Real Food Friday #11 An Extended Party

Hello and Welcome to another REAL Food Friday!  

Sunrise on Hollywood Beach!!!

With Halloween right around the corner and Thanksgiving right behind it we have decided to extend the party this week.

Real Food Friday will be Open through November 4th!!
That's an extra week!

We're your hosts
Joyce @ It's Your Life and 
me...Mary @ Back to the Basics and Mary's Kitchen 

Meet your co-hosts
Lydia @ Lydia's Flexitarian Kitchen 
Deborah @  Kneaded Creations
Marla @ Organic 4 Greenlivings

If you're interested in co-hosting let us know! You can email me at mari_backtonature@yahoo.com

My Features this week are:

Crockpot Sweet and Spicy Sweet Potato/Carrot Soup from Your World Healthy and Natural

Crockpot Pumpkin Butter from Recipe, Food and Cooking

No-Peel Crockpot Apple Sauce from Sew Creative

I just realized that all of my features are crockpot!  I LOVE my slow cooker so I'll definitely make these recipes!

In case you missed "What is Real Food" here's a recap...

I know "Real" food may not seem like as much fun as the sugary, chemically, DIY recipes out there on the internet.  This is why REAL Food Friday is so unique.  This is the place to share your unprocessed, gmo-free, locally grown and/or fair trade posts.

We are trying to make a difference 1 recipe at a time!
Here's a great reference from Food Myths:
Do you ever think about how far the food you eat travels?  Who grew it?  Who picked it? How much in processing it's been through before you took a bite?

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Real Food is:
-Supports fair farmworker wages
-GMO Free
-Little to no processing/processed ingredients
-Supports local markets/vendors and isn't transported long distances to get to my plate
-Honors fair trade principles when I buy from othr regions
-Meat and dairy should be humanely raised and on real food themselves-Not genetically engineered feed, drugs, hormones and antibiotics.

Link up your Real Food posts!  Processed and "junk food" posts will be deleted.
The party runs from Thursday at 7pm EST through Monday at Noon. ***This Party runs for 2 weeks***

Please follow your hosts and consider adding the Real Food Friday button.