OK not to go off on this again.. I will start to make a list of things that have dye and what you can use to replace them. Now are all of these perfect? NO Are they totally 100% healthy? Nope.. but with 2 kids and a schedule that has us out of the house like 3-5 nights a week.. it works :) Please add you own replacements and I will put them on the page :)
- REMOVE- Kraft mac and cheese- REPLACE- Velveeta whole grain mac and cheese
- REMOVE- Hungry jack Pancake mix REPLACE- Kroger brand pancake mix/homemade
- REMOVE - Kraft sliced/shredded cheese REPLACE- Kroger or Publix brand slices or velveeta
- REMOVE- Cheetos/ Doritos REPLACE- Chesters Puff corn/ Kroger Brand Nacho Cheese chips
- REMOVE- Pillsbury and store brands of Crescent rolls, cinnamon rolls, grands biscuts/ REPLACE- with making your own. Recipe to come on the things I love page.
- REMOVE- Gogurts and Yoplait REPLACE- Several brands have no dye. Anything with out a character from tv on it is a good start :)
- REMOVE-Just about all fruit gummie snacks prepackaged for lunches fruit roll ups gushers.. all of them REPLACE- Ocean spray and Motts brand gummie snacks. They have coloring from.. wait for it.. FRUIT!
- REMOVE- Bisquick mix REPLACE- homemade or Kroger brand.
- REMOVE- Store bought Pickles- REPLACE- Make your own! Super fast and yummy! See my favorite things page.
- REMOVE- Jello. Yup. Even the chocolate one.- REPLACE- Kozi Shack snack packs.
- REMOVE- Colored popsicles REPLACE Chocolate ones, but check the labels, some ice cream has dye. Major brands tend to have dye and lesser knock off brands tend not to.
- REMOVE- Frozen eggos and breakfast foods REPLACE- Make your own and keep in the fridge to reheat over the week.
- REMOVE- Poptarts and breakfast bars ( for the most part) REPLACE- Make your own granola bars. I have no good replacement for poptarts, they are garbage. Sorry Husband I know you like them.
- REMOVE Chewable vitamins REPLACE- Some Disney ones are dye free. We are on the Phineaas and Ferb ones right now. The ones that look like they have little sugar crystals on them HAVE DYE. I have found the Walmart brand also is dye free.
This is just a start!!! It is in so much, things I never thought about like tooth paste and cold meds for kids.
Some things that have it that I can not just have a replacement for, well because I dont want my kids to have it :)
- orange and yellow pop/ soda
- Pizza rolls
- Boxed meals like hamburger helper
- Boxed rice meals
- Cheese flavored anything in a box. Dinners, rice, mashed potatoes, etc
- Cereal. So many have dye and not ones you would think. Check the labels. many cereals label it at Tartrazine. fancy name for yellow dye.
- Boxed cookies and crackers. More have it then not. check the labels.
- Cake and brownie mix. YES BROWNIE mix.
Here is a great link that goes through many products that have dye.
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