there is enough rice pudding leftover for tomorrow night, so that's about $2.55 per dessert.
The chicken was roasted yesterday and then we used the leftover chicken for dinner tonight. Also, I will make 4 quarts of broth out of the bones. The chicken cost 12.00 for an organic whole chicken. I figured 3.00 for dinner last night, 3.00 for dinner tonight and then 1.50 per quart of broth I will make. Not bad for one chicken.
Also, I was excited to find out how cheap it is to make tortillas! $1.42!!! We only ate about half of the tortillas tonight and I will use the rest for lunches during the week. They are cheaper than the bread I make because of the oil and honey in the bread.
Okay, this has been another episode what things cost at Janet's house. Thanks for playing! (Or, at least.... reading... ) :-P
Chicken Tacos
1 Chicken Breast (from a whole chicken roasted yesterday)-- 3.00
1 cup chopped Spinach-- 0.85
1/2 cup stonyfield yogurt-- 0.40
24 tortillas
- 4 cups sprouted whole wheat flour-- 1.00
- 2 TBS organic palm shortening-- 0.20
- 1 tsp Real salt-- 0.02
- 2 tsp baking powder-- 0.20
1 onion-- 0.75
1 cup uncooked rice (I actually cooked 2 cups, and used the rest for dessert...)-- 1.00
Total: 8.67
Rice Pudding
3 cups cooked rice-- 1.00
3 cups raw milk-- 1.32
2/3 cup organic raisins-- .56
1/3 cup maple syrup-- 1.50
Vanilla-- gift
1/2 tsp cinnamon-- 0.12
2 eggs-- .60
Total: 5.10
So, it turns out dinner was more expensive than dessert! Also, there is enough rice pudding leftover for tomorrow night, so that's about $2.55 per dessert.
The chicken was roasted yesterday and then we used the leftover chicken for dinner tonight. Also, I will make 4 quarts of broth out of the bones. The chicken cost 12.00 for an organic whole chicken. I figured 3.00 for dinner last night, 3.00 for dinner tonight and then 1.50 per quart of broth I will make. Not bad for one chicken.
Also, I was excited to find out how cheap it is to make tortillas! $1.42!!! We only ate about half of the tortillas tonight and I will use the rest for lunches during the week. They are cheaper than the bread I make because of the oil and honey in the bread.
Okay, this has been another episode what things cost at Janet's house. Thanks for playing! (Or, at least.... reading... ) :-P
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Food Log Calendar!
***I typed this post last week sometime, and I was going to add links to all the recipes that I have used or posted on this site already, but now I realize that it is just unrealistic for me to find the time! So, if you find a recipe you are curious about, email me and I will send you the link, if I can. :-) ***
I can't believe the month of January is over. It's crazy.
Anyway, I shared last week about how I keep a food log calendar. It's the best. I love it because I can reference it so easily to see what we have eaten recently. And when I'm having a bad day-- thinking about how I can't feed my family good food, I'm not good at this, I'm not equipped for this, or I don't feel like making dinner tonight!-- I can glance at my calendar and at least feel a little better.
I took a picture of my calendar to show you all, now that January is complete! Then I thought, you might want to know what it says. So I thought I would make a list for you too. :-) If you want to steal ideas, or if you're curious what we eat, check it out! Or, if you just don't care, you can skip the list too! :-P
What we ate in January:
1. Chicken, broccoli and rice casserole
2. Cheese and crackers, falafel bites, roasted carrots
3. Butternut squash soup, biscuits, applesauce
4. Spaghetti, salad
5. Chicken, rice, broccoli
6. Lamb Sloppy joes, artichokes, chicken fried rice
7. Lentil and Chicken shepard's pie
8. Bean and rice soup with carrots and spinach
9. Spaghetti squash, roasted cauliflower, asparagus, cranberry sauce
10. Eye roast, broccoli, Sweet potatoes
11. Pizza
12. Broccoli Farfalle
13. in MD
14. in MD
15. Potato Soup, corn muffins
16. Roasted chicken, roasted carrots, asparagus, cranberry relish
17. Leftovers
18. Beans and rice with chicken and spinach, green beans
19. Butternut squash soup, biscuits, veggies and dip, applesauce
20. Chicken salad sandwiches, roast acorn squash
21. Lasagna
22. Steak, potatoes, roasted carrots
23. Spaghetti and lamb meatballs
24. Lentil shepard's pie with sausage
25. Hot dogs, sauerkraut, baked beans, broccoli
26. Steak tacos
27. Chicken, Mashed potatoes, roast cauliflower
28. Steak, Liver and Bean Chili
29. Chicken Rice Corn Soup
30. Hummus, pitas, guacamole, carrots, celery
31. Beef sloppy joes, Sweet potato latkes, peas
I can't believe the month of January is over. It's crazy.
