Some say, avoid X, Y, Z, P, D, and Q. Some say count the number of ingredients and if it is less than 4 or 5 it is probably just fine. But what I am wondering is, why are we eating so much processed food. If it has more than one ingredient, it is no longer an ingredient. You don't have to read the label if it is called flour, milk, eggs, or oatmeal.
Tangent! I always forget this is going to happen, but it has happened ever time I go to visit someone. I always tell them the same thing. "We will go grocery shopping the day after we arrive. Just make anything for dinner, and buy some oatmeal, and then we will shop before lunch the next day." I say all of this, because when you take four kids anywhere, it is a bit of an imposition to ask anyone who is not used to feeding six people to cook for you. Or buy groceries for that matter. What I forget is people buy packaged foods. So when I say buy oatmeal, rather than just buying the big singly packaged container, they buy the individually packaged, artificially flavored, box. Yeah, so, um, hmmmm, my kids aren't going to eat that stuff, and yuck. Any wonder oatmeal isn't more popular. If we would just use the oats, and add our own flavors, I think people would like it just fine. It seems that cinnamon, raisins, and honey can't be dried and packaged into one of those individual packages and shipped to us ready to go. If it could be, oatmeal would be popular. But as it stands, we say "Oatmeal is healthy, I should try it again!" We buy those individual packs, try it again, and say "Yuck, I guess I don't like healthy food." and give up on oatmeal. Next time, just buy the big one, put in less water, and add some other stuff, and say "Yum, where have you been all my life!"
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