Know Your Food Ingredients ~ Mystery Food Revealed

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A few days ago, I posted a variety of ingredients that make up a common food. These were the ingredients:

Enriched macaroni, dried cheddar cheese, corn starch, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dried tomato, salt, buttermilk, sugar, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and other natural flavorings, dried onion, dried corn syrup, disodium phosphate, dried garlic, sodium caseinate, citric acid, dipotassium phosphate, FD&C yellow No. 5 and other artificial color, sodium sulfite and BHA.

The food is Hamburger Helper, Mac & Cheese flavor.

I was thinking of Hamburger Helper (HH) as I made a “soup-ish” concoction last week with left over ground bison. Something about it reminded me of HH as a kid! (See… I have SO many toxicities to overcome as an adult!)

I made “Buffalo Mac Soup”. I cooked some organic macaroni noodles made from rice (easier to digest than whole grains) and added them to tomato soup. I added the left over ground bison from Southwest lettuce wraps a couple nights prior – it was cooked in pure coconut oil, NOT partially hydrogenated soybean oil (!), and combined with onions, black beans, cumin, red pepper flakes, sea salt and pepper. I topped it with some freshly grated organic and raw Jack and cheddar cheeses.

No corn syrup. No artificial colors. No neurotoxic substance like hydrolyzed vegetable protein. Sheesh… what on earth do they DO to food?!

YUMMY! It makes a nice, thick, hearty soup… with emotional ties to HH from childhood!

No, you don’t have to make it with bison! Then again, the name “Buffalo Mac” won’t make a whole lotta’ sense otherwise! I’m sure you can work beyond that little detail!

If you can find grass-fed beef, that’s a HUGE improvement over conventional ground beef. Or try some other wild game. The biggest point is to move away from all the other toxic ingredients and additives in the HH boxed mix. You can skip the pasta all together, which would make this even healthier. Use real foods and real spices for better health and optimal function.

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Last night we had meal number two from the ground bison I had cooked a few days ago. Meal number one was Southwest Bison Lettuce Wraps. Last night’s meal was bison chili served with salad.

Tonight, we’ll use most of the remaining (cooked) chicken breast for chicken stir fry. We’ll have enough chicken left for a quick chicken salad for lunch tomorrow before hitting the road.

The timing all worked out well this past week. We’re running out of food just in time!

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OK, since you asked…

Tonight’s dinner was part one of “cook it once, eat it twice”. Sounds thoroughly disgusting… but it’s not at all! It’s about saving time, money, energy… and planning for healthy choices.

I cooked/browned a couple pounds of grass-fed ground bison. (I cook it in pure coconut oil.) I set a little more than half aside for part two dinner on Friday.

For tonight’s part one of the great bison adventure, I added “southwest” seasoning (organic chili pepper, cumin, garlic, coriander, sea salt, pepper), black beans and diced tomatoes and onions. Then I scooped it into Romaine lettuce leaves and topped with a bit of grated raw cheese and fresh salsa for a “Southwest Lettuce Wrap”. Served it up with a fresh salad, as well as green beans for the kids.

Yum!

Sorry – I had planned to take a photo to post here, but got entirely too excited about devouring the end result!! ; )

(The chicken for tomorrow’s part one dinner has been pulled from the freezer…)

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