Anyway, I shared last week about how I keep a food log calendar. It's the best. I love it because I can reference it so easily to see what we have eaten recently. And when I'm having a bad day-- thinking about how I can't feed my family good food, I'm not good at this, I'm not equipped for this, or I don't feel like making dinner tonight!-- I can glance at my calendar and at least feel a little better.
I took a picture of my calendar to show you all, now that January is complete! Then I thought, you might want to know what it says. So I thought I would make a list for you too. :-) If you want to steal ideas, or if you're curious what we eat, check it out! Or, if you just don't care, you can skip the list too! :-P
What we ate in January:
1. Chicken, broccoli and rice casserole
2. Cheese and crackers, falafel bites, roasted carrots
3. Butternut squash soup, biscuits, applesauce
4. Spaghetti, salad
5. Chicken, rice, broccoli
6. Lamb Sloppy joes, artichokes, chicken fried rice
7. Lentil and Chicken shepard's pie
8. Bean and rice soup with carrots and spinach
9. Spaghetti squash, roasted cauliflower, asparagus, cranberry sauce
10. Eye roast, broccoli, Sweet potatoes
11. Pizza
12. Broccoli Farfalle
13. in MD
14. in MD
15. Potato Soup, corn muffins
16. Roasted chicken, roasted carrots, asparagus, cranberry relish
17. Leftovers
18. Beans and rice with chicken and spinach, green beans
19. Butternut squash soup, biscuits, veggies and dip, applesauce
20. Chicken salad sandwiches, roast acorn squash
21. Lasagna
22. Steak, potatoes, roasted carrots
23. Spaghetti and lamb meatballs
24. Lentil shepard's pie with sausage
25. Hot dogs, sauerkraut, baked beans, broccoli
26. Steak tacos
27. Chicken, Mashed potatoes, roast cauliflower
28. Steak, Liver and Bean Chili
29. Chicken Rice Corn Soup
30. Hummus, pitas, guacamole, carrots, celery
31. Beef sloppy joes, Sweet potato latkes, peas
Sunday, February 5, 2012
What more things cost...
I have been really intrigued by the experiment Laura over at Heavenlyhomemakers.com has been doing about the cost of food. I have been crunching numbers all weekend. It is fun! And, really helpful in identifying things we eat that are expensive that I thought were cheaper. Maybe it will change some things that I make on a regular basis. We shall see.
Anyway, after sharing with you what pizza costs to make, I did some more number crunching today. Here are the food items I figured and also how much our dinner cost and how much it costs to make bread.
Honey: 46.00/gallon; 0.36/ounce
Coconut oil: 44.00/gallon; 0.34/ounce
Olive oil: 21.00/101 ounces; 0.21/ounce
Yeast: 2.55/pound; 0.06/TBS
Real Salt: 1.91/pound; 0.07/TBS
Sprouted Wheat: 0.75/pound= 3 cups flour; 1 cup= 0.25
Raw Milk: 7.00/gallon; 0.44/cup
My Bread Recipe
6 cups flour-- 1.50
1/3 cup olive oil-- 1.05
1/3 cup honey-- 1.80
1 TBS yeast-- 0.06
2 tsp salt-- 0.04
2 cups water--0.00
Total: $4.45 for two loaves; $2.23 per loaf
Dinner Tonight
Tuna/Sardine Melts, Broccoli with cheese sauce
1 lb. broccoli-- 2.00
1/2 loaf bread-- 1.12
1 can tuna-- 2.79
1 can sardines-- 2.33
3 TBS flour-- 0.09
3 TBS butter-- 0.39
1 1/2 cups milk-- 0.66
6 oz. cheddar-- 3.00
Total: 12.73
Some notes about dinner-- whenever we have tuna, it is really expensive, because I buy wild planet tuna and we also buy wild planet sardines. The cheddar was organic valley raw cheddar.
