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With all of our talk lately about the high price of food, it seemed like a good time to share some tips about budget-friendly ingredients, and what I’ve been stocking in my pantry/fridge to help stretch the food dollars a little further these days.
Tell us, what are your favourite budget-friendly ingredients? Is there anything you must buy because it’s too good of a deal to pass up?
Good news for moms. I read last week in The Globe and Mail that Loblaws has announced plans to remove all artificial colours and flavours from their signature line of President’s Choice products.
Artificial additives in food have quickly become one of the biggest nutritional issues for Canadians in recent years. Consumption of faux-coloured and flavoured foods has been linked to everything from allergies and ADHD, to behavioural problems and, in some cases, cancer.
While members of the medical and scientific communities are still divided as to whether there are risks with ingesting these products, most consumers don’t want to wait around for the professionals to form a cohesive opinion. Instead, according to the article, they are demanding there be a shift in the food manufacturing industry, and companies are starting to respond.
Loblaws will be the first Canadian chain to embrace this movement, and by the end of this year, all artificial colours will be removed from the PC line; the artificial flavourings will follow in 2013. Now that Loblaws is positioning itself as a company that is highly interested in our health, experts are predicting this could translate as a good move for their bottom line.
However, according to a professor at Ryerson University, we need to be cautious about assuming that all naturally enhanced products are good for us. Despite the lack of dyes and chemical flavourings, they may still contain stabilizers, preservatives and excessive amounts of sodium and sugar which aren’t good for our health either.
I’m curious, are artificial additives a concern to you when it comes to feeding your family?
Not that I’m a fan of artificial flavours and colours but they will replace them with “natural” ones. These will have to be sourced from nature, which last time I checked included metal oxides, beetles and dubious plants. Try to remember it is the compound which is bad for us not the source.
thanks for your posting but I’m more interested in knowing more about that ‘however’ part because that’s where the hidden agenda of the corporates are hidden!
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enjoy a roast 3 ways
- roast for dinner
- your favourite pasta and sauce with slivers of left over beef (add some chili peppers to yours after you’ve served the kids for a little heat)
- stir fry with roast and rice, green peas, and for the seasonings… little mustard powder, garlic, s & p and soy sauce
Eatsavvy is a great blog…so informative! I don’t think there is much room for improvement but what about having guest bloggers? Mom’s from around the country featured as a guest blogger for a week, and one who would write on the subject of food and how it relates to their families (whether they share recipes, talk about the food they grow on their farms, their experiences working a farmer’s market, organic family eating, vegan eating etc). Just a thought….