How often do YOU shop for Fruits and Veggies?

[Graciebeliever]

Well,
I can see now that there is a need for shopping more often because, I either run out of stuff to eat, or I buy too much of something and I have to eat it till im green in the face before it goes bad :eek:

Can you guys give me some ideas of what your RAW buying habits are like so I can avoid some of the pitfalls of handling so much fresh produce?

Any and all suggestions will be SO appreciated!!

[Lay-Lay]

Before raw I shopped once a month, but now I shop once a week.

[Tirza]

It is just my husband and me at home and we shop twice a week.

If we don't get around to it and it stretches out toward a week, we are in real trouble. Totally out of many things, and the things that are still here are going bad already.

I have 2 fridges, no freezer-just the freezers in the fridges. I keep my nuts and dried fruits and bananas and frozen desserts in there. For nuts etc. I usually buy enough at one time to last me a month. It is the fresh stuff I get twice a week.

[Tirza]

It is just my husband and me at home and we shop twice a week. When I get the produce, especially the spinach, parsley, cilantro-anything leafy-I wash and dry it then put it in vegetable bags. It stores way better and then I don't have it to do every time I need to use something.

If we don't get around to it and it stretches out toward a week, we are in real trouble-totally out of many things, and the things that are still here are going bad already. When I see some things starting to go too limp, I put them in the freezer. I actually like using my greens for my smoothies in a frozen state. In this weather it is more refreshing to have them really cold rather than at room temp. I know it isn't the ideal to freeze them, but it is either that or lose them sometimes.

I have 2 fridges, no freezer-just the freezers in the fridges. I keep my nuts and dried fruits and bananas and frozen desserts in there. For nuts etc. I usually buy enough at one time to last me a month. It is the fresh stuff I get twice a week.

[Framboise]

For my greens, I go twice a week because I find they do not stay fresh enough for a whole week but that is maybe because I do not know how to store them properly. I wonder if it's better to keep them in paper bags or plastic bags. Plastic is so... UNNATURAL. I sometimes put them in tupperware, but that too is plastic. How did people stock things before plastic came along????

Fruit usually lasts me a week, because I make sure I buy fruit that is already ripe as well as fruit that still needs ripening. I shop mostly at the open-air markets for my fruits and vegetables and occasionally at the organic shop.

Non-perishable foods I buy about once a week as I run out of them or am in need.

[JennaBoBenna]

I go shopping just about every other day. I don't buy a lot at once, though.

[juliebove]

Well, for starters I get an organic produce box each week, with the exception of some weeks in the summer. I also have a small garden so sometimes most of what's in the box is a duplicate of what I already have a lot of. I really have to buy less in the summer because of the garden. I can also add things to my organic produce box. So there have been some rare weeks when I didn't need to buy anything else. I could get all I needed right there in that one shipment.

But most of the time, I make another trip or two to the store for additional items. I eat a lot of bell peppers and they don't necessarily last for a week. Same for tomatoes and lettuce. But I stock up on things like onions because they last a long time at room temp.

My biggest problem is making sure not to buy too much produce. There have been times I have to throw a lot of it away because it spoils before I can eat it. Used to be I could make a big pot of soup and throw any extra produce in it. Problem solved! But I can't do that any more. Something that was slightly wilted might not be noticed in a cooked dish, but there is no way I will eat it raw.

I've also had to become a little more varied as to what I eat. I used to have bell peppers every day for lunch. Now I don't stress about it if I am out of peppers. I simply eat tomato, celery or whatever else I have. It might not be my first choice, but by eating this way I am less likely to have stuff I need to throw away.

[DavidZaneMason]

-I prefer fresh fruit, so I like to grab stuff about every other day....or every day even. No biggie.

-David Mason

[Coriander74]

at least once a week, especially with the heat here, a lot of my produce starts to wilt before I can get to it.

Sometimes, every day if I'm looking for something in particular

[chilove]

I eat mostly fruit, so to stay on top of the ripening process, I find it is best to go at least every other day. Often I go daily I don't mind going that often. I like being around all the fruits and veggies.

All the best,

Audrey
www.rawhealing.com

[Cinnamon]

Two or three times a week, sometimes every other day to get things as fresh as I can. But I do enjoy shopping for fresh produce so I sure don't mind!

[Nini]

Twice a week!

[Guydiane]

Tirza

Thanks for the info I never thopugth of freezing my greens it is a great idea, and it has been 114 here so it makes it nice/

[Secret Heart]

I too go twice a week...plus I have a green box of organic goodies delivered once a week!!!! I eat soooo much....love it all!

Heather

p.s. I really hate overripe bananas ....I have a fine line before they are destined for the freezer and smoothies!