Guest guest Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 I did my week's worth of grocery shopping yesterday and was able to get almost everything on the list at the Farm Patch (they sell a lot of local produce there) and got everything for under $50! There is definitely something to be said for the improvement in your pocket book when going raw. My husband and I are also noticing a little weight loss and we feel better. We don't eat after dinner anymore, which is bound to help too. Thanks guys for giving me the courage to stick with this for another week! Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 8, 2007 Report Share Posted April 8, 2007 THat is awesome Rebecca! Thanks for sharing. You and your husband will LOVE the benefits you'll recieve from staying raw! I find that I save tons of money by shopping at small independent produce stores, produce stands and asian and other ethnic markets. All the best, Audrey www.rawhealing.com > " Rebecca " <ladythyme >rawfood >rawfood >[Raw Food] Gotta love shopping raw! >Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:36:22 -0000 > >I did my week's worth of grocery shopping yesterday and was able to get >almost everything on the list at the Farm Patch (they sell a lot of >local produce there) and got everything for under $50! > >There is definitely something to be said for the improvement in your >pocket book when going raw. > >My husband and I are also noticing a little weight loss and we feel >better. We don't eat after dinner anymore, which is bound to help too. > >Thanks guys for giving me the courage to stick with this for another >week! > >Becky > _______________ The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian. http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAGE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 can everyone here share their weekly shopping list? --- rawfood <chilove88 wrote: > THat is awesome Rebecca! Thanks for sharing. You and your husband will LOVE > the benefits you'll recieve from staying raw! > > I find that I save tons of money by shopping at small independent produce > stores, produce stands and asian and other ethnic markets. > > All the best, > > Audrey > www.rawhealing.com > > > > " Rebecca " <ladythyme > >rawfood > >rawfood > >[Raw Food] Gotta love shopping raw! > >Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:36:22 -0000 > > > >I did my week's worth of grocery shopping yesterday and was able to get > >almost everything on the list at the Farm Patch (they sell a lot of > >local produce there) and got everything for under $50! > > > >There is definitely something to be said for the improvement in your > >pocket book when going raw. > > > >My husband and I are also noticing a little weight loss and we feel > >better. We don't eat after dinner anymore, which is bound to help too. > > > >Thanks guys for giving me the courage to stick with this for another > >week! > > > >Becky > > > > _______________ > The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian. > http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAGE > Shay Butter! ______________________________\ ____ We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv./collections/265 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 That would be awesome- please do- totally new at this and at kind of a strange place as far as shopping. At 04:49 PM 4/8/2007, you wrote: >can everyone here share their weekly shopping list? >--- <rawfood%40>rawfood ><<chilove88%40hotmail.com>chilove88 >wrote: > > THat is awesome Rebecca! Thanks for sharing. You and >your husband will LOVE > > the benefits you'll recieve from staying raw! > > > > I find that I save tons of money by shopping at >small independent produce > > stores, produce stands and asian and other ethnic >markets. > > > > All the best, > > > > Audrey > > www.rawhealing.com > > > > > > > " Rebecca " <<ladythyme%40hotmail.com>ladythyme > > ><rawfood%40>rawfood > > ><rawfood%40>rawfood > > >[Raw Food] Gotta love shopping raw! > > >Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:36:22 -0000 > > > > > >I did my week's worth of grocery shopping yesterday >and was able to get > > >almost everything on the list at the Farm Patch >(they sell a lot of > > >local produce there) and got everything for under >$50! > > > > > >There is definitely something to be said for the >improvement in your > > >pocket book when going raw. > > > > > >My husband and I are also noticing a little weight >loss and we feel > > >better. We don't eat after dinner anymore, which is >bound to help too. > > > > > >Thanks guys for giving me the courage to stick with >this for another > > >week! > > > > > >Becky > > > > > > > >________ > > The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see >yours: $0 by Experian. > > ><http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERA\ GE>http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVER\ AGE > > > >Shay Butter! > >________ >We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love >(and love to hate): TV's Guilty Pleasures list. ><http://tv./collections/265>http://tv./collections/265 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 On shopping: For those of you who are new to raw foods, I have a heartening proclamation to make with regards to shopping and food expenditures: Raw food grocery shopping gets CHEAPER the longer you eat raw!!!! Yey!!! Why? The longer you eat raw, the more you crave whole, totally unprocessed foods! Yey! Look at your shopping list: what's expensive? It's not the apples, it's not the flax seeds, it's the olive oil, it's the " raw " almond butter, it's (yikes!) the " raw " cocoa powder, etc. For