Hello blog readers. We just finished up tonight's dinner and I thought I'd pop on here and tell you about my last two days. Monday night I was meeting friends at Starbucks. I did some research beforehand and was worried initially about what I could drink/eat there that was real food. When I arrived it took me less than a minute to find Evolution Fresh fruit smoothies. I flipped one over and read the ingredients and quickly saw that I found what I was looking for. I got the apple berry flavor which had 2 apples, 1/3 Mango, 34 blueberries, 3 1/2 strawberries, 22 raspberries, 1/10 coconut, and 1/4 of a banana. The ingredients were clean and it tasted amazing! I paired that with a real fruit bar and I had a healthy snack to enjoy with my friends. Winner!!
The next night we went over to my in-laws and were out pretty late. I worried what we would do about dinner, and I had a right to be concerned. My husband started looking for real food friendly options in town and then came the shocker. Baja Fresh, which is a Mexican restaurant that I love, serves grass fed meat. They also make everything fresh there, and don't even have a freezer in their store. I had no idea!! I just knew I loved their food. So we drove over to Baja Fresh and got our usual. It was delicious, and I felt even better about dining there knowing that they were trying to serve the best quality of food to their customers.
Today I got it into my head to go to the local Farmer's Market. I needed a few things, namely meat and honey. When we arrived the girls got to taste test some fresh blackberry and strawberry kiwi jam. Both kinds were good but we bought the blackberry kind. I can't wait to make my own jam. I just need my garden up and running again, oh and some blackberry plants.
Then we grabbed some organic white peaches, some cherry tomatoes, and lastly some honey. I spent more money than normal, but we also got some really good quality stuff. I couldn't find the meat guy. Maybe we were too early for him. I need meat for this weekend so I am kind of between a rock and a hard place. But otherwise I am glad I went.
However I will say that this new lifestyle is much harder than the normal just buy everything at the grocery store. I have been to one place for my eggs. Another place for fruits and still I need to go somewhere else for meat. Everything is more expensive, and it takes longer. I can see why people turn a blind eye to trying to eat organic/healthy/local. I am not ready to give up. This is something I made my mind up about. It's just going to take a bit to get in the groove of things.
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