October Unprocessed – Xanthan Gum and Halloween Candy
October Unprocessed is over. How did you do?
October Unprocessed is over. How did you do?
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October Unprocessed is a week old. How have you been doing?
October Unprocessed came to a close yesterday on what is probably the day when the most processed food gets passed around – Halloween. While I managed not to succumb to the temptation of all that candy, it wasn’t easy. But what about the rest of the month?
How many of the fresh meats at the supermarket pass the Kitchen Test?
Granola bars are convenient, yummy, and oh-so-processed. The perfect copycat recipe eludes me.
Is it possible to find ready-to-eat lunchmeats without processed ingredients?
I was surprised to find that tea might have natural flavorings added. I talked a bit about natural flavorings last October. They aren’t natural at all.
The first few days of October Unprocessed were a little bumpy. I thought I had everything planned, but I soon found out otherwise.
Nearly halfway into October and I think I’m getting the hang of this.
Reading the ingredients labels is the most time-consuming part of this exercise, but even that doesn’t take long. Especially since “natural and artificial flavors” is almost always at the end of the list. If I find that, I know it’s not included this month.
My first weekend avoiding both processed food and genetically modified ingredients turned out to be a little more difficult than I anticipated. Avoiding one or the other wouldn’t have been so hard, but both at once proved challenging.