Last week as a family we started to remove processed foods from our diet.  I have been pretty excited and this is how it has gone.

I have not bought any bread.  We are still sampling different recipes for sandwich bread the last loaf I made (a honey wheat loaf) seems to be doing well.  I even made some delicious whole wheat dinner rolls…kinda silly that I am so excited about this!

I usually buy lunch meat to make sandwiches throughout the week.  I buy the nitrate free but still thought I could do better.   I bought a 10 lb turkey breast and baked it.  We had dinner and have plenty for lunches throughout the week.  Not only was this a healthier alternative but a cost effective one as well.

I cook with a lot of veggie, chicken, turkey broth or stock.  Instead of spending money on the cans which are processed I have been making my own.  When I make salads I save the pieces of carrots, onion and celery that I don’t use.  At the end of the week I take the leftovers add a few other ingredients and make veggie stock.  I did the same the turkey..turned it into turkey stock.  This is healthier and cheaper!

I am replacing sugar, white & brown, with sugar with sucanat.  This is a very pure form of sugar.

As we run out of a favorite snack I am trying to make our own replacement.  This week was granola bars.  I made our own and it was a HUGE success.  I cannot wait to tweak the ingredients to make different assortments.

So slowly but surely I feel that we are on a road to a healthier life and I am super stoke about it!!