A Facebook reader and longtime friend asked of me "seems you avoid a lot of foods! what DO you eat??" So I thought I'd take a break from Food School to answer this excellent question.
First of all, I must confess. I eat a lot. I love good food and I enjoy an ample meal. This morning I've already had my matcha tea and two (not one, but, yes, two) Sunshine burger sandwiches on toasted Ezekiel bread with Veganaise. YUM!
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I wish I had had some lettuce or tomatoes to add, but I used up my produce last night at dinner and today is Produce Tuesday, so I'm out until this afternoon.
Yesterday afternoon, after school, we went to the grocery stores. Yes, these days I can't just go to one. All my neighborhood standard grocery stores carry different organic goodies in their "special sections," so I can't get all I want from just one store.
I still have the receipts, so I can tell you what we bought at Harris Teeter Southend (omitting non-food items):
Organic applesauce
Kashi cereal (I've weaned Bella off Newman-O's and now cereal is her "dessert.")
Rice noodles
Raisins
Penne whole wheat pasta
Naked Food Green Machine
grapefruit
lemons
orange bell pepper
romaine lettuce
yellow onion
red bell pepper
cremini mushrooms
At Publix Southend, we bought:
Coconut milk yogurt - finally found it! It's delicious!!!
organic raisins (yes, we have a raisin demand in our house and we're nailing down favorite brands)
raspberry lemonade (for popsicles)
star fruit
organic mac and cheese
Cascadian Farms cinnamon cereal
Cascadian Farms honey o's (on special 2 for $5)
Last night I made a sautéed garlic, onion, orange and red bell pepper, mushroom rice noodle soup with a romaine, orange and red bell pepper, garlic, Bragg's ginger & sesame dressing salad which my husband and I shared. I added some diced carrots and cucumbers to my salad serving. Bella had organic cheese tortellini and carrot sticks.
That's an example of what I/we eat. I do avoid a lot, but I also eat abundantly of real, whole food. If it's not organic, local, artisan or homemade, I rarely eat it.
I know more about food that I do about cooking, so this is most certainly a journey for me. I'm learning to like cooking more, but it does take some extra planning on my part to find foods and recipes that my family will enjoy. It's worth it though because our robust health is obvious and I wouldn't sacrifice that for the world.
Hope that answers the question and gives you a peek into a typical food day in my life.
Live Light, xo-C.
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