Mouth Watering Monday: 25 Dinners that are 6 Ingredients or Less! Hobo Mama: Rules and FAQs for the Six Ingredient Challenge. We're glad you're following along with us on the Six Ingredient Challenge, which starts February 1!
You still have plenty of time to link up to let us know you're up for the six-week challenge to eat more whole foods. See the intro post to find out our schedule for upcoming posts and grab a Six Ingredient Challenge button. Today we're laying out the nitty-gritty rules of the challenge and also presenting the first writing prompt at the end. Muse about your answers to the prompt, and come back next week to link up your posts or leave a comment with your answer. The 10 Worst Food Ingredients. Food companies use lots of unhealthful and dodgy ingredients to extend shelf life, add gaudy colors, and make us crave their products.
You can (and should!) Steer clear of these 10 toxic, tacky ingredients to protect your family’s health. When enough of us say “no way,” these food companies will get the message and clean up their act. Here are the top 10 worst food ingredients in our opinion (not necessarily ranked in order of the harm they do)… 1. WHAT IT IS: MSG is an amino acid used as a flavor-enhancer in processed foods (one of the most common food additives). WHY IT’S BAD: It’s an known excitotoxin, which is a neurotoxic chemical additive shown to harm nerve cells— overexciting them, sometimes to the point of cell death. IT’S FOUND IN: Processed foods like salad dressings, low-fat yogurt, canned meats, frozen entrees, potato chips, canned soups (including Campbell’s Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup), and flavored crackers (like Wheat Thins, Cheez-Its and Triscuits). 2. 3. 4.
Avoid These 9 Worst Food Ingredients! 10 Best Foods and Drinks for Exercising. You know exercise is key if you want to stay fit.
But did you know that what you eat and drink can help you reach your fitness goals faster? By feeding your body the right nutrients you can ensure it’s getting the raw materials it needs to help you power through your workout and build and repair muscle afterward. Jumpstart your exercise program with these 10 essential food and drinks. OatmealWhen it comes to priming your muscles for a workout, carbs are your best friend. They provide glucose, the fuel your muscles run on. CoffeeIf you’re a java junkie we have happy news for you. OystersThese mollusks are loaded with iron, needed to build hemoglobin, which delivers oxygen throughout your body. AlmondsIt may sound counterintuitive, but the more intensely you exercise the more damaging free radicals your body produces. RaisinsSkip the energy bar and fuel up with a small box of raisins instead. 50 Ways to Never Waste Food Again - Planet Green. "Use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without" is a favorite adage in both frugal and green circles, and it is something I strive to live by.
One of the best ways to "use it up" is to think differently about our food and ways to avoid wasting it. Lloyd wrote a great post a while back about the statistics for how much food we waste in the U.S., and the numbers are, frankly, appalling. On average, we waste 14% of our food purchases per year, and the average American family throws out over $600 of fruit per year.
Most of the food we waste is due to spoilage; we're buying too much and using too little of it. We've all had it happen: half the loaf of bread goes stale because no one wants to eat sandwiches today, and the grapes we bought as healthy snacks for the kids' lunches languish in the crisper. Using Up Vegetables 1. 2. 3. 4. Quick Dinner: Think Inside The Box. 1 of 6 Turkish Lamb with Pistachio Couscous Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Bored with beef- need quick dinner?
Leg of lamb is one of the leanest cuts of meat -- only 162 calories and 6.6 grams of fat per 3-ounce serving (compared with 196 calories and 11 grams of fat for beef). Lamb's mild taste lets robust Middle Eastern ingredients like pistachios and saffron come through. 1 box (6 oz) garlic-herb couscous 13 c pistachio nuts, shells removed 1 1/2 Tbsp lemon-pepper seasoning salt 1 Tbsp dried thyme 1 tsp sugar 1 tsp ground cardamom 1 tsp ground turmeric 1/2 tsp saffron threads, crushed 1 1/4 lb boneless leg of lamb, cut into 1-inch cubes 1 c onion, chopped 2 tsp garlic, minced 1 Tbsp fresh ginger, minced 1/2 c raisins 2 c fresh or canned tomatoes, chopped 1. 2. 3. 4.
Makes 4 servings. The Dirty Dozen Plus: 14 Foods You Should Buy Organic. Find out which organic produce is worth paying more for.
Of the fruits and vegetables you buy every week, which should you buy organic? The Environmental Working Group's Shopper's Guide to Pesticides identifies fruits and vegetables that have the highest and lowest pesticide residues. New to the Dirty Dozen for the past two years are two extra foods, which they added as a “Plus” category. The EWG included the Plus category to highlight foods that fell outside the normal criteria for the Dirty Dozen, but which are often found to have traces of highly toxic organophosphate pesticides.
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