Foods High In Iron

1. Apples 1st Choice (Natural State): Apple 2nd Choice (Somewhat Processed): Applesauce Limit (Highly Processed): Apple toaster pastry Shopping Tip: While applesauce is a healthy choice, it has fewer nutrients than a whole apple - and generally added preservatives 2. Oranges 1st Choice (Natural State): Orange 2nd Choice (Somewhat Processed): 100% orange juice Limit (Highly Processed): Orange drink Shopping Tip: Many fruit drinks contain high fructose corn syrup and little real juice. 3. Strawberries 1st Choice (Natural State): Fresh strawberries 2nd Choice (Somewhat Processed): Strawberry preserves ( a lot of sugars! ) Limit (Highly Processed): Strawberry gelatin dessert Shopping Tip: Gelatin desserts usually contain artificial strawberry flavor, not real fruit. 4. Peaches 1st Choice (Natural State): Peach 2nd Choice (Somewhat Processed): Canned peaches in 100% juice Limit (Highly Processed): Canned peaches in heavy syrup Shopping Tip: Fruit canned in heavy syrup has ...

I continue to struggle to find an acceptable Clean salad dressing. Here's a recipe that may be as close as you can get to a traditional bottled ranch dressing. A good Clean Eating salad dressing is good to find! Traditional ranch dressing is full of weird ingredients like xanthan gum (which keeps the dressing thick yet pourable), disodium phosphate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, MSG (a flavor enhancer), and calcium disodium EDTA (a preservative). The homemade version, courtesy of Ellie Krieger's site, Healthy Living With Ellie 2 tbs has only 50 calories instead of the 150 in the bottled dressing - and the sodium level is 70 mg, instead of over 250 mg for the bottled. Ingredients: 1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt or 1/3 cup plain Greek-style nonfat yogurt 1/3 cup lowfat buttermilk 3 tbsp mayonnaise 1 1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1/2 tsp onion powder 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1 tbs finely chopped fresh chives salt to taste Steps: If using regular yogurt, plac...

One thing I've been thinking about is recreating favorite "convenience" foods for my family. So, here is the first post in my new series:Clean Eating Swap Outs First up: Fish Sticks My son loves fish sticks, and weaning my family away from the packaged convenience foods I'd grown accustomed to has been...slow. My son is definitely missing the fish sticks. Factory produced: Processed fish sticks are made from minced bits of fish, stuck together with starches, fillers, and artifical flavorings that actually mask the natural taste of the fish. They are normally sprayed with oil to achieve that nice golden brown in your oven.  And home made: Make a double batch of these, and freeze one batch so you have them ready for a quick weeknight meal. Fish Stick Recipe Courtesy of America's Test Kitchen Light & Healthy 2010 Ingredients: 1/5 cup whole wheat bread crumbs 2 tbsp parsley, chopped 1/4 cup all-purpose almond or whole grain flour ...