Theodore had some eggs left over from breakfast, and I was working on my pancake recipe, so it seemed pretty natural that he would have a “breakfast for lunch” type of meal. I usually make mini pancakes for him when I make pancakes and I always have to put them away quickly or he will keep coming back and grabbing more out of the kitchen!
His mini pancakes are my Whole Wheat, Apple, and Oat recipe that I just posted today. If you want to make pancakes that you can feel good about feeding your kids these are it! He also had a fruit mix of mandarin oranges, blueberries, pineapple, and blackberries along with some carrots.
The Food Nightmare that is Bisquick
You know I really hate when food companies market things as “real” or “good” when they know they are using a concoction of refined grains and trans fats. Betty Crocker’s Bisquick Original is NO exception. If you’ve been using this mix to make pancakes or any other meals for your family, you need to see these ingredients!
Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And/Or Cottonseed Oil, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Dextrose, Salt. Contains Wheat Ingredients.
So let me get this straight…. because Americans have become so lazy we can’t put flour and leavening agents together, Betty Crocker has to do it for us. We all know when Betty gets her hands on things she adds refined grains, partially hydrogenated oils (TRANS FATS!!!!), and GMO ingredients (soy, cottonseed oil). To make matters worse Betty is a big fat liar so she has to use clever marketing to keep us coming back for more “real” stuff. Betty is officially BUSTED because now we know the truth. Sorry Betty, you better go back to writing cook books, or better yet, don’t because we don’t support companies who use crappy ingredients and lie about it.
RANT OVER! 🙂
On another note, if your considering switching to one of the other Bisquick varieties or another brand don’t waste your time. I looked over the ingredients in most of them and they are all refined and GMO. It is way to easy to make your own to even justify buying products like this. Until we stop buying these products from companies using harmful ingredients, like trans fats in pancake mix, nothing will ever change about our food supply!
Happy Friday Everyone!
