Brainwashed Into Buying Junk Food<\/strong><\/p>\nI knew I had to make a wholesome drink, when I saw the ingredients listed online for Borden’s Strawberry Milk, which contains ZERO strawberries.<\/p>\n
Milk is the first ingredient, followed by High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Corn Starch, Carrageenan, Artificial Flavor, Salt, Red #40, Vitamin A Palmitate, and Vitamin D3.<\/p>\n
Marketing sure does a great job at convincing the public that a product with so many crappy ingredients, can be good for you.<\/p>\n
And don’t worry Borden, we’re not picking on you. It’s the same story with Nestl\u0113. So, let’s make our strawberry milk from scratch.<\/p>\n
Here we have the 4 simple ingredients in our strawberry milk. There are other options for sweeteners other than sugar, including pure maple syrup, stevia or dates. The amount of sweetening you add will depend on the sweetness of the strawberries and your own taste.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We made several batches of syrup. In the first batch, we cooked the strawberries. Then we macerated the strawberries, by sprinkling sugar on them, which draws out their juices so they become soft and sweet. We found that macerating and then pureeing the strawberries gave us the best results.<\/p>\n
Alternative Milks<\/strong><\/p>\nHemp milk makes a great allergy-friendly strawberry milk. If almonds are not an issue, almond milk is also a great choice. The alternative milk is up to you.<\/p>\n
Enjoy!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Tidbits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- Arguably, there are many natural-based pesticides that are allowed in organic farming. Most come from plants or bacteria and are processed minimally, if at all. Many organic farmers do not use pesticides, but some do.<\/li>\n
- In conclusion, to really know what you’re getting, it’s best to know your source. Buy locally and visit the farmer’s market. Talk to the farmers and ask what their methods are.<\/li>\n
- Use EWG’s Dirty Dozen\u2122 to reduce your exposures as much as possible, but eating conventionally-grown produce is better than not eating fruits and vegetables at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n