sidrah
04-18-2010, 03:19 AM
So, Friday night at Target I picked up a Jack La Lanne Juicer and Oster Food Processor. I know others have more expensive things, but I had to be reasonable. I am a teacher and extra money usually goes to school supplies. Yes, I do get excited when fine point green and purple pens are on sale at Staples. You have to see me when notebooks are a nickel a piece!
Anyhow, I picked those up last night and tonight I went to Whole Foods among other places. I was at differing times both in awe and in shock. I got radishes for a great price, but the honeydew I picked up turned out to be $9 FOR ONE. I am into supporting local organic farmers and picked up as much varied fruit as I could, but I cannot do one piece of fruit for that price. A bag of carrots was 19.99; it has 25 lbs of carrots in there. My favorite purchase of the day was Lotus Root. Lotus root and ginger is great for healing inflammations and especially soothing ulcers, which this end of the year school report/paperwork thing is getting my stomach to. I'm not a fan of medicine/pills, so I used to eat it in college and it does work pretty well. I read about it in a home remedy book way back...
I was looking for star fruit and found it but it was $5, so not today. There is one place I go to for guava and blood oranges, so maybe later in the summer when prices are less crazy for fruit. Tomorrow is my Farmers Market Day so we'll see what I find. I think I am okay with Spinach for now. Now, on Chef vs. City they had durian, so it reminded me to log in and write something new and hopefully, interesting.
Question for you guys- Raw brussel sprouts? How do you eat them, just chomp away like you would an apple? Juicer? Cut up and eat in salad? They just don't sing to me as an eat me raw vegetable. I like them, but always steam or sautee them, so I was wondering.
Anyhow, I picked those up last night and tonight I went to Whole Foods among other places. I was at differing times both in awe and in shock. I got radishes for a great price, but the honeydew I picked up turned out to be $9 FOR ONE. I am into supporting local organic farmers and picked up as much varied fruit as I could, but I cannot do one piece of fruit for that price. A bag of carrots was 19.99; it has 25 lbs of carrots in there. My favorite purchase of the day was Lotus Root. Lotus root and ginger is great for healing inflammations and especially soothing ulcers, which this end of the year school report/paperwork thing is getting my stomach to. I'm not a fan of medicine/pills, so I used to eat it in college and it does work pretty well. I read about it in a home remedy book way back...
I was looking for star fruit and found it but it was $5, so not today. There is one place I go to for guava and blood oranges, so maybe later in the summer when prices are less crazy for fruit. Tomorrow is my Farmers Market Day so we'll see what I find. I think I am okay with Spinach for now. Now, on Chef vs. City they had durian, so it reminded me to log in and write something new and hopefully, interesting.
Question for you guys- Raw brussel sprouts? How do you eat them, just chomp away like you would an apple? Juicer? Cut up and eat in salad? They just don't sing to me as an eat me raw vegetable. I like them, but always steam or sautee them, so I was wondering.