Cooking Class

We eat REAL FOOD.  Beginning with Jamie Oliver's ABC show "Food Revolution" and others like "Forks Over Knives", "Fast Food Nation", "Food Matters", Food Inc.", and TED Talks, we learned about our food, organics and Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).  Now our family is trying our hardest to eat Organic, Non-GMO whole foods.  Try explaining to a 5 year old why he cannot have donuts and a soda for lunch, but we can make some real lemonade and have an apple or other non-processed snack.  It is working!  As we walk through the grocery store, he gets excited.."Dad, it's organic!"  But just because it's organic, does not mean it is good, just read the label.  You'll still see "natural flavors", "ascorbic acid" and "citric acid" (many of which contain GMOs) and other additives.  When a product is labeled "organic", the entire product does not need to be organic. 


So I told that story to tell this one....
School is out and I need to have snacks for the fam as well as put together a crock-pot dinner for the day (swim lessons later, so no time to cook). So what did we do?
We, yes we, my 5 year old helped cook, started by pulling out the food processor and slicing potatoes and onions.  Then we made up a roux and my version of a béchamel sauce using whole milk, herbs and spices, and some cheese.  All this went into the crockpot making it a pseudo Sheppard's pie.
Then we roasted a head of garlic in the oven.  In the food processor we put in garbanzo beans, garlic, tahini paste, spices and olive oil.  We made our own roasted garlic hummus. 


I know exactly what went into our meal.  No preservatives.  No additives.  And 95% of it all was organic, Non-GMO.  Does it cost a little extra at the store, yes.  But do you pay for it now or pay for it later in medical bills and prescriptions.


Just Eat Real Food!