Blueberries, strawberries and cherries
Live each season as it passes; breath the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit and resign yourself to the influences of each. -Henry David Thoreau
Summer harvest is on! There's a bounty of fruit and vegetables in the farmer's markets and grocery stores that isn't available the rest of the year. My stove has gone OFF, except for the occasional wild-caught salmon and hard-boiled eggs.
I find myself getting caught up in looking for local and organic offerings. Earlier in the season I was obsessed with delicious organic blueberries at their peak. Then they disappeared. Blueberries are one of my favorite foods, yet I almost stopped eating them because the most delicious organic ones seemed to disappear earlier in the season. Then I remembered that eating seasonal, fresh food is the best food to be eating. Even if it's not organic. Organically farmed produce is better for the environment, and I'd prefer to eat chemical free food, but sometimes it's just not available. Or sometimes you've lost your job, and you can't quite afford to buy organic food. It's OKAY. Here's your free pass to not feeling guilty (if you do). You're doing the right thing for the health of you and your loved ones by supplying them with fresh whole foods. Conventional fresh food is in a completely superior league to processed foods, even if they are organic processed foods. So keep filling your cart with conventional zucchini, apples and cherries.
And I'll keep eating New Jersey conventional blueberries. I'd rather buy them organic, but well-washed conventional blueberries at the peak of deliciousness are a happy alternative.
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What I ate: 2 lattes, 1 banana, Hawthorne Valley yogurt + blueberries + strawberries + ground flaxseed, blueberries, donut peach, 4 slices When Pigs Fly multigrain bread with pumpkin seeds, 2 with Jason's Hazelnut spread, 1 avocado, 1 heirloom tomato, 1 handful Herbert's spelt sticks, Cambodian sauteed tofu + broccoli, brown rice, cherries, 16 oz milk, water
Exercise: exercised the puppy - jogged 1.5 miles, walked 4 miles
