Subway Confession!

According to the Green Eggs Will Blog for food, Subway's meat is a mystery! A Subway employee posted the following on the blog concerning the truth about Subway's meat:

"I am a Subway employee, the smell comes from the fresh baked bread. That is the only good thing I can say about it. Where the food comes from is absolutely a mystery. I've been doing research for weeks, trying to trace back the meat especially.....nothing.

If you don't have a problem eating processed meat and pesticide covered vegetables (they aren't washed very well), then Subway is the place for you. As an employee though, I would suggest not eating there."







Once I read this, it shocked me on one hand, but on the other I feel like this is how all fast food restaurants operate now. It is getting harder and harder to trust the food you consume! Maybe moving to a farm like the Kingsolvers (Animal, Vegetable, Miracle) is the only option.

BUSTED!

Organic is better. Eating food grown locally is better. Not so fast! Just today The Atlantic reported that the USDA revoked the permits (March 2) of two organic food inspection agencies, Certified Organic Inc. (COI) and Guaranteed Organic Certification Agency (GOCA). 

USDA says COI failed to

• Communicate with hired inspectors about proper procedures or ensure they were adequately trained

• Adhere to internal procedures according to their operational manual

• Keep confidentiality agreements on file for all employees with knowledge about certification applicants or operations

• Indicate on certificates the effective dates for organic certification,

• Ensure adequate training for employees about the regulations

• Provide clients with cost estimates including inspection fees

• Clearly identify the company's responsibility to pay for any required pre- or postharvest testing

• Verify organic system plans against the actual practices of their certified operations

GOCA's reported problems included things like, "failure to require clients to use defined boundaries and border zones as required by the organic standards." 

Do we really want to allow organic certification agencies to simply ignore producer's violations of the organic standards? If these agencies do not do their job, we will be paying an "organic price" or a "locally grown price" for food that does not really fit the qualifications. An interesting and popular topic that has come up lately has been, The U.S. industry is expected to go from $21.1 billion in 2010 to $36.8 billion in 2015. How come? Because of "the government's monetary and regulatory support and increasing acceptance of organic food in the country." Overall, this is a step in the right direction. Hopefully, all the food we will but now will REALLY be organic and we won't be purchasing what we think is organic yogurt but really is no different than typical Dannon yogurt. People will probably be more willing to pay a higher price if they know what they are buying is in fact organic. http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/03/busted-organic-food-certifiers-who-break-the-rules/72239/

CHECK THIS OUT! ADVANTAGES OF EATING LOCALLY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWhu75skkNI

Food Wise (Personal Chef) vs. KFC.

McDonald's. Wendy's. Burger King. Taco Bell. Kentucky Fried Chicken. What do these all have in common? Well, it is proven that some of the most unhealthy foods are found in fast food restaurants like these. Fast Food restaurants should probably not be named so much for the customers' convenience, but rather the way the restaurants carelessly order cheap meat and other foods and then prepare it quickly and unsafely. We have looked into healthy personal chef services, and found this wesbite, www.foodwisechef.com (preview website for more information, recipes, and to follow her website). On her website, we came across her recipe for "Healthy Fried Chicken." Immediately, we went to find a KFC recipe for fried chicken. Have a look at the Stephanie's Healthy Fried Chicken Recipe compared to KFC's Original Filet Recipe and check out what we discovered!

KFC® Original Recipe® Filet 

Fresh, Boneless Chicken Breast Filets, Rice Starch, Soy Protein Concentrate, Salt, Sodium Phosphates and Monosodium Glutamate.  

Breaded With: Wheat Flour, Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Spices, and Garlic Powder. Battered With: Water, Wheat Flour, Tapioca 

Dextrin, High Amylose Corn Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Dried Whey, Dextrose, and Dried Egg Whites. Predusted With: Wheat Flour, 

Salt, Monosodium Glutamate, Spices, Nonfat Dry Milk, Dried Whey, Dried Egg Whites, and Garlic Powder. Breading Set in Low 

Trans Fat Oil (RDB) Soybean or Corn/Soy Blend With or Without TBHQ. 

Contains Egg, Milk, Wheat and Soy. 

OR 

Fresh Chicken Filets Marinated in Salt, Potassium and Sodium Phosphates, Breaded With Wheat Flour, Sodium Chloride and Anti- 

caking agent (Tricalcium Phosphate), Nonfat Milk, Egg Whites, Colonel’s Secret Original Recipe Seasoning.   

Contains Egg, Milk, and Wheat. 

*Will contain one of the Ingredient statements above, depending upon regional suppliers 

http://www.kfc.com/nutrition/pdf/kfc_ingredients_oct10.pdf

Healthy Fried Chicken

I've lived in the south for a long time. I'm practically rooted here! I had to figure out a way to make fried chicken that didn't harden the arteries, and this is what I came up with. It's totally delicious and a crowd pleaser all around. You'd never believe this is good for you! I used sprouted almonds, gluten-free flour and pastured egg to bread the organic chicken breast. Cooked in cultured butter and EVOO, how could it go wrong?? It won't.

INGREDIENTS:

2 Organic Pastured Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts 

1-2 Organic Pastured Eggs (orange, orange yolk!)

1/2 cup of sprouted crunchy almonds, very finely chopped (almond recipe coming soon..if you have no access to sprouted almonds, roast raw almonds in coconut oil for 10 minutes)

1/2 cup of gluten-free flour or sprouted grain flour 
1 teaspoon of garlic powder 
1 teaspoon of mustard powder

1 teaspoon of salt 
1/2 teaspoon of cayenne
lots of black pepper

a few pinches finely chopped parsley 
a couple pinches of paprika 
1 Tablespoon of cultured butter 
2 Tablespoons of EVOO

http://www.foodwisechef.com/p/recipes.html

Local Harvest

Here are some basic facts about eating/ purchasing food locally. Browse this website to learn more!

www.localharvest.org