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s/o clean eaters --what is your NOT ce go-to
I do clean eating just about ALL the time, but there are a few things that I eat that are not "clean", or have too many unknown ingredients.
Right now I am thinking of ketchup, SweetBabyRays, Razzpotle (raspberry chipotle). Also protein powder, but I am not sure on that.
What about peanutbutter? Is that clean?
I do canned pumpkin, although it has no unknown ingredients, just the can.
Re: s/o clean eaters --what is your NOT ce go-to
Peanut butter can be. I use the kind that has just one ingredient: Peanuts (or, usually Almonds because I think Almondbutter is better) or I just make it myself.
Just so you know, canned pumpkin (like Libby's) isn't pumpkin.
What protein powder do you use? Pretty much all of them have splenda (sucralose) or truvia in them. I do just 100% whey protein so I don't run into that.. Although I haven't bought the stuff in forever.
I can't really think of anything that I give in to frequently. I suppose just something like Pizza.. even if you get the organic, whole wheat yadadada you never know. I just haven't had time lately to perfect a quinoa flour or almond flour crust.. That's my goal once the quarter ends. Until then, I think that's my ce-fail.
If it's not pumpkin what is it?
Mmm, ketchup - that's been my little cheat lately. I think natural peanut butter is clean, it's just ground up peanuts and salt. I think "clean" is generally more shades of grey than black and white. For instance, fresh pumpkin is cleaner than canned, but what's wrong with canned pumpkin as long as it doesn't have additives? Organic foods are "cleaner" than non-organic for foods where pesticides can't be washed off (strawberries, etc), but regular strawberries are still fairly clean.
Protein powder can be kind of clean, but I think only soy or whey protein isolate is clean(ish) - when you start adding fructose, sucrose, or artificial sweetener, it's not really clean anymore. Any other chemicals added make it worse. So most protein powders aren't clean.
It's a blend of different squash, but since pumpkin is in the squash family, they can get away with it. It's usually a blend of Hubbard, Butternut and a couple others that are creamy and have a very solid consistency (and more "bang for the buck" in terms of size vs. cost). If you ever make pumpkin puree from scratch it becomes REALLY evident. Pumpkin puree is SUPER bright orange.
They taste pretty darn close to each other, and the nutritional info is pretty much the same.. Just a random fact I find interesting. haha
I have Bakers Corner pumpkin from Aldi. It says 100% pure pumpkin on the label. The ingredients list only 1 item: pumpkin. So help me out. What is it then?
Thanks
I never knew. Guess I'll have to try making pumpkin puree in the fall.
It's the only way to go after you do it once.. It's amazing how rich and fluffy real pumpkin (sugar pumpkin) is. And surprisingly easy.. If you don't have the time to do it stove top or oven, you can microwave the sucker and then just throw the insides in the blender. It freezes well, too. But Dickinson works just fine. It IS a hybrid seed, so it depends on how strict you really want to be as far as ce goes.... but not many ce people would say that a hybrid seed isn't okay.
oh goodness, I didn't realize so many people would be so interested.
http://www.thekitchn.com/pumpkin-pie-filling-what-is-it-69123
http://www.slashfood.com/2005/10/24/canned-pumpkin-is-it-really-pumpkin/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita
oooooh, so THIS = cheese pumpkin! I kept seeing those last fall at the farmer's market and was wondering wtf is a cheese pumpkin...
Sounds like the issue here is that pumpkin is a very broad term.
Stuff out the can seems more watery to me. I think the roasting process also brings out more sweetness if that's how you prep it from fresh. OTOH, this is one food prep that I'm happy to outsource and use canned.
I have a hard time justifying making my own condiments like ketchup, bbq sauce, mayo. Most of the time I skip them if I can't find a decent quality packaged kind. Plus, even a "good" kind will have a ton of sugar in it.
Once in a while I whip up some mayo but half of it gets dumped because we don't do through it quickly enough. I made up a batch of bbq sauce from scratch recently and now have about 8 cups of it frozen. It came out too spicy so I had to add a whole extra can of tomatoes
That's enough bbq sauce for the next 3 summers, oops. Bad use of my resources, imo.
No...? Just thought it was an interesting "fun fact" if you will.