"Re-starting" food? Yes, really!

I read somewhere about fruits & vegetables that you can "re-grow" or "re-start" some of them from a piece, a shoot, roots, etc.  That's where I found this idea & we decided to give it a try!

When done with a celery bunch, put it in water for a few weeks.  Once it starts to grow new stalks, transfer it to soil.  Bam!  You just grew celery!   :)

Just that simple?  Yuppp, sure is!  I included a few photos of ours so far.  When we get ready to move it to soil, I'll post again.

These are after 4 days in this glass of water.  I do change the water every other day...

I love this!  I'm slightly frugal, so any way to save some moolah is my kinda thing!   ;)

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Sam

Food sensitivities? More like chemical reactions, if you ask me!

For many years I could not eat eggs.  They would make me feel like I had the flu...cold & hot sweats, extreme nausea, horrible tummy pains...it was bad.  My symptoms would last for a couple of hours & once it digested, I was fine again.  (This included store bought and the ones I received from the state program, WIC.)  It was terrible because I like eggs...omelets, egg salad, oh yum!

Things that had eggs IN them (ex: cake, cupcakes, etc.) did not seem to bother me though.  Weird, yes.

Well, we started raising chickens in our backyard.  Our daughter gathered up her collected birthday money one spring day & headed to Tractor Supply with Daddy because she wanted some baby chicks.  (She is TOTALLY a farm girl!)  Since, we've expanded our chick crew to somewhere around 20 chickens who altogether lay about a dozen eggs a day.  They get no medications, no pesticides, no chemicals, no steroids...nothing but cracked corn, grain, bread, scraps, etc.  Our eggs are only rinsed, cooked & eaten...no processing at all whatsoever.  

It was a few times after eating our nice, fresh, chemical-free eggs before realizing that I hadn't been sick.  (I know, how could I not notice not feeling like that, right?  With four kids to keep you entertained, it's easier than you'd think!  Lol.)
I started paying attention then, being conscious of it after eating them.  Wouldn't ya know...NO reaction!!  I was so excited!  

One morning, Albert & I decided to go out for breakfast.  There's a restaurant locally that has some pretty delish Eggs Benedict, so that's where we headed.  I was a little worried about getting sick but they had a sign that claimed they use "Organic Eggs"...so I figured yeahhh we'll see.  I totally enjoyed my breakfast, remained conscious, preparing for writhing pain & ickiness...but nothing!  Yayyy, their eggs WERE organic!  ;)


Yet it concerned me & got me thinking...what exactly do they do to chickens and/or eggs, what is it they treat them with that would cause such awful sickness for me??  Scary scary thought that it's "OK" for these companies & factories to contaminate our food like that!  
I have not yet looked into what exactly it may be...but give me time & I'm sure you'll get an update.  ;)