Heck yeah! A pair of striped blue pants fit... take that back... have room to spare in them! Before they'd be a bit loose in the waist and borderline too tight in the thighs. I'm psyched! It feels good to see progress in the form of clothes fitting.
Today I went to the Minneapolis Farmer's market which was great! I've never really been to a big farmer's market like that. I also checked out an informational booth on a CSA @ the EP Dunn Brothers and I'm thinking it could be worth it if I split it with someone else --potentially one of my book club friends (the one I went to all of this with). I ended up getting like 6 peppers, bok choy, and a head of broccoli for $9. Maybe not much cheaper than the grocery store but all was locally grown which made me feel good.
Tonights menu will involve fajitas using those peppers and some peppers I received from a fellow member of my women's group. I'll be using the bok choy, peppers and broccoli for some homemade stir fry.
I constantly rotate between being fired up about where my food comes from and being food apathetic. It always happens when I'm reading something food/diet related and this is no exception. I'm reading "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver. It's about how her family decided to live off whatever they could grow themselves or get locally for food. It has recipes in it too which I may be stealing some of.
Also coinciding with my food conciousness, the big egg recall. It just bugs me that these outbreaks happen and on such a large scale. The food industry treats all of these as a "buyer beware" situation where it's up to the consumers to be responsible for thorough cooking of their food and constantly fight regulation and consumer protection measures that would put more accountability where its due: food processing and growing. It all really makes me hate our food system.
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