me, when I transitioned to raw foods the second time round, I actually moved out of my apartment, because I couldn't afford the rent I was paying plus the raw foods I was purchasing. The first time had been an immediate one-day-to-the-next 100% instinctive change, due to a medical emergency--I had known nothing about the " raw food diet " at the time, just knew I never wanted to see the inside of a hospital again and found myself suddenly operating instinctively, eating only whole, raw foods, unmixed and unspiced: it saved my life, quite literally, but a few months later, I became overly confident about my medical " miracle " and drifted back towards the cooked and mixed gourmet foods my family and friends were unrelentingly tempting me with. When I started feeling quite unwell again (3 months) and developping symptoms that reminded me of how sick I had been before, I read about the " raw foods diet " for the first time, began to understand what had happened to me during my instinctive eating/medical " miracle " healing phase, and consciously decided to transition back to raw foods for good. The first time was easy-- there's nothing like the threat of death to get yourself in order!! The second time was expensive, and time-consuming, but rendered less difficult than I think it could have been thanks to a loving companion who made the transition with me. In the first month of my transition, I craved fats and sweets. Extra virgin " alive " olive oil, olives, " raw " almond butter, raw honey, coconuts, almonds, walnuts, macademias, avocados, " raw " tahini, dates, " raw " cocoa powder and cocoa nibs were being consumed at an alarming rate. Also, since I lived in NYC, I had juice bars and health food stores all around me and frequently bought prepared raw foods (cookies, crackers, pies, living granola, juices, smoothies, etc.) It sure is nice that all these things exist, but for me, it's even nicer to know that after a month or so of that, you really mostly want just fresh foods, and that a month or so after that, you don't even want mixed foods so much, and a salad dressing made of puréed tomatoes and parsely becomes much more appealing than oil or tahini-based dressings. These days (6 months after the second transition), we mainly buy sproutable organic legumes, seeds and grains (lentils, quinoa, sunflower, mung and flax are all wonderfully cheap), lots of greens (spinach, kale, collard, arugula, romaine), veggies (beets, carrots, celery and yams) and lots of fresh fruit (apples, bananas, berries, and oodles of citrus), plus young coconuts from an Asian market (60% cheaper than from Whole Foods or health foods store). Aaaaahhhh.... Life is good. -Storm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Storm: It is so great to read this. I've played with macrobiotic eating, which is very expensive... lots of exotic ingredients that really add up. But what you say makes sense.. you start wanting simpler ingredients, and produce is much cheaper than a lot of processed food. I love spending lots of time in the produce section, and walking by the processed food aisles. It just feels so right! Julian rawfood , " Love Food Lane " <lovefoodlaughter wrote: > > On shopping: > > For those of you who are new to raw foods, I have a heartening proclamation to make with > regards to shopping and food expenditures: > Raw food grocery shopping gets CHEAPER the longer you eat raw!!!! > Yey!!! > Why? > The longer you eat raw, the more you crave whole, totally unprocessed foods! Yey! Look at > your shopping list: what's expensive? It's not the apples, it's not the flax seeds, it's the > olive oil, it's the " raw " almond butter, it's (yikes!) the " raw " cocoa powder, etc. > > For me, when I transitioned to raw foods the second time round, I actually moved out of > my apartment, because I couldn't afford the rent I was paying plus the raw foods I was > purchasing. The first time had been an immediate one-day-to-the-next 100% instinctive > change, due to a medical emergency--I had known nothing about the " raw food diet " at > the time, just knew I never wanted to see the inside of a hospital again and found myself > suddenly operating instinctively, eating only whole, raw foods, unmixed and unspiced: it > saved my life, quite literally, but a few months later, I became overly confident about my > medical " miracle " and drifted back towards the cooked and mixed gourmet foods my > family and friends were unrelentingly tempting me with. When I started feeling quite > unwell again (3 months) and developping symptoms that reminded me of how sick I had > been before, I read about the " raw foods diet " for the first time, began to understand what > had happened to me during my instinctive eating/medical " miracle " healing phase, and > consciously decided to transition back to raw foods for good. The first time was easy-- > there's nothing like the threat of death to get yourself in order!! The second time was > expensive, and time-consuming, but rendered less difficult than I think it could have been > thanks to a loving companion who made the transition with me. > > In the first month of my transition, I craved fats and sweets. Extra virgin " alive " olive oil, > olives, " raw " almond butter, raw honey, coconuts, almonds, walnuts, macademias, > avocados, " raw " tahini, dates, " raw " cocoa powder and cocoa nibs were being consumed at > an alarming rate. Also, since I lived in NYC, I had juice bars and health food stores all > around me and frequently bought prepared raw foods (cookies, crackers, pies, living > granola, juices, smoothies, etc.) It sure is nice that all these things exist, but for me, it's > even