Eating Changes

Lately, I have been getting the hang of doing a week of food prep work on the weekend to make the week go smoother. I've been blocking off a few hours and baking bread, making almond milk, granola, freezing things like raviolis and egg rolls, etc etc. As I was working through this new routine I noticed for the first time the dramatic difference our pantry has taken in the past couple of years. I now have things like; nutritional yeast, ground flax, chia seeds, quinoa and sea salt at an easy grab. Staples of our weekly diets include about 5 lbs of bananas a week, a whole pineapple, local honey, lb of spinach, and black beans. What happened to hambugerless hamburger helper - cheeseburger flavor and gumby's pizza that had laid out the whole night before?! Life has changed. And guess what, back then I used shampoo and body wash with phthalates in them and threw the plastic bottle in the trash without thinking twice. GASP. Who was I?! 

This evening we went to HyVee for some fruit and cupcake supplies and I ventured the inner isles of the store for the first time in what had to have been months. Down the freezer isle I saw mini corn dogs, hot pockets, pizza rolls, and eggos. It took all of me to resist so I left the isle only to be met with the cookie and cracker isle. Spray cheese, why do you taunt me! We left the store with none of this thankfully and I went home to my Azure order to purchase among other things 32oz of blackstrap molasses, 38lbs of oranges, 10lbs of frozen strawberries, and 25lbs of wheat flour including the germ. Ahh, that feels better. 

If I have ever felt 'granola' in my life it is when shopping for food. Eating healthy is hard. Even more so in a society that doesn't understand what eating healthy even is. Hello, fat free this and sugar free that are not the corner stones of a healthy diet. My meal is just as healthy, dare I say healthier, than a lean cuisine, weight watchers snack, or low sodium canned soup. I am a firm believer that our bodies were intended to eat food in it's natural form which at times includes fats. Eat healthy. Be active. Meditate. You'll be totally zen I swear :)