NOT Honest Food

When did food become so complicated? I find myself asking this questions more and more. Last night i was eating a Popsicle and thinking just this very thing. It was a fruit popsicle, coconut to be exact, so i naturally thought that i had found myself a nice healthy treat to munch on to cool off on such a hot day.

Oh but it was not so! The first ingredient? Water, funny because i thought surely it would have been oh i don't know COCONUT! Next came milk fat and non milk fat, whatever the reason for those i have no idea, and just what is "non-milk" fat? Third, my favorite ingredient, it shows up in everything these days and has absolutely no nutritional value and no business being in my food - high fructose corn syrup! Because, you kow, coconut is not sweet enough!!!! It is not until the fourth (count it 4th!) ingredient that coconut is even mentioned. then there is a slew of various "gums" and preservatives which follow my sad little 4th ingredient.

If i were to take a stab at making a coconut popsicle in place of plain old water i would try using coconut water, it is incredibly healthy and a natural electrolyte replacement drink (instead of gatorade) instead of milk fat i would use coconut milk, then i would use shredded coconut. And i would stop there! No high fructose corn syrup, no "gums" and no preservatives. Now THAT would be a coconut popsicle!

Hmmm maybe i will give this a try.

Signing off

A very frusterated City Mouse