The Whole Idea of "Kid Food"
I found this LA Times article (click left) really interesting and disturbing. Curious on other people's food situations. Do you cook? Do you buy pouches? How snack-stocked is your pantry? Are you trying to find ways to cleanse it, too?
After reading Casey Means' book Good Energy (See my Book Corner on homepage), I kind of tore apart our pantry. I had thought we were pretty good, but then I started checking nutrition labels. Didn't realize Wheat Thins were basically cookies with all their added sugar.
Damn. Those are so good.
We have since found another brand, Simple Mills, which is actually gluten-free - a term I usually run from. It just sounds like something's missing, doesn't it? (I also LOVE baked goods and the Boston bakery, "FLOUR.")
But the Simple Mills brand of crackers, made with almond flour, is DELICIOUS, and even passed the taste test of the three kitchen critics. We also discovered almond flour makes even better pancakes than regular (is that the term?) flour too. The crackers are more expensive, but we don't really need crackers anyway, so I kind of see it as once in a while thing. Nuts and fruit are the go-to snack. (Easier for me, too.)
But back to the whole idea of "kid food." I feel like this is a huge marketing scheme in which companies are preying on parents who are treading water with everything we have going on. (Looking at the breakfast dishes in the sink as I'm writing this...it's three in the afternoon.)
After reading Casey Means' book Good Energy (See my Book Corner on homepage), I kind of tore apart our pantry. I had thought we were pretty good, but then I started checking nutrition labels. Didn't realize Wheat Thins were basically cookies with all their added sugar.
Damn. Those are so good.
We have since found another brand, Simple Mills, which is actually gluten-free - a term I usually run from. It just sounds like something's missing, doesn't it? (I also LOVE baked goods and the Boston bakery, "FLOUR.")
But the Simple Mills brand of crackers, made with almond flour, is DELICIOUS, and even passed the taste test of the three kitchen critics. We also discovered almond flour makes even better pancakes than regular (is that the term?) flour too. The crackers are more expensive, but we don't really need crackers anyway, so I kind of see it as once in a while thing. Nuts and fruit are the go-to snack. (Easier for me, too.)
But back to the whole idea of "kid food." I feel like this is a huge marketing scheme in which companies are preying on parents who are treading water with everything we have going on. (Looking at the breakfast dishes in the sink as I'm writing this...it's three in the afternoon.)
