Monthly Archives: April 2010
Masha says… Part III
| April 14, 2010 | Filled under Masha says, My Kids |
I thought I would break up the somewhat depressing safe or not safe food theme and publish some of the things my three year old says. Masha’s phrases continued from Part II: Somebody asked her: – Masha, what color are my eyes? Masha looked and squinted. She looked from different angles. She finally said: […]
Product by Product to Real Food. Series. Part 2 (Bread)
| April 13, 2010 | Filled under Real Food |
Where I continue talking about buying safe food… Bread should be Free of Mono- and diglycerides. Manufactures found a way to add trans fats to food without adding hydrogenated oils. Since mono glycerides will turn into fat only after they are absorbed by the body, manufacturers can freely indicate a zero trans fat on their […]
Product by Product to Real Food. Series. Part 1 (Milk)
| April 9, 2010 | Filled under Real Food |
I published the list of chemicals I avoid in our food a couple of days ago. This and next week, I will jot a few notes about my checkpoints by product. Milk: I check that the milk is Hormone free, meaning cows were not treated with Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH). A lot of milk brands are hormone free, […]
Our Eggs-traordinary Easter Celebration…
| April 6, 2010 | Filled under My Kids |
The Party started off with the Easter Egg Hunt, of course. Svetlana, being only a year old, enjoyed it as much as Masha, who is two years older. The littlest ones invented a game of passing an egg to each other. They really know how to share! Grammy helped Masha to open all the eggs […]
Taking Corn Syrup out of the Easter Egg Hunt
| April 2, 2010 | Filled under My Kids, Real Food |
My kids love Egg Hunts. My three year old Masha loves it to the point that she asks for a bed night story about it. My biggest challenge with all the Egg Hunts going on is to make sure she does not eat a single piece of that artificially colored and flavored corn syrup (aka […]