My De-Junk Wish List

As I research more about real food, healthy diets I find so many blogs of amazing women that soak their own grains before using them,  sprout and grind their own wheat, make their own yogurt and so much more than I had ever imagined tackling when I decided to de-junk my family's diet.

That is why I created this blog.  So that other people like me, that want to help get the junk out of their lives can have a place where they don't feel even MORE guilty for what they have been feeding their family.  I know that is not the intent of the women that do all of those great things, but the guilt is there nevertheless. (at least for me but maybe I am just a nut) I want to track my progress on here so that you can see where I started and why I started and my failures in between.  Maybe one day I will be the lady that soaks every grain their family consumes to ensure optimal nutrition.  I am just not there yet.

I would love to say I am going to start making everything we eat from scratch-with soaked or sprouted grains no less!  I just don't think I can handle ALL that just yet.  Maybe one of these days.  I am certainly hard on myself when it comes to providing for my family but I really have to slow down and take it one day at a time to be successful.

• *Pure Cane Sugar or Honey instead of regular granulated sugar (which could contain Genetically Modified Sugar Beets)
• *Only organic or Non-GMO Project Verified products if they contain: Sugar, Corn, Soy, Canola or Cottonseed oil
• *Homemade foods whenever possible.  So far we have tried: bread, crackers, tortillas
• *Aluminum free Baking Powder
• *No canned goods- we either make them at home (beans) or purchase a carton instead (soups, broth, tomato products)

• Find better alternatives to dining out. Sometimes, the convenience is too tempting but I always regret feeding standard restaurant food to my daughter.
• Attempt making candy 
• Find more ways to make our new lifestyle convenient for our family.  Most of the time, it feels like a hassle to work around our diet choices.
• Try new scratch made recipes and build a Real Food Recipe binder of foods we tried and loved
• Switch to Einkorn wheat

FYI-  deleted a good 2 LONG paragraphs of this post complaining about the food industry in America.  You are welcome.

Join me on my journey!

Thank you for visiting De-Junk My Life!  I have been thinking of making a blog like this for a little while now and this morning (4:00 a.m.!) well,  I can't sleep so I decided to do something productive and get started on this blog!

The idea behind De-Junk My Life came to me because over the last year and a half I have learned a lot about what is actually in the products I buy for my family.  Since my daughter was born, four years ago, I have always researched what the healthiest products are for her age. I followed websites, blogs, magazines and her doctor's advice to raise a healthy baby.  Even with all that research, it wasn't until I watched Food Inc.  and then later, Genetic Roulette that I learned of what is really in the food I was giving her and in the lotions and soaps I was using for her.

Thankfully, I had learned about formaldehyde and other chemicals in bath and body products when she was very small.  I was upset and surprised at how many potentially dangerous ingredients I was exposing her to without my knowledge.  Some of these things I have known about longer than a year and a half but here are most the items I am working to remove from our lives:

* Genetically Modified Organisms (sometimes refered to as Genetically Modified Ingredients)

*"Frankenwheat"

* Roundup

* Pesticides

* Contaminated meat/poultry

* Chemicals in bath and body products


Like I said, it is EARLY in the morning and I feel like I have forgotten something!  Oh well, I am sure it will come up as blog about my journey.  If you decide to join me, leave a comment and let me know!

Thanks again for visiting De-Junk My Life!