Yummy... DEATH.

 The other day my mom came home with the order she made at my little brother's school, they had a fundraiser and were selling some baked goodies, at some higher prices than the ones you see at the store. I get it, it's a fundraiser but it still seemed a little far fetched. Then I came around to look at what they were offering, particularly which ingredients were they using...

• Soybean Oil,
• Canola Oil,
• Palm Oil Blend, 
• Powdered Sugar,
• Cocoa Powder, 
• Artificial Vanilla Extract
• Cocoa processed with alkali
• Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, 
• Salt, Nonfat Milk, 
• Xanthan Gum, 
• Guar Gum, 
• Polysorbate 60
• Sorbitan Monostearate, 
• Dry Milk Solids,
•  Cream Cheese, 
• STABLIZERS?!

Trust me this is only about half of the ingredients listed.. but can you believe this?

1. What is the point of using dry milk solids and then nonfat milk? What is wrong with Almond milk? Or even Soy?
2. Why are their strange names that I can not fully pronounce on this list? What the heck are sorbitan monostearates?
3. Why do they use so many artificial sugars? All these gums and sugars make me dizzy. Why can't they simply use stevia or even simple brown sugar?
4. WHAT IS WITH THE STABLIZERS, I am sorry but that word just screams wrong to me.

Can you believe not only how many but the quality of the ingredients used on these products, I can't lie and say they didn't look delicious but once I read the label I was sure that I was not going to put that trash in my body.

I hope this has opened up a lot of your eyes and now for a little challenge...
I challenge YOU to look at every label, when you are about to eat or when something looks tempting I want you to read the label fully, or question those around you what kind of ingredients are in the food you are about to consume. Trust me it will help make some wise decisions. Treat yourself, but treat yourself to the good quality foods that I know you can brew up in your kitchen. Get some friends together and get creative. Here is a recipe you can try out if you truly have a sweet tooth craving (basically me 24/7).

Ingredients: Bananas, Peanut or Almond Butter and Chocolate (Preferably Dark)

•  Slice up some bananas into coin shapes
• Add a blob of either peanut butter/ almond butter (whatever tickles your pickle)
• Melt some dark chocolate (you will get some antioxidants as an added bonus)

1. Add the nut butter in between 2 banana coins.
2. Put into freezer for 2 hours, enough for them to harden and not be slipping away.
3. Dip into the melted chocolate.
4. Add into the fridge for 2 hours for the whole product to freeze.
5. VOILA! 3 ingredients later and your sweet tooth craving is satisfied with some great and clean ingredients.