How to have a Healthful Kitchen -- No harmful things and all of the essentials

[suzanne sanders]

The 'Good -Nutrition" cook rids their pantry of these foods: 

1.   Bleach white flour

2.   Refined Sugar

3.   All shortenings that are solid at room temperature

4.   White rice

5.   Maraschino cherries (they're loaded with harmful preservatives) 

6.   Any product loaded with BHA or BHT (freshness preservers)

7.   Food coloring

8.   Imitation flavor 

9.   Fruits canned with sugar syrup 

10.  All sugared dry cereals

11.  Hydrogentated peanut butters  

12.  All candy made with refined sugar

13.  commercial breads tht are loaded with emulsifiers and preservatives

14.  Refined table salt

The "Good-Nutrition" cook keeps on their pantry shelf

 "Organic as much as possible"

1.  Raw Honey

2.  Raw sugar

3.  Date sugar

4.  Whole Wheat flour ( stone ground), spelt, rye,kamut 

5.  Gluten free flours, soy free 

6.  Carob Flour

7.  Wheat germ 

8.  Sesame oils (cold pressed) 

9.   Toasted Sesame oil

10.  Nutritional yeast

11.  A variety of raw seeds

12.  A variety of raw nuts

13.  Organic nut butters 

14.   Kelp

15.  Sea salt  

16.  Unsweetened coconut

17.  Seeds for sprouting (wheat, rye, oat, mung beans)

18.  Oat flakes

19.  Quinoa 

20.  Legumes and beans

21.  Olive oil

22.  Coconut oil

23.  Rice vinegar

24.  Apple Cider vinegar

25.  Cooking Spices 

What Kind of Pots To Use: 

Stainless steel and pyrex for oven baking.  

Do not use aluminum because aluminum leaches into the food.  Teflon at high temperatures releases a deadly gas.  True, these high temperatures are not necessary for ordinary cooking.  But you and I know as well that there are times you turn the pan on and walk away to do something and the pan is forgotten about and is overheating releasing deadly chemicals.  Teflon eventually starts breaking off and can get into your food.  Let's not forget that the factory's that make Teflon are major polluters to the environment.  

Carob Confection Balls:  Delicious healthful snack

Blend together:

1/2 cup carob powder

1/2 cup honey or less 

1/2 cup Organic nut butter of choice 

1/2 cup sunflower seeds

1/2 cup sesame seeds

1/4 cup wheat germ

Unsweetened coconut for rolling the balls in 

Mix together.  Form into balls, roll in coconut

 

About Kamut Flour

Kamut flour is a wheat flour, made from the ancient durum wheat relative called Kamut grain. You will generally not find Kamut® flour in your local grocery store. Instead look for it in natural foods and specialty stores, where it is sold by a variety of companies. If you’re interested in organic flours, this particular type is excellent, since the grain is hardy and pest-resistant and can in many cases be grown organically with greater ease than traditional wheat.

You can substitute this flour for any recipe calling for wheat flour. When you do so, you’ll be adding lots of extra protein, amino acids, and a higher lipid content. It’s a less starchy flour and also drier. When stored in the fridge, it has less tendency to turn rancid and usually outlasts the shelf life of traditional wheat.

To read more about Kamut clink on the link below: 

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-kamut-flour.htm

[Victoria Pich]

This is very helpful. And it's a relief to find we have none of the bad stuff, and most of the good stuff, in our house!