[SunnySmile501]

I try to use as little processed foods as I can get by with. I did use Heinz One Carb ketchup (sweetened with Splenda) for a while, but this summer when lots of tomatoes were in, I made homemade ketchup. I also made chili sauce so I could make my meatballs again (Smucker makes Splenda sweetened grape jam). I have been making my own pizza and pasta sauce since the beginning using Hunt's tomato sauce and paste. This summer I made homemade that is to die for. I now make my own BBQ sauce, and family thinks it's the best ever.

It's hard to find something in a store that doesn't contain sugar. They even shoot up turkey breast with a 15% solution that contains sugar. I tried to eat only plain meat for the most part, because processed meats are full of junk besides sugar.

I went to my brother's house today and we made 15 pounds of sausage from fresh Boston butt roasts and a fresh pork shoulder. I made mild Italian, breakfast, American Farm sausage and Cajun. I liked how I could control everything that went into my sausage. No sugar; no nitrates. It was a lot of work, but I will have healthy sausage to last me for a very long time.

I feel so much better by not filling my body full of stuff I can't pronounce.