You can make this easy white bean salad recipe in five minutes. Sometimes we eat it as a main meal and sometimes as a side. Since giving up palm oil (which exists in many processed foods), we eat simple, real foods for meals.  This is a quick white bean salad recipe that you can modify based on what you have. Beans are a shelf-stable pantry item and easy to have on hand. We usually buy … Read more

Thank you for being interested in palm oil free shaving cream and shaving lotion. Below are options for shaving without palm oil. Every shave cream, lotion, gel, and shaving butter you see in stores contains palm oil. When you see shaving cream advertising that it’s made with aloe, coconut, shea butter, mango, cocoa butter, etc., it still means there is palm oil in it. Choosing a shaving bar or a shaving soap will lessen the … Read more

Palm oil is prevalent in cosmetics. Here we discuss how to find palm oil free makeup. It’s important to know that palm oil ingredients are likely in every beauty product you see in stores. This includes eyeliner, mascara, eye shadow, lipstick, lip liner, powder, blush, foundation, and more. Please note, I saw several articles online that listed out palm oil free cosmetic companies. In each list, I found at least one company whose products likely … Read more

If you’ve read ingredient labels, you may be wondering why is palm oil in so many foods now. You are correct in thinking this wasn’t always the case. For most types of foods, palm oil was the exception rather than the rule. One example is Oreo cookies. This product stands out to me personally because this type of sandwich cookie is what first alerted us to my son’s palm oil allergy and intolerance. We noticed … Read more

Here’s how to use less palm oil each week. Each day, most consumers use products that contain it. However, there are easy things you can do to reduce demand. You may be seeing “palm oil” on more labels than ever before. In the United States, much of the reason is the FDA banned companies from adding artificial trans fats to foods. In our household, we limit palm oil as much as possible. The main reason … Read more