Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Bob's Red Mill . I received complimentary product for the purpose of recipe development, but all opinions are honest and they are my own.  This page may contain affiliate links. We have decided to detox from sugar. I shouldn't laugh, but Jake came out yesterday morning and said, "We have a major problem." Then he proceeded to tell me that his so-called 'fat pants' were tight. I tried not to laugh and used it as an opportunity to get him to give up, or at least cut waaaay back on, sugar.  So, this morning, instead of pancakes with maple syrup - or some other sugary breakfast - I decided to try my hand at a breakfast bowl made with whole grains, greens, and savory yogurt. I'll admit: I got a few groans, but I liked it! And they'll adjust. What the Freekeh? You may be asking yourself, "What in the world is freekeh?" As part of a shipment for a grains around the world...

For years I've been screaming about reading labels. Both my kids read labels. My husband is less vigilant, but he also doesn't do a whole lot of food shopping. So, as we prepare to launch into a sugar detox in January, I thought I'd write some posts about this journey. The first thing is this: just because it doesn't read 'sugar' doesn't mean that it doesn't have added sugar. Sugar has aliases. Seriously. A good rule of thumb is to look for any words that end in -ose. Keep an eye out for any ingredient with the word 'syrup'. Here are 50 of the most common aliases for sugar (sources include prevention.com, organicauthority.com, and womenshealthmag.com)...   Barley malt Beet sugar Brown sugar Buttered syrup Cane juice crystals Cane sugar Caramel Corn syrup Corn syrup solids Confectioner’s sugar Carob syrup Castor sugar Date sugar Demerara sugar Dextran Dextrose Diastatic malt Diatase Ethyl maltol Fructose Fruit juice...