"You talk tough to me, and it makes me smile."

[hermionesviolin]

There is more kitchenware in my kitchen than I had originally given Roomie credit for.  How did I not notice there was a blender?  I see fruit smoothies in my future.  (Just fruit and ice, though.  Not doing the yogurt blend a la Ari.)

I made pinto beans tonight.  And by "made" I mean "did that process called soaking but didn't actually do anything else with them before eating them."  I mean, this is me we're talking about after all.  I had meant to put avocados on the grocery list, though.  (Qdoba is turning me into a fan.)

It's Farmers' Market season -- and more importantly, I'm trying to consume less packaged food.  What's in season currently?  Is there a website that would tell me this?

Also: veganlunchbox

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Oh, Lorraine, due to busyness, I only got your package mailed out this morning.

I had a ton of stamps but can't find them in my boxes (yes, mom; I hear you shaming me), so now I have a box of Crops of the Americas stamps.

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Despite all the stuff I could (justifiably) whine about, I'm in a really good mood.

Comments

Do you know, I can't eat movie theater popcorn anymore? How sad.

[speacechilde.livejournal.com]

i've just had a thought: do you mean packaged food (any food that happens to be in a package, including rice) or processed food (e.g. meal-in-a-box, shelf life of 400 years)? By which I mean, is this some kind of Transcendentalist diet, where you only consume raw vegetables whose root gatherings are under six inches long, or is it more of a "Gee, I should really cut back on the chemicals" thing?

If you're trying to wean yourself off of additives (which i've had to do, so i know how tough it is), the most important thing to do is to read labels very carefully. You'd be amazed at what has Red 40 in it. Or Yellow 5 and 6. Breakfast cereals--even the "healthy" ones are awful about this.
Also, the dread high fructose corn syrup...

Re: Do you know, I can't eat movie theater popcorn anymore? How sad.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

You're right; "processed" is more accurate than "packaged" for what I meant; it's very much the latter scenario you named. (Thoreau makes me violent.)