What's In Your Breadcrumbs?

I know what you are thinking. That I have gone off the deep end. Why the heck am I talking about breadcrumbs? Who cares, right? Let me explain. My husband and I battle over food a lot. I really try to keep our processed food consumption to a minimum and the processed food that we do eat I try to keep it as natural or organic as possible. He might think I am slightly crazy for it, but his health will thank me for it one day.

For some reason one thing he refuses to get on board with is breadcrumbs. I prefer panko breadcrumbs because there are minimal ingredients and I like the crunchy taste. But he hates them. So when I am breading chicken for chicken parmigiana or some other type of breaded chicken I use the panko style for myself and the kids and then traditional Progresso plain breadcrumbs for him. Its a pain but whatever.

A picture is worth a thousand words right? Well check these out.

My panko breadcrumbs with only 4 ingredients: Flour, Dextrose, Yeast & Salt).

And here are his breadcrumbs. WTF? I didn't count the ingredients here because this list is ridiculous. I can't even fit them all in a single photo. Of course many of them are bad for you ingredients which I try to avoid at all costs. I underlined some of those.

My point (I think I have one somewhere in my mind) is that something as simple as breadcrumbs can be loaded with garbage. I am sure most people do not even think to look at the ingredients on breadcrumbs because really, shouldn't it only be bread and some seasoning? I suppose if it is something you only use once in a while then it is not that big of a deal. But for a family like ours where I make some form of breaded chicken once a week, it is not something I am ok with.

Do you know what is in your breadcrumbs? I challenge you to open up your pantry or cabinet and take a look at them or something else in there that you've never really looked at and learn a little bit more about what you are eating.

P.S. If you don't like panko style breadcrumbs but are looking for a less full of junk brand of breadcrumbs to use, Trade Joe's makes a regular old traditional style of organic breadcrumbs. My husband does like those, but I don't get to TJ's very often.

Wordless Wednesday: Butterfly Bush Visitors

In one of our flower beds we have what is commonly called a butterfly bush, or Buddleja for your green thumb types. It has been in full bloom for a few weeks now and I love watching the different butterflies come and go.

Early Tuesday morning I was able to snap a few pictures of this beautiful swallowtail butterfly.

The other day I noticed this other creature. It sort of looks and acts like a hummingbird, but with the antennae and legs it also looks like some type of insect. I looked it up and it turns out it is a Hummingbird Moth. The photo is blurry since his wings are moving so fast.

It Might Be Time For New Cabinets

You know it is time for a kitchen makeover when your cabinets are now being held together by staples. Yes, staples. The other night after the kids were in bed I was relaxing on the couch watching some TV and my hubby was in the kitchen. I heard him go to the basement then come back up but I didn't pay much attention to what he was doing. Then all of a sudden I heard a loud noise - the staple gun.

A few months back one of our upper kitchen cabinets started to split. I guess it must have been growing so he broke out the staple gun. Thankfully you cannot see them from the outside. Though I o giggle every time I open the door and see them. I would love to redo our kitchen someday. I just wish I could get that darn money tree out back to bloom so we could redo the kitchen.

What room in your house could use a little TLC?