Happy Meal Anyone?

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My husband and I are preparing for a big international trip, so we are somewhat pressed for time. We’re heading out tonight to run errands for the last things we need. In the interest of time, one of my first thoughts is “let’s just grab something quick to eat while we’re out,” which can, but doesn’t always equal healthy. We haven’t decided what we’ll do yet, but I sometimes forget that happy meals can often be very healthy and quick, and it’s more about forcing your brain to actually think that way. As a side note, I don’t eat peas (they’re legumes) 😉The Authentic Happy Meal

If you haven’t, I’d encourage you to look here: http://nutrition.mcdonalds.com/getnutrition/ingredientslist.pdf

Almost every thing on the McDonald’s menu, contains wheat (no wonder we’re addicted). Even their candied walnuts have “wheat starch” and the seasoning that goes on their “100% natural angus burger,” contains 17 ingredients alone, including “artificial” junk. Wait, a natural burger with fake stuff?

Corn. Sigh.

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Corn, sigh. A lot of individuals don’t realize it’s also considered a grain, nor do they realize it is in almost everything. Plastic, batteries, pre-packaged food, tea, deodorant, etc. It has quickly become the universal ingredient in consumables.

Proudly, I was born and raised in the state of Iowa-the corn state; ironic, no? It makes me sad to read things about how damaging corn is to our bodies, environment, land, and soil when much of the livelihood of the state where I’m from, is reliant on it.

This article, is devastating: http://n.pr/Rlasks. Think about it for a minute, why would you want to put this in your body? Barely anything can even survive around or near it because of the toxicity required to grow it, to meet the world food demand? Do you think that maybe, just maybe, we shouldn’t be consuming this stuff?

Corn is so genetically modified (thanks Monsanto!), most of the countries outside of the US that rely on imports of corn, are now banning it. Doesn’t that speak volumes, to anyone? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444358804578018472810435506.html

Is this what you want to happen to you? http://vedicviews-worldnews.blogspot.com/2012/09/monsantos-corn-found-to-be-toxic-in-rats.html

Paleo Resource Article

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Paleo…it’s a way of life, and a great one at that!

Here’s an awesome, brief article from http://greatist.com/ about the Paleo lifestyle: http://greatist.com/health/debunking-diets-paleo-facts/. It’s informative, but not overwhelming, and has a great basic explanation of what living Paleo is all about.

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Cranberry Almond Upside-Down Cake

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This is one of the recipes I made while I was on vacation last week, experimenting in the kitchen: http://www.wholeliving.com/210931/cranberry-almond-upside-down-cake

I did not measure anything (baking is not an exact science for me, never has been and I’m not sure why it’s always worked for me?), and made a few substitutions:

I used an entire bag of fresh cranberries. Instead of the cane sugar, I used organic 100% pure maple sugar (that stuff is amazing!). When I put the almonds in the processor, they were not completely ground fine, and I actually think I preferred the nutty texture of the larger pieces. I didn’t make 4 mini loaf pans, I made 2 mini, and 1 large (went with what was available to me).

In step 2, it says that the sugar and butter will be pale and fluffy-mine wasn’t, probably because I used a different sugar, but it turned out just fine.

The only thing I would add is that the 2 TBSP of maple sugar I used when sautéing the cranberries, still left it pretty tart. This was fine with me, but it did prompt me to warm up a slice for breakfast and drizzle a little raw honey on it 🙂 I’d also probably call it Cranberry Almond Upside-Down Loaves!

I will definitely make this again, and variations of it, and honestly, I still can’t get over the awesome moist texture of bread it had! No dry almond flour flakiness here 🙂

Thursday Thoughts

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Our most basic instinct is not for survival but for family. Most of us would give our own life for the survival of a family member, yet we lead our daily life too often as if we take our family for granted.

— Paul Pearshall