October Unprocessed: Day 21 Recipe
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Today is Day 21 of Andrew Wilder’s Eating Rules October Unprocessed Challenge. I’ve decided to join the party by writing a guest post about my year-round frustration with “enriched pasta”.
If you know October Unprocessed, then you probably understand that participants are challenged to go a whole month without eating processed foods. The definition of just what constitutes “processed” is personal and I’m not here to define it for you. But I will say, I like Andrew’s explanation of just what defines processed food. He says processed food is any food you can’t make at home, in your own kitchen, using whole food ingredients.
By this definition, common sense says that pasta should not be considered processed. It’s an ancient…
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