Menu Change!

Inspired by Holly, Adam. Kristen and Marshall - Clay and I have made a huge menu change around our house and we feel great about it! We are doing our best to eat all natural, non processed foods. That means cutting out all the high fructose corn syrup, the processed sugars, the hormones and the preservatives. Why? Check out these documentaries -

• Food Inc.
• Meet Your Meat (You Tube)
• King Korn

They all talk about the food industry and all the things we are putting into our bodies so the food industry can make a few extra dollars.

So what are some of the changes we have made?

• We also have switched a few staple ingredients to more natural things such as pure cane sugar instead of white refined sugar, grass fed and free range eggs, organic milk without any hormones, natural peanut butter (Adam's Crunchy!) and bread from a local bakery here in town.
• I found these awesome containers at wal-mart for $1.99 and I shop a lot from the bulk section at Smith's marketplace. Things are really cheap and all raw foods! Some of the favorites are: barley, sunflower seeds, sliced almonds, wheat, flax meal, oat bran, pinto beans, rice, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, quinona, and raisins.
  
• We spend a little more time each week cooking dinner and preparing snacks and food for the week. Last Sunday I spend an hour making homemade granola bars and granola cereal.
• I recently was shown an article that talked about buying organic fruits and veggies - it talked a lot about how some fruits and vegetables are okay to buy non-organics such as bananas, oranges and avocados. However three things that you buy that make a difference organically are potatoes, apples, and milk.
• We are not eliminating meat but we are trying not to eat as much meat. We have realized that you don't need meat with every meal, pastas, beans and grains are delicious!

We have found a ton of great recipes and even had a little "foodie" party at Holly and Adam's house on Friday night where everyone brought a dish that was made of all real food. We ate a fine feast of turkey chili, roasted sweet potatoes, pesto pasta, barley pilaf, spinach salad and oatmeal cookies. We are not perfect and we still eat out on occasion and eat at other's homes but I feel we have made some good lifestyle changes that will pay off.