Thursday, March 1, 2012

Healthy is Easy (ER than I thought!)

Condiments. . .  Lovely things -right-?  BUT filled with so much garbage.  I like to think of ingredients this way:  If I can’t say its name = no good.  If I cannot read it--double no good.  Although, even the things I can read like maltodextrin and high fructose corn syrup,..y-u-u-k, I don’t really want those things in me.  There are enough health issues to face with out complicating things here.  So…I made home made Mayonnaise.  Click here for Recipe  Difficult? No, just a tad time consuming unless you have some magic percolator to drip in to your food processor.  Not too bad though, I timed it to see if it would be worth doing in the future.   About a half hour.  This will yield  approx a cup and three-quarters.
How was it? Pretty good with the exception of my tendency to not measure and I accidentally put in too much mustard--but I like it-.

Ok, one more that I have done on and off is Ketchup!  This one is insanely simplistic and definitely worth it.  So basically a can or two of tomato paste in a small saucepan, add an equal amount of water or more--till you have the consistency of the bottled stuff.  Then sugar--lots, but it is much better than high fructose corn syrup.  Start with 3 Tbsp. Then add to how you like the taste.  Vinegar and salt too.  If you need more detail I can work that out..but I do have a tendency to make it up as I go along.  It’s fun that way.  Unpredictable! Which you could say is good . . Or bad.

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