Organic  Spices

🍃 After discovering that the super popular Simply Organic Cinnamon brand carries the California Proposition 65 warning for its higher heavy metals content, I switched to this brand, which not only is without the warning but is also more affordable.

Both Simply Organic Cinnamon versions have the warning! 

• ❌ Simply Organic Ground Cinnamon
• ❌ Simply Organic Ceylon Ground Cinnamon

✅  365 by Whole Foods Market Organic Ground Cinnamon is:

• USDA Certified Organic
• without the California 65 warning
• Country of Origin‏: ‎ USA

🍃Cinnamon - the most popular of spices - comes from the bark of an evergreen tree. Cinnamon's sweet, spicy, and warm fragrance adds pungent sweetness to your favorite baked goodies.

With its sweet and mellow flavors, this cinnamon is perfect for sprinkling atop oatmeal, pie crusts, or your favorite herbal tea. Smoother than other cinnamon, it also makes a great addition to any homemade pastry project.

Cinnamon is also great for controlling blood sugar.

INGREDIENTS: Organic Ground Cinnamon

🍃Frontier Co-op has two cinammon verions:

✅ Frontier Co-op Organic Ground Cinnamon is the approved organic cinnamon version which is listed on Amazon without the  California Proposition 65 warning

❌ Avoid their Frontier Co-op Organic Ceylon Ground Cinnamon version since it has the warning.

Cinnamon - the most popular of spices - comes from the bark of an evergreen tree. Cinnamon's sweet, spicy, and warm fragrance adds pungent sweetness to your favorite baked goodies. You can also use it to add a depth of flavor to savory dishes as well. Botanical Name: Cinnamomum burmannii (Knees and T. Knees) Blume.

An organic cinnamon with a 3% oil content for warm, rich flavor in sweet and savory dishes

Certified Common Name: Cinnamon Ground Grade: A Grade 

• ✅ Certified Organic, Non-GMO Verified, Kosher

• ✅ Non-Irradiated

• ✅ Frontier is a member-owned co-op, responsible to people and the planet

INGREDIENTS: Organic Ground Cinnamon. Origin: Indonesia Organic: QAI Certified Organic Kosher: KSA

🍃Frontier Co-op Organic Turmeric (Curcuma Longa) is the rhizome (root) of turmeric, a flowering plant in the ginger family that is native to Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. The rhizomes are extracted and used for various foods, especially in Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines. There has been a notable surge in the use of turmeric recently based on its wellness properties.

Frontier Co-op has been a member-owned cooperative since 1976. They support natural-living and their products are never irradiated or treated with ETO.

• ✅ Certified Organic, Non-GMO Verified, Kosher

• ✅ Non-Irradiated

• ✅ Frontier is a member-owned co-op, responsible to people and the planet

INGREDIENTS: Organic Turmeric Root.

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🌿This is my number one recommended cutting board!

🙋‍♀️As promised, here is the guide on how to pick the safest cutting board,👉Rule out the toxic one:
❌Plastic: plastic particles, BPA, phthalates contaminant
❌Any cutting board with mineral oil: a petroleum-derived
❌Any cutting board that contains glue. Since many contain toxic ingredients
❌Epicurean: made with recycled material glued together. Including wood, paper, resins, and plastic. Plus bacteria issues.
Controversial one:

❌Bamboo: is not the best option even when it is organic since it contains glue. Then we need to check if the glue is formaldehyde-free. I prefer to avoid any glue on a cutting board!
💚Pick the best, the safest cutting board you could get:
✅ One piece of wood, means it doesn’t need glue.
✅ Better if it is made with sustainably sourced wood
✅ Organic finish oil such as organic flaxseed oil, raw linseed oil, or organic carnauba wax.
✅ Made in the USA
And you know what? 🎉This is the only brand that has it all!
👉Beautifully hand-made in Maryland from sustainable certified sourced lumber in a solid piece of wood, following the tradition by Will the founder.
👉Then finished with an organic mixture of plant-based carnauba wax and organic raw linseed oil. You can’t get a more natural and beautiful cutting board than these.
🌿Especially the maple cutting board: widely considered to be the best North American wood for cutting boards, since the grain is hard and fine, resisting gouges and the absorption of liquids or food scraps.
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MATERIAL: Natural maple or ash and white oak cutting blocks, organic flaxseed oil, and organic carnauba wax.