what are we eating???

bub and i finally sat down last night to watch Food Inc. we've heard from several friends that watching it will inspire a total change of what you're buying at the grocery store and what food you put in your body. so we drug our feet watching it - we knew a change was in store. i'd like to think we already eat fairly healthy. we put extra money into our food budget so that we can eat fresh foods. BUT, it's expensive. we can't afford to eat organically, we can't afford to buy all the produce i'd like to, ground turkey is a whole lot cheaper than a real cut of meat ... i mean, a gallon of regular milk costs what, about $3? a gallon of organic milk?? $6. that's craziness. avocados last week were $2 each. however, after last night, i'm convinced we don't have a choice. i'm not gonna go all nutty mcnutty on you guys - but just a few things i have to share. first of all, our meat that we buy in the store or at a fast food place --- washed in amonia. AMONIA???? to wash away ecoli. all the good people that run our FDA and EPA. they have worked in the past as lobbyists for companies that make geneticaly altered foods and run the nations meat packing plants. and all the chemicals in our food - ugh, it literally makes me sick.

so for us, we're making some changes. as i've said, i'm not going all nutty. i love mcdonald's french fries and when you're in a hurry or low on $$$ hamburger helper is amazing! but to the very best of our ability, we're going to start eating in a more local and organic way.

first of all, we're finally joining a CSA. we were directed to this one by several friends who have already joined. we'll get 3-4 portions of meat, eggs and a 1/2 bushell of produce each week. all grown locally and as naturally as possible.

from there i'll take our remaining grocery budget, create a menu for the week with the goodies we got in our farm box and try to buy what we need for the rest of the week.

for us, the biggies will be produce, meat and milk. we'll see how this goes! nuggie will motivate me to try really hard to stick to this. she deserves healthy foods and i want to provide the best that things we can for her to eat. some weeks our budget just won't allow us to go all organic, but i'm gonna try.

i think in an early blog i mentioned a garden and chickens for us in our back yard. it just wasn't realistic... the chickens wouldn't get the attention they deserve and the garden would get filled with our awful neighbors cat poopies. but, the nice thing about living here in the city - we are lucky enough to have lots of other options available to us!

watch Food Inc. it's important.