| My Family basically considers me to be a health | | | | sauce. Tomatoes are particularly susceptible to |
| fanatic. Eating organic foods and avoiding anything | | | | pesticide contamination. It is well worth while to buy |
| processed has been the key to managing my | | | | organic tomato products. I sneak veggies like carrots in |
| fibromyalgia symptoms. I refuse to bring sodas into the | | | | by pureeing them first. Another sly move is to add a |
| house, but chips and cookies still find their way in. My | | | | tablespoon of a greenfood powder to the sauce. The |
| girls are not very interested in eating vegetables. I wish | | | | powder that I use contains spirulina algae, chorella, |
| that I had been better about introducing veggies when | | | | barley grass, wheat grass, spinach, beets, and more. |
| they were babies. I was breast feeding, so I assumed | | | | Home-made soups are also great. After baking a |
| that they were getting everything they needed from | | | | whole chicken in the crock pot, I save the skin and |
| me. Macaroni, spaghetti, and processed American | | | | carcass and boil it in filtered water with onions garlic, |
| cheese became staple table foods during the early | | | | celery, and carrots (in the crock pot) for 8-9 hours. |
| years. | | | | Lots of vitamins, minerals, and enzymes are released |
| In order to get my girls to eat non processed food, I | | | | into the broth. You simply do not get the same |
| have had to get very creative and sneaky. Replacing | | | | nutrients from store bought broth. I use the broth to |
| breakfast cereals with a fresh fruit smoothie works | | | | make delicious soups (usually laced with a touch of |
| great! They actually ask me to make it for them! My | | | | greenfood powder). |
| shake is made with plain yogurt, 2% milk, frozen | | | | Bacon and eggs are also terrific and tempting. I replace |
| organic berries, olive oil, and brown rice protein powder | | | | traditional bacon, which is full of cancer causing sulfites |
| (sweetened with Stevia). While they think they are | | | | and nitrites, with uncured turkey bacon. The eggs that I |
| enjoying a sweet treat for breakfast, I know that they | | | | use are free-range organic eggs. The free-range eggs |
| are getting vitamin D and Calcium from the milk, | | | | not only taste better, but they are also higher in |
| probiotics from the yogurt, essential fats from the olive | | | | vitamins A,D,E,Beta-carotene, and Omega-3's! |
| oil, vitamin C and anti-oxidants from the berries, and | | | | Sometimes we have a "breakfast supper." |
| muscle building protien from the Protien Powder. For | | | | I hope that these tips will help you to fool your family |
| more information on my shake recipe, visit my blog | | | | into a healthy lifestyle. If you have other tricks that |
| (see link below). | | | | work for you, please let me know about them. I would |
| Another trick is to hide vegetables in spaghetti sauce. I | | | | love to hear from you. |
| make my own spaghetti sauce or use organic canned | | | | |