Foods that *seem* healthy but are not...

[Nelle]

Dips? I have my suspicions that it probably is best to make your own...I hope I'm wrong.

To be honest, I'm not toooo fussed on fat and sugars, it's the chemicals and preservatives that I'm wary of. I can work off fat, burn off sugar, but what can my body do with chemicals?

I do roll my eyes at the fat free stuff loaded with sugar...we need to remember what our bodies turn excess sugars into!

[Pretty Butterfly]

Dips? I have my suspicions that it probably is best to make your own...I hope I'm wrong.

I'm not sure if dip is actually bad or not, but its yummier and cheaper to make your own!!
Today the kids took carrot, celery and cucumber sticks with dip. The dip was half mayo, half sour cream, tiny dash onion salt & garlic salt.
Sometimes I throw in a little French onion soup mix, but I dont think thats too good either....

[Inanna]

Well I am unashamedly a good food nazi! Like some others have said I love a fresh white cob/frenchstick very occasionally... But as Pony said it's not food that you eat & try & kid yourself that it's healthy.

I have to say neither is corned meat! Commercial corned meat is so full of nitrates and salts that it's a coronaries best mate! You can buy it without nitrates but it's still full of salt. It was one of my favourite meats - until I realised what I was eating...

I buy St Dalfours fruit spread. It has no sugar in it. It's just fruit, grapejuice concentrate & fruit pectin. I too used to make my own jam but I couldn't cope with all the sugar. I wonder if there is a recipe for sugarless jam??? Anyone???

[Janie]

Deb, I love the St Dalfours fruit spread, it's delish! And such yummy flavours. We pretty much only have that or homemade. I am an absolute sugar nazi but I personally think that sugarless jam is probably just like having dried out stewed fruit, not really jam at all .

[Rooey5]

Mum usually soaks her corned beef overnight to draw out a bit of salt, she only gets it from the local butcher who sells meat from local farms. I agree though Inanna, it is still salty! It's a special occasion dinner for us, like Christmas

[Inanna]

The nitrates are even worse than the salt!