First: what I don't eat. In cleaning out the refrigerator this week, I noticed a half empty jar of sweet relish. Hmmmm, I don't eat it. I don't remember buying it. I threw out the relish and recycled the jar. There was a mostly full squeezable container of Miracle Whip back there too. Best used by date: May 2010. Oops. Neither The Professor nor I eat it anymore. Out it went too. Obviously, we haven't been eating those items. Or the expired Crisco. The cooked ground beef stayed and so did the other meat. Those belong to The Professor.
Now: what I do eat.
Here's the list from today's local farmers market:
spinach, 2 bags
romaine lettuce, 2 huge heads
carrots, 3 bunches
kale, 1 bunch
cucumbers, a dozen
broccoli, 2 heads
little red potatoes, 12
celery, 1 gigantic bunch
baby bok choy, 6
tomatoes, 3
green beans, 1 bag
brussel sprouts, 1 box
asparagus, 3 bunches
sprouted lentils, 1 baggie
sprouted clover, 1 baggie
strawberries, 3 baskets
apples, 7 large
avocado, 3
whole wheat pita chips, 1 box (my decadent indulgence)
dates, 1 package (his indulgence)
asparagus should be placed upright in a bowl partly filled with water until you are ready to steam or roast it and gobble it up
Then we added a few things from the grocery store like bread, frozen blueberries, trail mix, 2 green peppers, 8 bananas, some anaheim peppers and tomatillos for the green salsa The Professor plans to cook up this week. We threw in 3 cans of garbanzo beans, 2 jars of olives (for hummus) and some almond milk. Oh, I almost forgot-- a lb of coffee, and green juice to add to our smoothies, and wine, and chocolate.
Will we eat all of this in one week? Mostly. The garbanzos were a stock item and we may run in to next week on the carrots and celery because we still had some in the refrigerator. I'm sure we will be eating our breakfast oats (me) and eggs (him) and maybe some rice and lentils (and meat for him). But that's it.
It's simple and so easy to purchase and eat what keeps my heart healthy.
