Friday, June 4, 2010

When you become a mother, your leisure reading transitions from 'In Style' to reading about all things baby + child + health. My most recent reading has led me on a path to better eating. Of course, I have known all along that fast food + junk food are not healthy choices for my own body or for my family, but now that Jeff and I have little eyes watching our every bite, it is all the more important for us to make better choices.

Things that are IN:
Michigan grown produce - Eat healthy + support Michigan
Quinoa - subsitute for rice- loaded with antioxidants and a much healthier choice than rice
Organic Yogurt - Calcium sans the hormones
Free Range Beef - Thank you Mom + Dad for supplying us with 'happy' beef
Green Tea - antioxidant rich + little caffeine
Raw Almonds - grab a quick handful before raiding the cupboards for a 'snack'
Pure H20 - trying to convince Jeff to put a reverse osmosis purifier in our new kitchen

Things that are OUT:
Produce grown out of the country - who KNOWS what's in there
Soda + Cofffee - yes, we all know it's not so good...but it tastes so good!
Junk - cookies, candy, sugar ceraels...not found in our cupboards
The color white - bread, rice, pasta, whatever
Sugar/Artificial Sweeteners

Things we are working on:
Chicken - Want to find some 'organic' chicken, but without sacrificing taste (Tofu just isn't the same)
Milk + Eggs - gonna try the 'organic' milk this week
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3 comments:

Reena said...

I was looking into this last month. A bunch of my friends buy meat and produce from these websites:

http://www.johnhenrys.net/index.html

http://michigan.doortodoororganics.com/index.php

I've heard great things about both and it's all grown in Michigan!

I must admit I think it's more financially efficient to do this with 2 or more kids (like yourself).

June 4, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Rachael said...

you need to read the book "the omnivores dilemma" by michael polan. This book is amazing! It teaches you so much and more about thinking and knowing about where your food comes from. It's not so much organic that's better because now the FDA doesn't so much regulate the "organic label." It's all about self sustainable farms and the meat and eggs and dairy than comes from those farms. here's a site i found to teach you a little more ;)
http://www.sustainabletable.org/intro/whatis/

June 5, 2010 at 2:31 AM
Rachael said...

you need to read the book "the omnivores dilemma" by michael polan. This book is amazing! It teaches you so much and more about thinking and knowing about where your food comes from. It's not so much organic that's better because now the FDA doesn't so much regulate the "organic label." It's all about self sustainable farms and the meat and eggs and dairy than comes from those farms. here's a site i found to teach you a little more ;)
http://www.sustainabletable.org/intro/whatis/

June 5, 2010 at 2:31 AM

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