Monday, July 8, 2013

Homemade Ranch Dressing

It Starts With Me: Homemade Ranch Dressing: Ranch dressing.  It's one of those crazy versatile salad dressings... it's pretty much good on everything.   Read More Here



1/2 cup mayonnaise 
1/4- 1/2 cup milk, whatever you have on hand-- whole, buttermilk, almond, soy
1/2 cup sour cream (or plain yogurt)
1 small shallot minced (if you don't have shallot, substitute 1 TBSP red onion)
1 garlic clove, minced
2 TBSP finely chopped fresh herbs, my preference is cilantro (others: parsley, tarragon, dill, or chives)
1 tsp fresh lemon juice (if you don't have lemon juice, substitute white vinegar)
1/2 tsp sea salt
1/4 tsp fresh cracked pepper
Put all ingredients into medium size jar and shake until smooth and combined.  Store refrigerated for up to 4 days.


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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Friday, May 24, 2013

Marketers Joining the March Against Monsanto

Tomorrow is May 25th, 2013... What is special about it? It is March against Monsanto day for those fighting for the right to know what is in our food. 

There are over 50 Countries, over 400 marches planned, and over 200,000 participants. Plus a small group of marketers who are going to bring awareness via the Internet. 

We invite you to join us in the fight for clean food.
You can see our promotional page here: http://occupyim.org/

Feel free to help spread the work, by using the splashpages and banners included in the link above.

March Against Monsanto: Why Do We March?

WHY WE MARCH:
Protect the Food Supply
Protect the Farmers
Stop the Poisoning
Save the Bees
Demand Labeling  

MAM Flyer Single



To read more visit the pages here:

http://greenbeanpatch.com/seeds-contain-life-when-you-control-seed-you-control-people/

http://www.leighannlittle.com/2013/05/personal-desires.html

Sunday, May 12, 2013

March Against Monsanto: Why Do We March?

March Against Monsanto: Why Do We March?: #MarchAgainstMonsanto On May 25, activists around the world will unite to March Against Monsanto . Why do we march? Read More Here...

Marketers March Against Monsanto: Click Here

Also see GreenBeanPatch 
to understand why we need to save our seeds!

Monday, April 29, 2013

Food Allergies and GMOs

One out of 17 children now has some form of food allergy, and rates are rising. That is unacceptable!

Food allergy is when your body sees food protein as a foreign object and attacks it. This response can be very mild to deadly...

So what is foreign in our food?

Our food is now being engineered... (GMOs) Genetically Modified Organisms

Learn More About GMOs here:
http://www.nongmoproject.org/learn-more/what-is-gmo/


Robyn O'brien says...

Beginning in the 90's new proteins were introduced into our food supply.  To maximize shareholder profits for the companies that made them.

1994 Scientists developed  a new synthetic protein to begin injecting into our dairy cows to promote growth and faster milk production.

Instead of proving these were safe before using these proteins, the FDA decided to take a different approach. They allowed it because it hasn't been proven unsafe. 



Listen Here To Robyn's Ted Talk:
Click Here


So what is in your cupboard? Do you have any cereals, crackers, cookies,  soy milk or baby formula in there?  Yes Baby Formula! How about anything with corn syrup or processed food made from corn on your shelves like chicken nuggets, breaded fish etc? If so, you are probably eating food containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Our children are getting sick...

Between 1997 and 2002 the number of peanut allergies doubled, and the number of hospitalizations related to allergic reactions to food increased by a whopping 265 percent.

So what can we do?

First and foremost we need to support labeling of all GMO products. Until we get this accomplished, there will be GMO hiding everywhere in our food.

Second, we need to start eliminating foods we know contain them.
A list of GMO foods are:


  • Corn  #1 : This can be from the corn we eat to the high fructose corn syrup that floods our food supply. If it's sweet, it is probably made with HFCS which is made from GMO corn.
( You can see why removing processed foods are so important)
  •     Soy   # 2
  •     Dairy
  •     Papayas
  •     Alfalfa
  •     Sugar Beets (more sugar is being made from sugar beets today, then sugar cane)
  •     Aspartame
  •     Canola
  •     Cotton
  •     Zucchini
  •     Yellow Squash

JUST 1 Change!

So if you were to make one small change today, I would start removing the processed foods.
Learn to cook again, and begin teaching your child those life skills. It will be so important for not only their health, but yours as well. Then when this has become a habit, make another small change, until one day you are eating real healthy food again!


To Your Health!
Marcy

To Read More:
http://greenbeanpatch.com/you-cant-unlearn-this/