Reading Nutrition Labels

Attention newbies who are looking to make a lifestyle (nutrition) change: here's an easy way to read labels when grocery shopping in between the aisles. Don't pay so much attention to the amount of percentages of fat, sodium, sugar, cholesterol, etc. Look at the ingredients that is printed underneath. What's in the food you're about to eat? I've mentioned a couple rules from Michael Pollen's Food Rules book in past Tasty Tuesday blogs but one in particular comes to mind for this post - if a third grader can't pronounce it, don't eat it!

Article of the day brought to you by Fuel As Rx: Not So "Natural" Flavors. Read on to see what those words (i.e. saccharin, acesulfame potassium, carrageenan) mean and tell you what's really in the food.

Recipe time! Paleo 'Fried' Chicken & Strawberry Salad by Health Habits.



Strawberry Salad Recipe (Serves 4):

4 cups organic mixed greens
1 cup walnuts – toasted in hot dry saute pan ’til golden
1 cup organic strawberries – sliced

They have a recipe for aged balsamic vinaigrette but figured you could choose one of the ones Margaret suggested here.

'Fried' Chicken Recipe

Ingredients:
1 whole organic chicken portioned (2 breasts, 2 drumsticks, 2 thighs, 2 wings)
2 cups almond or nut meal
3 egg whites – whisked for 1 minute to lighten
1 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
olive oil spray

Directions:

Preheat oven to 420°F.

Arrange all the ingredients in a row in the following order: the chicken pieces, whisked whites with S&P and paprika added, breadcrumbs.
Begin by dipping the chicken pieces in the egg holding the chicken over the bowl for a few seconds after wards to let excess egg fall off and then coat in the breadcrumbs coating all sides. Pat the crumbs onto the pieces with clean hands to make sure it sticks. Lay on a foiled oven tray. This assembly line is a great time to get the kids involved!

Once all the pieces are crumbed spray liberally on all sides with the olive oil spray.

Pop in the oven for 20 -25 minutes approx until internal temp of 165°F and the crumbs are crispy and ‘fried’. That’s all there is to it!