Pumpkin, Bread Pudding ... What's not to love?

OMGosh ... Do you love pumpkin? Do you love bread pudding? Then, by golly, you are gonna love this recipe at Eating Rules by guest blogger Jackie Gonzalez-Feezer of La Casa De Sweets. OMGoodness, did I mention that it is Pumpkin Bread Pudding? <Swoon>

Pumpkin Maple Nut Bread Pudding

Don't Know Where to Start at the Farmers Market? Here Are Some Tips

It's easy to get overwhelmed and do hit and miss shopping while at the farmers market. As part of October Unprocessed, Eating Rules offers these Ten Tips for Shopping the Farmers Market.

Check them out, put them to use. Know your farmer and know your food!

OMGosh ... So Excited ... Homemade Almond Milk

Okay ... so, some of you may remember a while back Reluctantly Crunchy had an article about carrageenan ... you know, the dairy additive that also comes in handy as a plane de-icer. Since that time, a family member has had to switch to a totally non-dairy diet and the search for organic almond, rice, coconut milk without carrageenan has been on. It may not actually exist!!

Imagine the excitement this morning when, as a part of October Unprocessed, Stacy Brewer of Seattle Seedling has a guest-post over on Eating Rules about How To Make Almond Milk

Adding almonds to the shopping list.

Starting October Unprocessed!

For those who have committed in any way to the October Unprocessed Challenge, Melissa Lanz founder of The Fresh 20, a weekly meal-planning service and author of the blog, Soul on  Platter has a guest blog over at Eating Rules on how to stock an unprocessed pantry. Check it out: Ten Steps To An Unprocessed Pantry

Blog issues October challenge: No processed foods - latimes.com

Reluctantly Crunchy has been promoting the October challenge for quite some time. Nice to see the LA Times has caught up. There's still time. Take the October Unprocessed 2012 Challenge today!

You can check out the Times story here: Blog issues October challenge: No processed foods

What's the Big Deal About GMOs Anyway?

For those who have written to ask why Reluctantly Crunchy is so opposed to GMOs, this article provides a good summary of the health, environmental, and agricultural problems we are facing with genetically modified organisms and genetically engineered foods. Several people have suggested that we have been genetically modifying foods with cross-pollination and selective breeding since the beginning of time. This article does a good job of explaining how GMOs are different from that kind of "modification."


Reluctantly Crunchy has previously explained why we will not advocate for further government regulation such as required labeling. We believe that if consumers/the market demand labeling, companies will be required to voluntarily label their products ... as many have already done with the Non-GMO Project. California's Proposition 37 mentioned at the end of the article would amount to yet another government mandate and the government does not have the greatest track record when it comes to honestly monitoring our food safety. As was pointed out in the article, the government "is so corrupted that one of Monsanto's most ruthless executives, Michael Taylor, now serves in the Obama administration as FDA chief adviser, or "Food Czar." Monsanto pioneered and now dominates the GMO industry.

That disclaimer regarding Proposition 37 having been stated, the article itself is still a very good read and provides the best and most succinct explanation that we know of as to why GMOs are so dangerous. Check it out: What exactly are GMOs?

I'm Sure It Only Happens to Rats ... Nothing Bad Could Possibly Occur in Humans

This graphic showing the effects of a GMO diet on rats is startling ... and for reasons other than the opportunity to see what rat testicles look like.

We've been told GMOs are perfectly safe ... so maybe it's just a rat thing ... or not.

Check out the graphic:  GMO-fed rats