Joy of Food!

How many people take the time to make REAL homemade food these days?


With busy times, life in the fast lane of this work work work, money driven world we forget about the simple things in life. Yet we try to focus on how can we make ourselves healthier, marketing does a great job of confusing what is "healthy" good for you foods and what is not. We are told to read the labels, do research, OMG the stress of it all!

Buy organic ..no buy local.... can you really afford local and organic? Shop here, no shop there.

With all this said.... I would love to have a green house, were I could grow my own veggies all year long. Be able to buy local fresh meats that are possibly organic.
However with a family of 5 ... out the door is the possibilities of Organic Milk that cost almost 10 dollars a gallon. Then people say "Oh I do not drink cow Milk... due to reasons of A, B and C... I drink soy or almond..." which both are processed foods as well.... is that really better for you?
Some people even frown or look shocked when I tell them I buy real butter... well atleast what the food store calls real butter.... and lets not mention the word Lard...

I learned how to cook on the stove top at a fairly young age and loved being in the kitchen, there I learned how to make alot of homemade foods...

I believe homemade foods stick with you alot longer then the pre-packaged just simmer on the stove  or pop in the microwave for a few minutes kinda foods.


Over time I would go back & forth on homemade foods. My husband and I would spend many weekends in the kitchen pre-making meals for the week... while he and I both worked full time jobs. Every once in awhile I would look at my husband with this LOOK of  is it all worth it...  At times became a chore and with that out went the JOY of Food.

Now that we live in Canada  I am learning about healthier ways to eat.... what is healthy to some is not healthy to others.... but I do think you should not cut out all the "bad" stuff. There have been to many times where I have heard  "the most said healthiest people" die suddenly of heart failure or something that just went wrong within their body ... I think its because we have taken the JOY of FOOD out of our lives.

Now I am learning to bake... more then just cookies, cakes and pies... I am teaching myself the art of breads....doughs, homemade biscuits, pizzas, tortillas, pie crust, not just sweet pies but meat pies as well!
Even though I cook with things like real butter and lard, I rarely cook DEEP FRIED foods...
 I can say I know mostly what is really in the Foods I eat, I am trying to put the JOY of Foods back into my Daily Life, and learning that just because its good for you doesn't mean it can not have Flavor!

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