I try to buy organic meat and eggs. I always buy organic milk and even send it to DC with DS. I'm sure they think I'm doing the most but he gets a rash on his behind if he drinks regular milk. I stopped buying canned tomatoes and buy boxed now. We eat very little canned anything but that's mostly because DD reLly has to watch her sodium intake. We eat a lot of frozen veggies, which I understand can be better than fresh at times. Always organic grapes and apples but not bananas. I try to stick to the dirty dozen list. I want to start making my own cream of chicken soup because I am trying to make a lot of crockpot meals and that seems to be in everything. I wish we had better choices for bread. Publix is where I do most of shopping. The best I've found for bread still had 20 ingredients.
Post by redhorizon343 on Jan 26, 2015 21:14:19 GMT -5
Is nutella organic? I eat a lot of that.
If I'm in the grocery store and I see organic and non-organic and the price difference isn't staggering, I'll choose organic. But I don't typically go out of my way. It's difficult to find "organic" meat in my area, which is something I would consider. There are no local butchers.
If I'm in the grocery store and I see organic and non-organic and the price difference isn't staggering, I'll choose organic. But I don't typically go out of my way. It's difficult to find "organic" meat in my area, which is something I would consider. There are no local butchers.
Nutella is not organic. I was on a nutella craze during my pregnancy and I couldn't get enough of it. It is absolutely loaded with sugar. I had to wean myself off of it because I swear I was addicted.
Post by nanaosaki06 on Jan 27, 2015 1:30:57 GMT -5
We do about 60/40 organic. The big things for us is dairy, eggs, and meat being at least grass fed and humanely raised. We don't always eat organic produce. If it's cheaper or if it looks better to buy either organic or not, we'll get that. We are just getting down to the basics in our house for many things. We're tossing out most of our prepackaged snacks, breads, ect. I make our own bread, dog treats, graham crackers, and cheddare crackers. We eat mostly whole grains, but I fudge a little for SO's comfort. Like, I'll tell him it's not whole grain, when it it's really made of white whole grain wheat flour. Next week we're going to redo our menu plans to get rid of the crappy yogurt tubes and convenience foods. When I go shopping I pretty much shop on the outside of the store and through the baking aisle. The only things we won't get rid of is the cereal we eat, but it's more a treat for most of us. I just buy a brand where I can read all the ingredients, but doesn't taste like it's a "healthy" version of another name brand.
We also make our own cleaners, I make my own toner (though you can pull my Clarisonic and Origin face wash from my cold dead hands), we use pretty muchly all goats milk soap, and don't use air freshners or smelly things in the house. If I had the time and space for it I'd have my own garden and chickens too, but sadly I have neither.
Andplusalso: Organic doesn't mean there's no pesticides/abx in them. There's still a threshold of how much of that stuff is allowed, it's just lower than regular products.
$8/dozen may be out of my price point. My kids really like eggs.
Where are organic or cage free eggs $8/dozen?
Free range is different than pasture grazing. Free range does not necessity mean they are out grazing all day. I did my research before I decided what to buy. like I said we don't eat too many animals in this household so the money thing is not really a big issue. I read the China study and watched food Inc. and that changed my perspective on eating animals. I'd rather pay to eat grass fed meat once a week than eat factory/antibiotic filled meat five days a week. Know what I mean?
ETA I mean cage free could mean they're still not humanely raised I found some website that broke it all down.
In Canada I wouldn't cross the isle in the supermarket to buy organic. I have a friend who snorts at organic in the grocery store: "if it has a worm coming out of it, then it's organic", he would say.
I try to buy local when possible, if not local then provincial. But, let's face it, fresh fruits and veg in Ontario ain't local for most of the year.
I do have a contact for fresh eggs. She doesn't call them organic because she buys feed from a local agro centre and hasn't vetted it. But the eggs are noticeably different - the shells in particular are so much thicker than store bought eggs. DH doesn't hunt anymore but I have thought about sending him out to the hunt camp to at least have a shot (ha ha) at a deer or moose in season. The camps always split the kills so his rustiness wouldn't cost us. Plus, a week in the bush is good for the soul.
I deal with a couple of local farms in at home in Canada as well for fowl and beef occasionally (special occasions usually). I do harvest wild leeks and berries as well as apples in season and we fish in season as well.
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