#30. Eat all the junk food you want
as long as you cook it yourself.
~ Michael Pollan, Food Rules
This rule is, in my opinion, one of the best for our over-sugared society. We eat very little processed sweets in this house. There is something to be said for homemade desserts, and people don't take the time to make their own desserts too often anymore. If we only ate desserts that we made from scratch, think of how much less sugar and junk in general we'd consume! We were invited to dinner at a friend's house this evening so I don't have a meal to share with you, but I do have 2 desserts that I took for our little soiree.
Espresso Fudge Brownies, recipe from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar
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Winter Sunshine Bars, recipe from Dalai Mama Dishes
They're both so good you won't be able to resist having a little bit of each.
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I am loving this series on yummy foods! I need to bring a dessert and I want to make those espresso brownies--Yum!
ReplyDeleteMy only problem with home made is that that leaves and ENTIRE recipe for me to eat by myself-- when I buy from Maxie B's at least it's just one piece of cake. I'm thinking this illustrates several failings on my part :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the hearts. I'm going to get some for our home.
LOVE the quote! I agree with you, the only sweets we eat are homemade....great hearts with wonderful purpose.
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Oh, how interesting. I love to bake our own deserts. I suppose if you really put the idea into practice it would cut out a lot of sugar. I'm interested in what more this book has to say! Fortunately, I didn't swear off nutrition books for the entire year. This is not a cookbook, is it?
ReplyDeletewe made black bean brownies sweetened with Agave Nectar this weekend...now I'll try your recipe & compare. soon.
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