We are slowly switching everything to organic. EVERYTHING! I have become obsessive about it now. It is super addicting. I am finding myself reading EVERY SINGLE LABEL. Which turns a quick grocery trip to a 2 hour grocery trip. Who am I kidding? Grocery trips are never short but now, they are super long. I switched from Trader Joe’s to Sprout’s. It seems to have a bigger selection. Although, I do still LOVE Trader Joe’s! Sprout’s has organic and non-organic. Even their non-organic is less processed. I am in love with that store. Hubs and I must have spent a majority of our grocery trip browsing through their bulk bins of nuts and dried fruits. I wanted EVERYTHING. Sprout’s is a bit more expensive. We figured it’s about $30 more than our groceries would have been at Wal-Mart. We still had to stop at Wal-Mart for diapers, toothpaste, and drugs. I haven’t switched our toiletries or diapers to organic. I tried the organic diapers and they sucked and were WAY more expensive. He will survive with Pampers. I know what you organic freaks are thinking…I can make my toothpaste, deodorant…etc. I don’t have enough time in the day to do that. Even if I did,…eh, my time is worth more than that. That,…or I’m too lazy. But GO YOU! Way to make your own stuff 🙂 Seriously, that’s really cool.
I am switching things slowly. I am finishing everything that we have that is processed, and then when we need more, I am buying the new stuff organic. For instance, we were out of butter and olive oil yesterday so I bought new. We are still using processed flour, condiments, and a lot of other things. I am too cheap to throw everything out and buy everything organic. So, we are finishing everything we have and then buying organic when we need it. That keeps hubs from having a heart attack at the store :).
My parents came up last weekend and we introduced them to our new way of life. I also made them watch Food Inc (on Netflix! it is an eye-opening documentary on the food industry) I’m sure they had a blast. They did love our new grocery store! And…they were in LOVE with our organic tacos. OHMYGOSH! Did I mention how unbelievably amazing those tacos were?! AMAZING! Organic vs. Non-organic is like eating something when you have a cold versus eating that same food without a cold. The flavors are just so much more pronounced and alive!
Along with eating organic, I am having smoothies for breakfast and lunch. They have made such an improvement in the way I feel and my mood. I saw the idea of freezing fruit ahead of time for smoothies on Pinterest. This is an amazing idea! It saves time in the mornings (which is great with an impatient baby!) and it keeps your fruit from going bad. Last week, we bought five boxes of strawberries for $5.00. They were going bad in the refrigerator so I made little zip lock baggies of fruit/veggies for my smoothies and threw them in the freezer!
A few have asked about my smoothie recipe. I don’t really have an exact recipe. I found a basic guide of making smoothies on…yep! you guessed it! Pinterest. I use coconut water, sometimes I add Greek yogurt, flax-seed (I’m going to try chia seeds next week), 1 banana (it masks the veggies), two different fruits (whatever I am feeling that day), kale, spinach, broccoli, and sometimes cauliflower. I usually use our bullet but sometimes I mix a big one up in our blender and save half for lunch.
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On top of the clean eating I have started Insanity…again. Hopefully, this time I will stick to it. Insanity + Running + Eating clean will surely = BEACH BODY!! The problem with our grocery store is that it has some amazing “healthy” junk we can’t say no to. I shared a blueberry muffin with my little man this morning..meaning I ate most of it. So, I’m going to need to go work those 300 calories off!
– Court
Hot Mess Mom 