Dinner Last night
1 lb whole wheat spaghetti-- 1.50
1 jar sauce-- 2.79
Total: 4.29
Last night, Chris and I went out. The kids ate this with the sitter and there was enough left over that we had it for lunch this afternoon with garlic bread and pears. If we had eaten this as a family last night, it would have either been all gone, or there would have been one small little portion left. But, i just wanted to include this meal as well so you can see that our meal costs vary from night to night. While tonight's dinner might seem really expensive to some, I feel last night's dinner was relatively inexpensive. I don't know! What do you think? How much do YOU spend on each meal? Is this even something you think about? I know I didn't really until this past week.
Hope you enjoyed this exercise as much as I did. :-) I will probably be posting more costs of meals in the next few weeks.
Anyway, after sharing with you what pizza costs to make, I did some more number crunching today. Here are the food items I figured and also how much our dinner cost and how much it costs to make bread.
Honey: 46.00/gallon; 0.36/ounce
Coconut oil: 44.00/gallon; 0.34/ounce
Olive oil: 21.00/101 ounces; 0.21/ounce
Yeast: 2.55/pound; 0.06/TBS
Real Salt: 1.91/pound; 0.07/TBS
Sprouted Wheat: 0.75/pound= 3 cups flour; 1 cup= 0.25
Raw Milk: 7.00/gallon; 0.44/cup
My Bread Recipe
6 cups flour-- 1.50
1/3 cup olive oil-- 1.05
1/3 cup honey-- 1.80
1 TBS yeast-- 0.06
2 tsp salt-- 0.04
2 cups water--0.00
Total: $4.45 for two loaves; $2.23 per loaf
Dinner Tonight
Tuna/Sardine Melts, Broccoli with cheese sauce
1 lb. broccoli-- 2.00
1/2 loaf bread-- 1.12
1 can tuna-- 2.79
1 can sardines-- 2.33
3 TBS flour-- 0.09
3 TBS butter-- 0.39
1 1/2 cups milk-- 0.66
6 oz. cheddar-- 3.00
Total: 12.73
Some notes about dinner-- whenever we have tuna, it is really expensive, because I buy wild planet tuna and we also buy wild planet sardines. The cheddar was organic valley raw cheddar.
Dinner Last night
1 lb whole wheat spaghetti-- 1.50
1 jar sauce-- 2.79
Total: 4.29
Last night, Chris and I went out. The kids ate this with the sitter and there was enough left over that we had it for lunch this afternoon with garlic bread and pears. If we had eaten this as a family last night, it would have either been all gone, or there would have been one small little portion left. But, i just wanted to include this meal as well so you can see that our meal costs vary from night to night. While tonight's dinner might seem really expensive to some, I feel last night's dinner was relatively inexpensive. I don't know! What do you think? How much do YOU spend on each meal? Is this even something you think about? I know I didn't really until this past week.
