Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) is a must in my kitchen.  I use it every day.  We first started using it several years ago to help lower my husband’s borderline cholesterol, which by the way is doing great.  I use it to cook, to saute, to season vegetables, as a salad dressing, or to drizzle on garlic toast.  I pour some in a dipping dish, top with freshly ground pepper and it’s great for bread.

It also tastes really good to drizzle it on air popped popcorn and add a little sea salt.  In fact, we miss it if we eat popcorn without it.  The olive oil gives the popcorn a different kind of buttery taste that is delicious!

I recently bought a can of Organic Black Beans.  The can had the seal “USDA Organic” on the front of it, so I assumed the beans were grown here in the US.   When I looked at the date on the bottom of the can to check the shelf life of the beans, I noticed the words “Product of China.”  I was greatly surprised.   From reading some articles I learned that we really don’t know where a lot of our food comes from.   Most cans do not give that information.  Instead, they’ll say, “Distributed by…”   After hearing about food, toothpaste, defective tires, etc, coming from China that are not safe, I find myself wanting to avoid things from China.  I’m still reading and researching, though, to find out more information.