Amy's Low Sodium

So far... not so good.

Amy's Low-sodium aren't cuttin' the mustard around here. I tried serving the low sodium rice bowls, and was told, "I HATE IT!". I tasted it myself and had to concur, the texture was awful. The rice is not really a granual anymore, more like a mushy gruel. The ingredients are super healthy (But as always with Amy's products, watch out for the SOY!). But super healthy is just not enough. If I'm going to go the pre-made route with my kids on nights that I can't muster the energy to cook, then it at least has to be tasty. Sadly, the enchiladas had the same texture problem. Mush. Now here's the interesting part. Amy doesn't use preservatives. And more power to her for that. But if truth be told, in frozen food, maybe it's hard to maintain the integrity over long periods with straight up home cookin' ingredients? Is it too much to ask that it be simple whole food, and also take 5 minutes to whip up in the microwave? Maybe the two just don't go together. Thus far, I'm sticking with AMY'S GF/CF products, that pizza discussed in earlier posts, and the ziti bowls. For whatever reasons of alchemy, these seem to maintain their yummyness. And for the record -- does anyone else find it annoying that Rachel Ray has changed "yummy" to "yummo"?

My life has taken an interesting turn of late. My little one, Monte had a life threatening asthma attack 2 summers ago that landing him in the hospital in an oxygen tent for 2 days. I took him off dairy and he was fine. This summer, I started him in a new preschool, they were feeding him dairy, his asthma came back. His wonderful Danish Pediatrician said, "STOP THE DAIRY!!!". I told the preschool to stop feeding him dairy and the asthma cleared up, but diarrhea and chronic stomach pains persisted. I soon realized they were still giving him butter on rice, on noodles, in bread, in CHEEZITS!!!! They didn't understand that dairy was anything other than milk. Anyway, I think Monte is also allergic to Dairy. And I wonder, what is it in the milk protein that is so hard for the immune system to accept? Does anyone have any info on raw milk? I know there is a growing movement that supports the benefits and safety of raw milk/grassfed cows movement. Just interested.....

I know I'm full of questions these days, but I continue to wonder why the rates of food allergies are rising so rapidly and also the relationship between what we eat and how it affects behavior.

All the best to all of you. Thanks for checking in now and again. And I've said it before, i'll say it again, if anyone wants to share allergen-free recipes here, I'll post them giving you full credit.