Once bitten forever smitten - Food Additives

Should you be worried?

Are E numbers in food bad for you and your family – well that depends on which ones you eat, how much and how often. First some facts and then some practical pointers. E numbers are allocated to all products that can be added to food – so even the red food colouring made from beetroot juice has a number E162 and acetic acid is E260 but its only the Latin name for vinegar! Both these ingredients are likely to be used in cakes but especially in this Red Velvet cake. 

• No kids or elderly relatives you cook for regularly – then don’t worry – the really bad additives are banned. If you feel unwell after eating certain foods check the label next time for additives (some people are sensitive to gum derived additives, colours and preservatives leading to upset stomach’s headaches, increased chance of asthma and hyper activity in children) Use this link to check http://curezone.com/foods/enumbers.asp 

• Children under 3 will have had food additives if they've eaten processed food. In youngsters even natural additives like salt should be had in moderation so the best thing is to restrict processed foods and look for ‘no artificial additive’ labels. Obviously sweets are high in sugar and brightly coloured foods will probably have more enumbers so make sweets a treat and look for natural colourings such as fruit and vegetable purees.
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  Older children may already have a taste for processed foods. Try to introduce some home made foods  to reduce additives and remember if its highly coloured and not a fruit or vegetable its bound to be full of enumbers. Don’t panic just make a few changes and give kids a different treat like Toffee Apples or Frozen Chocolate Bananas instead of a whole bar of chocolate.  (freeze bananas in skin – when required, skin banana and place on non stick paper, pour over melted chocolate. Ready to eat when set.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Best wishes, 

  Janet 01732 843518

Once bitten forever smitten - Cakes for Haiti

A more worthy cause than Mothers Day? Decide for yourself but I think so  -  DeliCakes has signed up to support the Cakes for Haiti campaign - so 25% of all cake sales will be donated to the DEC fund. Here are some pictures of cakes to tempt you - beautifully shot by www.alexandrapatrick.co.uk

So order your cakes now from delicakesme19@googlemail.com 

and get that have your cake and eat it feeling.
You can also go direct to 

 www.cakesforhaiti.org

 and make a donation to the DEC fund or register your own cake sale. So if you're not ordering from DeliCakes then get out the oven gloves and bake your own cakes & sell them at the school gates, in the office, at the golf club, wherever you have friends with cash to spare.
Please tell your friends about this promotion by copying and emailing this link so they can read the blog for themselves http://delicakesme19.blogspot.com/ A big thank you from Janet M & Janet Mohapi-Banks