Muffin Man in Redding, California

We accidentally happened across a local whole foods grocery while driving through Redding, California when I entered “Whole Foods” into my google maps app on my iPhone. It searches for something, anything with those words related to the closest business to you. I have been fooled by this many-a-time. I just trust that it will direct me to the thing I want not the thing related to the thing I want. Have I lost you? No matter, thats not what this is about anyway.

So we go into Orchard Nutrition Center to satisfy my “whole foods” requirement and as we are checking out I see this 6 pack of muffins that looked very wholesome and yummy. We bought it for around $4.50 (seemed like a deal to me… the ingredients were near perfect and real, whole foods – a rarity). Will and I feasted off of theses for days.

I would love to make muffins like this at home. After we move out our Summer House I will turn to cooking and baking.

Raisin Bran Muffins ingredient list:

organic wheat flour, bran, buttermilk, honey, rasins, eggs, safflower oil, baking powder, baking soda

Child care shopping — food & diapers

The time has come to look for child care. Will needs the stimulation and I need to work. So, today Will and I toured a local child care center that is run by the city.

A few things that I was surprised by is that they were not open to cloth diapering but more importantly, they get their food from Sysco I am not sure on the specifics of the offerings this company has but I was told that there are no organic foods and that they use processed foods. Why are we serving sub-par foods to our children? Where ever I end up placing Will in day care I am will work to transition them over to serving healthy foods so that the children will be healthy and happy. When I was growing up, I ate pretty well but too much of the American Diet. When I found out that whole foods make me feel energized and happier I was thankful. I can’t believe how much of my life I was eating crap and feeling crappy. It doesn’t have to be like this. There are options. Just look for them. Make it happen. It is not as hard or expensive as you might thing. If you need ideas feel free to ask me but there are a ton of resources out there and an increasing awareness about this issue.

Don’t settle for sub-par food for yourself or for anyone. If you are addicted to them or just used to them, challenge yourself to make the switch to whole grains and fresh foods. I think you will find you will become addicted to feeling great. Your whole life will improve.