Category: Natural Foods

Food, Healthy Living, Natural Foods

Mom’s of Picky Eaters Can Rejoice with ENOF shake-on vegetable nutrition

Erin Sluka
Mom's of Picky Eaters Can Rejoice with ENOF shake-on vegetable nutrition

My tween eats like a tween! If it has bread and meat it’s his top choice. If there is color in it (the good stuff) he picks it apart to see if it meets his approval. He thinks we all can survive just fine on chips and cheese.

I have certain dishes I make that he loves enough to look past the veggies like queso and gravy. But, then there are foods that make it real hard to hide veggies. However, I have discovered ENOF – a shake-on vegetable nutrition. Even in queso, however, he dips the chip gently to makes sure not to pick up any tomatoes or onion.

ENOF shake-on vegetable nutrition

ENOF contains organic vegetable nutrition that you can sneak into any dish, even Mac n Cheese! Their genius process traps the phytonutrients in organic spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets and shiitake mushrooms while they undergo a freeze-drying process so it is actually real food. You get the nutritional equivalent of eating 2.5 servings of fresh veggies with just 1/12 of a teaspoon. 1 can lasts about 30 days.

ENOF is gluten-free and is not intended to replace vegetables. It is intended to help bridge the nutritional gap for those who have tried but simply cannot or will not eat vegetables. A.K.A. Mom’s best friend at dinner time!

Shop for your own can of vegetable nutrition and also keep an eye on the ENOF website as a subscriber (enter your email bottom of their homepage) as ENOF seems to offer deals very often.

Food, Natural Foods

RED Chocolates Have All the Flavor and No Guilt

Erin Sluka
RED Chocolates Have All the Flavor and No Guilt

One of the most magical finds lately is chocolate that is guilt-free and actually tastes good. RED European Chocolates not only contain less calories and are labeled as KETO-friendly they are more than delicious. These chocolate bars are so creamy and full of quality flavor. How do they do it?

RED Chocolates are:

  • Keto-Friendly (only 4 net carbs)
  • Weight Watchers Friendly
  • Up to 50% less calories than other dark chocolate brands
  • 30-40% less fat than other chocolate brands
  • No added sugar – natural sweeteners from plants
  • Cocoa from the Ivory Coast of Africa, whose farmers select, roast and grind the cocoa beans to perfection

These Chocolate candies come in bars or boxes and in a variety or milk or dark chocolate flavors. You can find these delicious RED Chocolates on their website or on Amazon. Trust me! You won’t regret this purchase!

Food, Healthy Living, Natural Foods

Mikey’s Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free hand-held meals, breads and snacks

Erin Sluka
Mikey's Gluten Free snacks

It all started with the Mikey’s English Muffin. Quality ingredients ONLY and without the common allergens including gluten and the carbs KETO-dieters hate. It’s the perfect english muffin and it tastes great too! I don’t eat standard breads if I can at all help it and many better options taste like cardboard. I love the touch of sweetness on this bread and I feel much better eating Mikey’s.

Keto-friendly muffins

Not all gluten free products are good for you and Michael Tierney, a classically trained chef set out to create his products to actually be good for you. Snack pockets are always a hit especially with our boys as teens. Have you looked at the ingredients in these? Yikes! Mikey’s made their pockets tastet good and left out all the junk I want to avoid.

English Muffins

I wanted to announce the 2 new pocket meal flavors: Buffalo-Style Chicken and Cauliflower & Broccoli Cheddar. These join the cheese pizza, pepperoni pizza, ham & cheese, egg & cheese and the egg/cheese & ham flavors we already love to have on hand.

grain free muffins

Mikey’s products are Certified Gluten-Free, non-GMO and Certified Paleo, and free from dairy, grain and soy. Mikey’s product offerings include English muffins, pizza crust, tortillas and pizza pockets. 

Find these at many retailers nationwide and feel less guilty about serving frozen snacks to your family. Visit Mikey’s to learn more.

Food, Natural Foods, Recipes

Smoked Turkey Cheeseburgers Recipe – with Food for Life

Erin Sluka

Only 17 paragraphs to go until the recipe! Just kidding. I’ll make it quick. First, I do have a shout out to the bread I used to keep the sugars/calories low.

Food For Life’s Ezekiel breads are always in my freezer. Why? Because Food For Life developed yeast-free, gluten-free, vegan and diabetic-friendly selections that promote wellness. They are lower in calories and sugars. I keep my buns, muffins in the freezer. When ready to use I microwave a few seconds then toast and they taste great!

I had some Ezekiel Sprouted Wholegrain Burger Buns in my freezer and instead of taking pictures of some buns and telling you how we love using these over traditional ‘carby’ breads I thought I’d intrigue you by putting some smoked meat inside.

I also use a good digital thermometer. For this meal I am using the ThermPro Wireless Meat Thermometer.

OK…to the recipe!

Erin Sluka

Smoked Turkey Cheeseburgers

So easy! Just grab those frozen turkey burger patties from your freezer, season and smoke!
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Servings: 4 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 4 EACH Frozen Turkey Patties I use Columbia Turkey Burgers from Costco
  • 2 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 2 tbsp BBQ Seasoning/Poultry Rub
  • 4 Slices Cheese I use Mozzarella
  • 6 Slices Cooked Bacon
  • 1 each Medium Yellow Onion
  • Salt & Pepper
  • 1 tbsp Butter
  • 4 buns Ezekiel Sprouted Whole Grain Burger Buns low calorie/sugars

Method
 

  1. Preheat Smoker to 325 degrees. I used Mesquite Wood Chips
  2. Rub both sides of frozen burgers with olive oil then the rub
  3. Place in smoker and set thermometer to notify at 145 degrees
  4. At 145 degrees (or so) flip the patties
  5. At 165 degrees (Total Time 1.5-2 hours) place slices of cheese and melt
  6. While burgers are nearing end- cook bacon, cook/caramelize onion in the butter, with pinch of salt & pepper
  7. Prepare toppings, breads

I like to really complicate my turkey cheeseburgers and make my own aioli. I just stirred in fresh garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper into some mayonnaise to taste and spread on my bottom hamburger bun.

Even with all of those fixings, the smoke flavor really stands out. Stove top cooking a frozen turkey burger is a good quick meal. If you think ahead and plan to smoke them you will have burgers at an entirely new level.

More about Food For Life: They use only freshly sprouted certified organic grains. They do not use flour, GMO’s, refined sugars, preservatives, shortening, artificial ingredients. Their breads and cereals are low-baked to preserve the natural fiber and bran benefits of the grains. All products are kosher.