products equal patriotism

Last night and today have been rough on Baby R teething-wise, and consequently rough on us sleep-wise. This fact has nothing to do with the rest of this post.

I feel like sharing my favorite products:

Stoneyfield Farm
I bet Al Gore eats Stoneyfield yogurt too. How can you not love them?
Unless I go to Trader Joes, it's the only brand of yogurt I buy.

Alvarado St. Flax Bread
I don't buy it's because it's low carb necessarily, although that is a bonus.
It's a way to sneak flaxseed (Omega 3 and 6) to my family without anyone complaining about it.
And it doesn't taste like stale biscuits like some other natural breads.

Tillamook Cheese
This is a non-organic exception to my usual M.O. I couldn't find the link to the newspost Kevin I read years ago about it, but apparently you can tour the creamery, etc, etc. It sounded like a fun cheese, and Kevin insists it's superior to other cheeses.

Natural Bacon and Deli Meat
I still haven't made up my mind whether naturally occurring nitrates in celery juice are secretly bad for one's health. But until I find some research, I'll continue to stock up on handy-meats.

Soy Garden
Butter will kill you.
Margarine will also kill you.
And while I try to use olive oil in just about everything that calls for butter or oil, toast and jam do not mix with olives.
So I buy this and it's great, it doesn't taste weird and it goes great in mashed potatoes.

Choice FairTrade Teas
I used to think people in front of me at Starbucks were silly for ordering "grande, double soy ,1/2 foam, 102 degrees, decaf, blah blah."
And now I drink organic fairly traded naturally decaffeinated green tea.
I still tell myself I'm different from those latte people because I just zap mine in the microwave at home in a pyrex measuring cup.

Puffins
One of Baby C's first words was "puttins."
She loves them, I love them, they're named after one of the cutest birds on the planet, what's not to love?

when I think of American food...

...this is the kind of thing that comes to mind:

Tortilla Chip Casserole made with Doritos and processed cheese food

yowza.

The best thing about it is that everyone gives it a good review.

Add enough MSG and fat to them and my shoes would probably taste good too.

I know why this family is happy

Everytime I watch Paula's Home Cooking on the Food Network I want to cuss.

Just when I think she's taken a food to the nth degree, with more butter than most people keep in their house-- she'll add a bag of cheese, or 2 cups of chocolate or something completely outrageous.
And I mouth the word "*$%#" as I watch the show because she just topped my expectiations.
She doesn't try to be low calorie or multicultural, she just makes it taste good.


I made these tonight, she calls them Orange Brownies, but I like to think of them as Orangies.
And yes they are cover-your-ears good.

I think I just heard a seam rip in my pants.