More about my recent obsession with Organics

Ever since my dad was diagnosed with cancer this late spring, I have really been convicted to eat more healthy food. It was a real wake up call to have someone in my family with cancer. Until it happens to you, it seems like cancer is just something other people's family have...Praise God, my dad is now cancer free!

At any rate, I have been much more careful about what I choose to feed my family. So that is why I am so excited to share with you my Organic finds from my grocery trip to Walmart yesterday. Ideally, I would shop at a health food store, but it is just not in our budget right now. Walmart offers a growing number of organic products, just look for the green tags hanging out from the shelf...and so without further ado:

Here we have hormone free milk and eggs, organic cinnamon shredded wheat, organic waffles (until I get my own waffle iron), organic whole wheat tortillas, organic yogurt, organic pasta sauce, organic bread, organic granola bars, organic fruit snacks and organic bananas. It is also worth mentioning that none of these products contain high fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated/partially hydrogenated oil normally found in other brands of similar products. So, in my book, these are great finds.


I would like to recommend to those of you with babies/small children to try these banana cookies and arrowroot animal crackers. Although they don't say organic on the box, they are made without high fructose corn syrup or hydrogenated oil...and my kids love them. The granola bars and fruit leather are healthy snacks as they are organic and not loaded with unhealthy junk.

Sandwiches anyone? I had to spend a little extra to get bread without high fructose corn syrup, but I know I saved money on my Adams peanut butter. Walmart has it for about $1-2 less than the regular grocery store. Smuckers fruit spread is a good choice as it is sweetened with fruit syrup instead of sugar or highfructose corn syrup.
For those of you who want to try an alternative to whole wheat bread, try sprouted grain bread. Fred Meyers and Wild Oats sell a brand called Ezekiel 4:9 bread, which is a spouted grain bread and contains no flour... It tastes especially good toasted and often is a good choice for those who don't tolerate carbs from regular bread (ie. people with diebetes, wheat allergies). They also make a really good cereal, similar to Grape Nuts. So far I haven't seen Ezekiel bread at Walmart, but they do have some sprouted grain bread made by Silver Hills.
If you prefer cheese on your sandwiches, you may be interested to know that Tillamook dairy products have banned the use of rBGH(recombinant bovine growth hormone) since 2005.