Allright, it’s time for me to come clean. Friday while shopping for sweetener, soap and bulk Glory Bee honey at PCC I felt a tinge of guilt. My toddler was pointing to the Annie’s bunny crackers pleading in that sweet little Oliver Twist voice that is so hard to refuse.
Since taking our pledge for 2009 of not buying any processed food unless we know where every ingredient comes from and how it is made the only thing I’ve bought that sort of breaks these rules are Tillamook and Beecher’s cheeses. Tillamook is from OR and Beechers is made in Seattle but I don’t know the cows or how they were raised. Neither claims to be organic so I’m sure they aren’t. They are in clear violation. In my defense I had no idea that cheese would become our single most expensive item. And we eat a lot of it!
But the crackers and cereal are hard habits for my little guys to break. I’ve been experimenting with dried cereal and “narfs” in the dehydrator and made crackers in the oven a few times but frankly I’m finding it hard to make time for extras like those. And I just can’t make crackers in the form of cute little crunchy bunnies.
So I broke down. The kids are thrilled but I had to come clean so that you all can keep me honest. It would be so easy to let that stuff start sneaking in again but I know once it starts so does the constant whining for things, the arguments over why we don’t buy things like that, and that escalating bad behaviour once they eat that stuff.
I’m having a serious case of cracker remorse. ..
p.s. I had forgotten about this one until I opened the butter door in the fridge tonight. I’ve been reading about Kerry butter from Trader Joe’s and my neighbor phoned when she was there asking if I needed anything. I had her buy me butter. From Ireland. It’s really good and insanely cheap for what everyone has blogged to be pastured, organic butter but it doesn’t say that on the label. And now I have to come clean about that as well.
p.p.s. I had also forgotten about this one – I bake predominantly with coconut oil now that we have cut all seed oil out of our diet and that certainly doesn’t grow anywhere around here either. You *could* do all your baking with butter and frying with ghee but that is way too pricey for me. I’m hoping to do a post at some point on why seed oil is harmful and why coconut oil really isn’t but there are so many projects to go this spring that I’m having a hard time staying relatively sane! For now just google and do some reading on your own…
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Hi, Just stumbled on your blog. Coconut oil will be available in indian stores. One brand is parachute coconut oil. Used a lot in specific indian cooking from Kerala. Also mainly used as a hair oil as it is good for your hair. Try to see if you can find one in your area.