The guidelines for food in your kitchen, according to www.precisionnutrition.com, are close to three ingredients on a food label, and to recognize how many steps of processing the food went through to make it to that state! (for example, from tomato to ketchup or from a natural grain to sliced bread, etc)
I have to admit...I used to be that person who grocery shopped at Walmart MAYBE twice a month. I would steer clear of food that would spoil too fast because we NEVER ate the groceries I bought anyway!
Think of that food in your stomach. If you can leave it in your refrigerator for over a month and it still be ok...I wonder what that month old food looks like at the bottom of my gut??
I now go to the grocery store at least twice a week! I have totally enjoyed it. Who else hates the grocery store? Come on, I see you shaking your head. But what is it that we hate about it? (I was in that boat with you shaking my head! We almost tipped over! LOL) Stay there for hours? Hate checking out? Lugging the groceries to your car? Lugging the groceries in the house? Then having to put them all away? uuuugggg...I know!
BUT, picture this...I never get more than 3 or 4 bags full. (now, maybe not on that trip to get cleaners, toilet paper, paper towels, shampoos, etc! Make your spouse go with you on that trip!) I only have to go to the produce and meat sections, and it is kind of fun! Have noticed the sweet little vegetable men and meat guys that are there to assist you in anything you are looking for? They do not have these guys in the frozen food sections! We try to get food that does not have a label at all! Check out our meal the other night!
(Eeeekk...ok...we wrapped that chicken with bacon, but most of it fell off and we fed it to our puppy anyway! And maybe that is the tip to juicy chicken breasts...wrap with bacon while cooking and not partake it in....more on this grilling at a later date!)
Chicken breast (about the size of my palm) on a bed of asparagus. Go ahead, have as many as you want! With a side of zucchini, mushroom and bell pepper slices! mmmmmmm
What is your favorite meal that includes all foods without packaging or a label?


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