For those who have questions about buying organic for a large family, here is what I do.<\/p>\n
Yes, it can be very expensive, so I tend to pick and choose what I buy organic.<\/p>\n
Somewhere out there\u00a0 is a list of which fruits and veggies are the most heavily sprayed, I tend to go off that.\u00a0 And also what my kids are willing to eat.<\/p>\n
I always buy organic apples because my kids love apples.\u00a0 And because they eat the skin of the apple.\u00a0 Things that have a protective outer cover (like bananas) are not high on my “buy organic” list because the outer covering tend to protect the part you eat from the pesticides.\u00a0 I like to buy organic red peppers (my fave veggie) but they are harder to find.<\/p>\n
I *always* buy organic milk.\u00a0 If nothing else, you should do this.\u00a0 Esp. if you have girls.<\/p>\n
Everything else I kind of pick and choose.\u00a0 If there are two options, I will buy the organic version.\u00a0 And check out your local grocery store.\u00a0 We have a Meijers here and they have there own organic house brand.\u00a0 I buy that A LOT.\u00a0 Everything from milk, to beans (my kids eat a lot of beans- could explains a few things….), jelly, chips….It’s cheaper than going to Whole Foods.<\/p>\n
I hope that helps- I don’t want to go on and on about it.\u00a0 We also eat a ton of junk.\u00a0 We tend to be a “everything in moderation” kind of family.<\/p>\n
And despite some of my best intentions, Cole has declared that the Jiff and white bread he got at a friends house was WAY better than the organic peanut butter and whole wheat bread he gets served at home.\u00a0 So he now refuses peanut butter sandwiches.<\/p>\n
But I still try.<\/p>\n
As for the coupons and such- I don’t do them.\u00a0 I can’t remember to take them or I end up at the store when I have 5 minutes between here and there.\u00a0 I would love to do them, but I found that they are mostly for the heavily processed foods anyway.\u00a0 Plus it wold require organization and I am more fly by the seat of my pants.\u00a0 Unfortunately.<\/p>\n
Oh and try Costco if you have one.\u00a0 I find a ton of organic stuff there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For those who have questions about buying organic for a large family, here is what I do. Yes, it can be very expensive, so I tend to pick and choose what I buy organic. Somewhere out there\u00a0 is a list of which fruits and veggies are the most heavily sprayed, I tend to go off that.\u00a0 And also what my kids are willing to eat. I always buy organic apples because my kids love apples.\u00a0 And because they eat the skin of the apple.\u00a0 Things that have a protective outer cover (like bananas) are not high on my “buy organic” list because the outer covering tend to protect the part you eat from the pesticides.\u00a0 I like to buy organic red peppers (my fave veggie) but they are harder to find. I *always* buy organic milk.\u00a0 If nothing else, you should do this.\u00a0 Esp. if you have girls. Everything else I kind of pick and choose.\u00a0 If there are two options, I will buy the organic version.\u00a0 And check out your local grocery store.\u00a0 We have a Meijers here and they have there own organic house brand.\u00a0 I buy that A LOT.\u00a0 Everything from milk, to beans (my kids eat a lot of beans- could explains a few things….), jelly, chips….It’s cheaper than going to Whole Foods. I hope that helps- I don’t want to go on and on about it.\u00a0 We also eat a ton of junk.\u00a0 We tend to be a “everything in moderation” kind of family. And despite some of my best intentions, Cole has declared that the Jiff and white bread he got at a friends house was WAY better than the organic peanut butter and whole wheat bread he gets served at home.\u00a0 So he now refuses peanut butter sandwiches. But I still try. As for the coupons and such- I don’t do them.\u00a0 I can’t remember to take them or I end up at the store when I have 5 minutes between here and there.\u00a0 I would love to do them, but I found that they are mostly for the heavily processed foods anyway.\u00a0 Plus it wold require organization and I am more fly by the seat of my pants.\u00a0 Unfortunately. Oh and try Costco if you have one.\u00a0 I find a ton of organic stuff there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[514],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-organic-food"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21352,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions\/21352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}