About Me

My name is Denise and I have an autoimmune condition of the thyroid called Hashimoto's Disease. This diagnosis brings a different set of challenges for each patient although most of us have to make major changes in our diet. Until recently, my diet was high in gluten, dairy, soy and corn. In fact, I didn't even know the names of 75% of the items in the fresh food isle! That's been the biggest obstacle on my quest to wellness. It is the reason I started this blog; to find and share recipes without those inflammatory ingredients. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do! If you have a favorite recipe of your own to share, please drop me a note via email or through my facebook page. Thanks for checking out the blog -- I look forward to hearing from you!


Saturday, November 1, 2014

Pure Maple Syrup

I've found a lot of healthy recipes lately that called for maple syrup as a sweetener.  So I checked out the nutritional label on the most commonly stocked brands.  You know what I found... lots of consonant & vowel combinations that no one can recognize or pronounce (a.k.a. chemicals).  Did you know that most name brand syrups don't even contain maple syrup?  How ironic is that?! They're "maple flavored." Joke's on us, right? Here are the ingredients listed on one of those common pancake syrups: high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, water, salt, cellulose gum, molasses, natural and artificial flavors, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium hexametaphosphate, citric acid, caramel color, polysorbate 60.   

 Well today we went to the Farmer's Market and they were selling "pure" maple syrup; a single ingredient on the label -- maple syrup.   I'm going to try some new recipes this week with my Maple Syrup Lady pure syrup. I'll let you know how they turn out. Hopefully they will not cause an inflammatory response and I'll be sharing something tasty and delicious with you!   Here's the link to their website:



http://www.themaplesyruplady.com







By the way, your local whole food store will probably have pure maple syrup in stock. 

"Food gained by fraud tastes sweet, but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel."  
Proverbs 20:17
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