Sunday, July 13, 2014

Produce...Good for Health, Hard on the Budget!


Red is for vitamin C

As you’ve read in previous posts, there is never a shortage of food in Korea…they are definitely an eating culture.  So, my plan of attack has been to eat mainly salads for dinner when I cook at home.  Well, I’ve run into a little problem with that plan…produce is so darn expensive!!!

I haven’t been saving as much money as I had hoped, so I took a look at my finances to see where it’s all going.  I was a little shocked to learn that a huge chunk is groceries.  This has caused me to change my eating habits.  I’m going to stick to my omelet for breakfast (one egg and one egg white with lots of peppers and onions).  My school lunches will remain my biggest meal of the day.  Dinner…instead of tuna salad and fruit…is now a green smoothie.  Spinach is pretty cheap, and I can usually get a good deal on browning bananas.  When you freeze them for smoothies, the browning doesn’t matter.  And I’m thrilled to say…I found PB2!!!!  There’s on online store called iHerb that ships to Korea pretty inexpensively.  Add that to my smoothies, and it’s great tasting with some added protein!

Hopefully the plan B will help me maintain my wait AND ease my pocket book! : )  I will admit, though, I’m going to miss eating an abundance of produce.  Produce is just so powerful!!

Produce Rainbow

Can’t wait for that tasty strawberry.

Orange is for vitamin C as well as good ol’ A
Baby carrots are the way.

Yellow adds potassium
Bananas…I’m excited when I see ‘em.

Green throws in some folic acid
Spinach I ate it all, I did!

Blue provides some antioxidant power
I should eat blueberries every hour!

Indigo…ummm…I’m stuck…uh-oh
At least the poem keeps me in the know.

Violet has vitamins and a little manganese
Grapes...gotta get me some of these!

So many options, it’s hard to choose!

I’ll eat them all so I can lose!

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