Hope you enjoyed this exercise as much as I did. :-) I will probably be posting more costs of meals in the next few weeks.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
PIzza and what it costs
Laura from Heavenlyhomemakers.com is doing an experiment to see how much some of her recipes cost. I thought it would be fun to do some of my own. Here's how much the pizza we had for dinner tonight cost. We also had five pieces left over, which Chris will take for lunch. So, that's five people for one meal and two lunches. That's less than $2 per meal ($13/ 7 meals).
mozzarella (1/2 pound fresh made at store)-- 3.50
mushrooms (8oz package)-- 2.00
onion (1 organic)-- .50
flour (5 cups sprouted whole wheat)-- 1.25
oil (1/4 cup)--
salt (2 tsp)--
yeast (4 tsp)--
tomatoes (organic grape, 1/2 package)-- 1.75
tomato sauce (12 oz jarred crushed organic tomatoes)-- 1.50
TOTAL: $13 or less for two pizzas
ps. sorry i didn't figure out how much oil, salt and yeast cost me because I am too tired right now! also, i didn't figure out how much each cup of flour costs me, i just stole laura's calculation of $.28 per cup. mine may be a bit more or less. i rounded up. :-)
Hope this was insightful. :-)
mozzarella (1/2 pound fresh made at store)-- 3.50
mushrooms (8oz package)-- 2.00
onion (1 organic)-- .50
flour (5 cups sprouted whole wheat)-- 1.25
oil (1/4 cup)--
salt (2 tsp)--
yeast (4 tsp)--
tomatoes (organic grape, 1/2 package)-- 1.75
tomato sauce (12 oz jarred crushed organic tomatoes)-- 1.50
TOTAL: $13 or less for two pizzas
ps. sorry i didn't figure out how much oil, salt and yeast cost me because I am too tired right now! also, i didn't figure out how much each cup of flour costs me, i just stole laura's calculation of $.28 per cup. mine may be a bit more or less. i rounded up. :-)
Hope this was insightful. :-)
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Leftover Oatmeal Cookies
As some of you may already know, I have quite a history with oatmeal and breakfast. :-)
Well, it happened again that I had two separate days of leftover oatmeal in my fridge-- totaling about three cups of cooked oatmeal. I wanted to serve the leftover oatmeal and make it a little more exciting for the kids. (Also, Sam requested cookies for breakfast.)
It wasn't perfect, but the cookies turned out well. I will give the recipe that I would use again in the future if I choose to make oatmeal cookies for breakfast again. Which, I can say that I will probably do. Who doesn't like cookies? Even Ellie woke up asking about the cookies we were promised for breakfast.
Leftover Oatmeal Cookies
3 cups leftover oatmeal (mine had all the fixin's and sugar in that I usually apply to oatmeal)
1 1/2 cups flour (mine was sprouted wheat)
1/4 cup sugar (more if your oatmeal isn't pre-sweetened like mine)
1 egg
6 TBS butter or coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla (I used Laura's homemade vanilla that someone made me for Christmas!)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
other things like raisins, coconut, chocolate chips, hemp seeds,... (use your imagination!)
melt the butter and mix with the sugar. add everything else and stir until combined. drop by tablespoonfuls onto cookie trays. bake until golden brown at peaks, 10-15 minutes.
Well, it happened again that I had two separate days of leftover oatmeal in my fridge-- totaling about three cups of cooked oatmeal. I wanted to serve the leftover oatmeal and make it a little more exciting for the kids. (Also, Sam requested cookies for breakfast.)
It wasn't perfect, but the cookies turned out well. I will give the recipe that I would use again in the future if I choose to make oatmeal cookies for breakfast again. Which, I can say that I will probably do. Who doesn't like cookies? Even Ellie woke up asking about the cookies we were promised for breakfast.
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| Only two left from the first 17 that came out of the oven... |
Leftover Oatmeal Cookies
3 cups leftover oatmeal (mine had all the fixin's and sugar in that I usually apply to oatmeal)
1 1/2 cups flour (mine was sprouted wheat)
1/4 cup sugar (more if your oatmeal isn't pre-sweetened like mine)
1 egg
6 TBS butter or coconut oil
1 tsp vanilla (I used Laura's homemade vanilla that someone made me for Christmas!)
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
other things like raisins, coconut, chocolate chips, hemp seeds,... (use your imagination!)
melt the butter and mix with the sugar. add everything else and stir until combined. drop by tablespoonfuls onto cookie trays. bake until golden brown at peaks, 10-15 minutes.
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