Crystalline Fructose... mmm, arsenic

In my ongoing effort to educate in a non-snobbish way, here is a little something you all might be interested in.

If you are like me, you have begun eliminating HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) from your life. I don't care how many ways "they" try to convince me that it is perfectly fine... IT'S NOT.

That being said --- have you ever noticed THIS on your food label?

CRYSTALLINE FRUCTOSE

Do you know what it is? You can find it in a lot of different products... one of which is the very popular Vitamin Water and, crazily enough, even some Kashi products.

Here is the composition:

....

Fructose	≥ 98.0% and £ 102.0%, after drying
Arsenic	≤ 1 mg/kg
Chloride	≤ 0.018%
Glucose	≤ 0.5%
Heavy metals (as Pb)	≤ 5 mg/kg
Hydroxymethylfurfural	≤ 0.1%, dry basis
Lead	≤ 0.1 mg/kg
Loss on drying	≤ 0.5%
Residue on ignition	≤ 0.5%
Sulfate	≤ 0.025%

No thank you.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown...

What started out as a pumpkin on Halloween,
with its ooygooy seeds, became this:

And now, is this:

If You Have Lemons... Make Lemonade. A LOT of Lemonade.

Seriously, does anyone want any lemons???

Cauliflower Rice... among other things

I just enjoyed one of the best dinners I have ever made.


I used my food processor to chop up the following:

Cauliflower - 1 head
Red and Yellow Bell Peppers - full yellow, half red
Onion - 1/2 an onion
Garlic - 2 cloves
Celery - 3 stalks

Combine all of these into a pan and saute over medium heat until veggies being to "weep" or release liquid.

Then add the following:

Chicken Broth - 1 TBS
Veggie Broth - 1 TBS
Parsley - 1 TBS
Lemon Pepper - 1 TBS
Pepper
Salt (optional)
Water - add as needed

Cover and simmer until desired consistency is reached. I topped mine with oven baked, seasoned (not breaded) pork chops, sliced very small. You could use chicken as well.

SO GOOD.