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RE: SUPERFOOD SMOOTHIE SECRETS - FRUITS AND VEGGIES MONDAY
Well done @janton I'm always delighted to hear about people making healthy life choices. It interests me to know why? Is it a conviction or is it a necessity (as in due to illness or intolerance)
howdy again Ma'am! wow several visits the same day from buckaroo! lol. ok uh..yes we're as healthy as race horses and want to stay that way so it is totally self-control and not wanting to poison ourselves basically.
I love junk food and burger joints and things but never do them just to stay healthy. so I guess I;d say it's a conviction but I miss greasy burgers and french fries! lol.
Yes, several visits but not going to be happening too often. It is vital to give children a good healthy foundation. This includes food and healthy food choices. Growing up we didn't have money for junk food (which here was still expensive). It was wholesome home cooking and water or go without. I can't say I miss the fast food because it was never part of my childhood. In fact except for my natural sweet tooth I actually don't like the taste of it. So I really sympathise with those that have given it up but still miss it
howdy back buckaroo! how interesting..what about sugar? you had a taste for that even with getting limited amounts?
Yes. But there are alternatives. I don't miss sugar. But I do like sweet things. Give me cake over food any day! I use honey to sweeten, or even dates do the trick. I think you get the genuine maple syrup there. We get other natural plant based sweeteners like stevia but having our own hives I prefer honey
By the way, do yourself a favour and watch "That Sugar Film" made by and Australian company. It's a real eye opener.
yes I've done posts about the best available sugar replacements and I've been campaigning against sugar for years actually, even though I would go off the wagon quite often! lol.
but now we are more disciplined. dates and honey, especially raw honey like yours is so wonderful, just with those two you can almost totally replace sugar. right now Monk Fruit is our favorite.
You can replace sugar! I think if we couldn't replicate the junk with equally yummy healthy options it would be really hard. But I disagree with healthy tasting like medicine. Why punish yourself? What is Monk Fruit?
oh Monk Fruit is SO good and healthy. It's named because the Monk's have been using it for hundreds of years as a sweetner, maybe thousands, but anyway it's a little green gourd and they come from China.
It's just the best tasting that we've found, no aftertaste and very sweet, tastes like sugar but totally healthy. I don't think it's been available to the mass market place that long, we got ours from Walmart.com.
Sounds good. The only South African options are stevia, xylitol and sometimes coconut sugar. We can occasionally get things like maple syrup but I'd have to rob a bank to be able to afford it!