Posted by: thoughts4me on: October 29, 2011
This week I came upon a local news story about a doctor who went to area fast food restaurants and video taped and swabbed play areas for germs and bacteria. Now, I expect a reasonable amount of germs and perhaps food in the playareas, however what she found was horrendous!!! Feces, moldy food, areas that [...]
Posted by: thoughts4me on: September 20, 2011
I know I promised a while back to try the Bountiful Baskets organic basket and I finally got around to it! Just in case you are not familiar with Bountiful Baskets, here is a brief intro: Bountiful Baskets tries to provide local grown produce to participants at a low cost. Since they strive for local [...]
Posted by: thoughts4me on: July 8, 2011
I just read an article this morning about scary food additives via Yahoo, and although most are chemicals that are difficult to pronounce, and I will be making a list until I learn to look out for these additives, the one additive that I forgot about was Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) and Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT). I remember [...]
Posted by: thoughts4me on: June 5, 2011
I’ve always been a label reader. I like to know what is in the drinks and food I buy, whenever possible, or what kind of fabric my clothes are made from…it’s even nice to know where things I buy are made. I’ve become more of a label reader now that I have kids and am [...]
Posted by: thoughts4me on: May 11, 2011
First of all let me say that I am a HUGE chocoloate lover and I am not a believer in “fake” sugar (ie Splenda, aspartame, Truvia, etc). I believe that people just need to eat/use less sugar/sweeteners. However, I have always found chocolate milk to be too sweet for me. I just read an article [...]
Posted by: thoughts4me on: November 3, 2010
As much as I agree with the intention and spirit of the San Francisco Happy Meal ban, I cannot help but wonder we have gone too far? As a parent, I make the choices for my child when it comes to meals (or most of them anyway). I ensure there is at least one fruit and/or [...]
Posted by: thoughts4me on: April 2, 2010
I’m lucky in that my husband will eat anything I make for him, ….at least once. He may not try my cakes and muffins, but he will try anything I whip up for dinner time. My 4 year old on the other hand is picky…with a capital “P”, and I’m not sure why. Perhaps it [...]