nicer to know that after a month or so of that, you really mostly want just fresh > foods, and that a month or so after that, you don't even want mixed foods so much, and a > salad dressing made of puréed tomatoes and parsely becomes much more appealing than > oil or tahini-based dressings. > > These days (6 months after the second transition), we mainly buy sproutable organic > legumes, seeds and grains (lentils, quinoa, sunflower, mung and flax are all wonderfully > cheap), lots of greens (spinach, kale, collard, arugula, romaine), veggies (beets, carrots, > celery and yams) and lots of fresh fruit (apples, bananas, berries, and oodles of citrus), > plus young coconuts from an Asian market (60% cheaper than from Whole Foods or health > foods store). > > Aaaaahhhh.... > > Life is good. > > -Storm > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Storm Are you talking organic produce, because for me that's what's so expensive. Example, a case of Fuji apples at the local farmers mrket cost me at the highest $25 a case of organic apples would cost me $100 four lettuces at the market cost me um $4 four organic lettuces cost me $12 bucks. This is before eating totally raw which means I would need a larger quantity. I haven't given up hope that prices will go down soon, and luckily we can grow lot's of veggies and some small fruits in the summer. I do need to adjust my thinking some and I guess my grocery list. Ayana Devoted wife to Mwangi( 7-23-99) WAHMum to Amirech(12) and baby Zena(7mths) Making a positive difference in the world, one child, one heart , one day at a time. Today is a great day to learn something new! No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Mail for Mobile. Get started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Ayana, Yes, we buy only organic produce. But we often buy directly from farmers. Look at this website to find farmers near you who do CSA: http://www.localharvest.org/csa/ Also, are you sprouting yet? Sprouting reduces raw food costs in a huge way. Quinoa and red lentils are nutrient-dense, delicious, and very cheap! We have some sprouting all the time. And sunflower seeds! We almost always have some sunflower-seed cheese around. And flax seeds, soaked and dehydrated into tasty flax seed crackers! All of those are under $3/lb. If you don't have them yet, I highly recommend the Sprout Master sprouting trays! available here: http://www.sproutpeople.com/devices/sproutmaster/sm.html At first, I would recommend choosing chard or kale over lettuce--more bang for your buck, because you might not be absorbing a high percentage of nutrients yet, due to cooked-food build-up. Also: if you're not morally or otherwise opposed to it, organic eggs are highly nutritious and cheap and safe to eat raw--you can make your own mayonnaise or salad-dressing (that's what caesar-salad dressing is traditionally--raw egg and herbs!!) dehydrator- meringues or mousses or puddings as a transitional step. If I can help you in any other way, let me know! -Storm rawfood , Ayana Moore <shebassong wrote: > > Storm > Are you talking organic produce, because for me that's what's so expensive. Example, a case of Fuji apples at the local farmers mrket cost me at the highest $25 a case of organic apples would cost me $100 four lettuces at the market cost me um $4 four organic lettuces cost me $12 bucks. This is before eating totally raw which means I would need a larger quantity. I haven't given up hope that prices will go down soon, and luckily we can grow lot's of veggies and some small fruits in the summer. I do need to adjust my thinking some and I guess my grocery list. > > > Ayana > Devoted wife to Mwangi( 7-23-99) WAHMum to Amirech(12) and baby Zena(7mths) > Making a positive difference in the world, one child, one heart , one day at a time. > Today is a great day to learn something new! > > > > No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go > with Mail for Mobile. Get started. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Thanks so much for all the info, now I have more questions. First off, what exactly do you do with sprouts? In the past I've had them on sandwiches and occassionally in salads. What else? Didn't really think of the kale/lettuce thing. Ironic though as I bought kale just yesterday because the store didn't have romaine. Also, as I transision more organic produce into our lives, which ones should I be starting with, or some really better than others as far as pesticide residue etc? Ayana Today is a great day to learn something new! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Ayana, (my two cents here) Juliano has a book out called " Raw: The Uncook Book " . It in he gives a lentil sprout soup recipe that I'm about to try. About organic produce, it's mostly important to get the produce that you eat the skin of - apples, peaches - organic. At least with oranges and bananas, the pesticide stays on the skin you compost. hope this helps! Juian rawfood , " shebassong " <shebassong wrote: > > Thanks so much for all the info, now I have more questions. First off, > what exactly do you do with sprouts? In the past I've had them on > sandwiches and occassionally in salads. What else? Didn't really > think of the kale/lettuce thing. Ironic though as I bought kale just > yesterday because the store didn't have romaine. Also, as I > transision more organic produce into our lives, which ones should I be > starting with, or some really better than others as far as pesticide > residue etc? > > > Ayana > > Today is a great day to learn something new! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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