Some grocery shopping ideas for us - have fun in the garden as now we are getting some harvest.

I planted some really awesome crisp lettuce plants and watched them growing - all of a sudden one day they were gone. Now we have rabbit fencing so rabbits can't get inside. Well, our 1 year old puppy decided the lettuce was his and ate all of the plants, roots and all. He is now checking out the intriguing red balls growing on the cherry tomato plants.

Though we grow quite a bit of our food, there are a lot of items that we still need to purchase at the grocery store. I know what a challenge it can be to navigate the aisles and make the right choices for your family. You want to buy the best foods, but what ARE the best foods and how can they be affordable? Once you learn how to grocery shop and unravel the mysteries of buying healthy foods on a budget, however, you’ll be able to provide the people you love most with wonderful, nutritious foods without painfully overspending.
TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Don’t Break the Bank on Health Foods
• Mama Z’s Full-Length Shopping Tour
• Is Organic Really Necessary?
• Healthy Grocery Shopping on a Budget
• Healthy Shopping List for Weight Loss

DON’T BREAK THE BANK ON HEALTH FOODS
The “health food” market has become a racket over the years. If you add the words “healthy” or “natural” to a product label, people think that they are made of gold and stores seem to price them to match that idea. This can be so discouraging to those who are wanting to eat a healthier diet or feed healthy foods to their families. The pricing on these items simply isn’t budget friendly for a lot of people…and guess what? Much of that so-called “health food” you are loading into your shopping cart probably isn’t even that good for you!
Instead of buying these foods that are super inflated in price, there are so many more affordable, nutritious options that you can purchase for your family. It is absolutely possible to eat wonderful, healthy foods every single day and buy them from the supermarket without breaking the bank. You just need to learn a few simple tips and tricks that will help you keep your budget within control and how to make the right choices as you navigate the aisles of the grocery store.
We’ll help you understand what to purchase, what to avoid, and how to grocery shop in a way to make the most of your grocery budget, feeding yourself and your family the nutritious foods that God intended for us all to enjoy!
Involve the children in gardening, what they grow and tend to they will eat, like having them help cook they will eat what the cook.   Get their hands in the earth, dirt, ground - resets their body clock and balance - you do it also..
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IS ORGANIC REALLY NECESSARY?
Some people mistakenly believe that in order for a food to be healthy, it must be organic. While there are some foods that you should always purchase with the organic label, there are others where this simply isn’t necessary. Organic fruits and vegetables are absolutely important when you are shopping for certain foods, but for others, it is really a giant waste of your money to seek out organics.
THE DIRTY DOZEN AND THE CLEAN FIFTEEN
When you are learning how to grocery shop on a budget, it is important to understand what fruits and veggies should be purchased organic and which ones organic isn’t necessary. The easiest way is to learn the “dirty dozen” and the “clean fifteen”. These are lists of the fruits and vegetables that are most heavily treated with pesticides and chemicals and those which are the least likely to cause you to consume dangerous chemicals and components. Print them out and keep them in your purse or wallet or save the list in your phone so you can check it as you grocery shop!

The Dirty Dozen includes:  These need to be double soaked and rinsed well.  Soak in baking soda (1/3-1/2 cup in 2 cups water) and let soak well.   Swish around and then rinse well (very well)  you can also second soak them in 3% hydrogen peroxide for 5 minutes and then rinse well again before eating.   These all most likely are sprayed (always get code beginning with #9, never any other code)
1. Strawberries
2. Spinach
3. Nectarines
4. Apples
5. Grapes
6. Peaches
7. Cherries
8. Pears
9. Tomatoes
10. Celery
11. Potatoes
12. Sweet bell peppers

The Clean Fifteen includes: These have tougher skin coverings, but still soak them well in Baking soda and rinse well.  
1. Avocados
2. Sweet corn
3. Pineapples
4. Cabbages
5. Onions
6. Sweet peas
7. Papayas
8. Asparagus
9. Mangoes
10. Eggplants
11. Honeydew melons
12. Kiwis
13. Cantaloupes
14. Cauliflower
15. Broccoli
A few chunks of Pineapple skins and some pineapple inside cubes blended with cayenne pepper, turmeric, black pepper is great for colds. flu, coughs.  
Remember colds and flu are not viral infections but actually your body detoxing.  We have been told it is viral based and we can get a cold by being outside in the cold with a wet head, nope, more lies from the "elite power hungry ones"   -  it is just our body detoxing so important to let fever be there (unless higher than 101 then peppermint oil on feet, tummy button, chest, back etc or tylenol to bring fever down - and 2-3 slices of raw white potato on bottom of feet and socks on feet all night)  

Dixie Nielsen
Health & Wellness Leader