Good Morning all! I was out most of the day tomorrow selling things and then I met up with a friend for a yogurt dinner (new place-they have everything ;) Afterwards we took a group of ten girls to see Cinderella at my university. These girls come from one of the worst areas in the neighborhood and it was a night full of great moments. My personal favorite was riding back in the van, listening to music and all of us singing along =)
On the way back, I was talking to my friend about the program and we got to food and nutrition. We got on the topic of kid nutrition because many of the girls aren't getting the right nutrition and also cost. Many of the families can only avoid the cheapest foods meaning white bread, sugary foods and snacks and low grade meat. We've tried offering them healthy foods when we feed them dinner, but they don't really want it. It seems like nutrition has become more 'class and economy based' than what someone wants. I mean, I can afford my Ezeikel Sprouted grain bread and organic veggies...they cannot and its odd to emerge from that environment and back to your own.
Today's going to be all over the place for me. I'm taking my brothers girlfriend out to lunch and then having a craft night with a friend. Knitting, quilting and good times :) In between I'm organziing things, working on university things and working on the usual cleaning and laundry. We have our new dishwasher in and I like it-nice sleek design and no dish pile-ups!
What are you up to today?
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I agree with you about the food costs. My boyfriend and I both buy more wholesome food like whole grain bakery bread as opposed to Wonder Bread as well as tons of fresh fruit and veggies. It it an economic factor though that unless you're growing it yourself, it can be hard to afford it.
I'll admit that I don't necessarily only buy things in season or wait for sales on some of our favorite foods, but I can still keep our grocery budget under $250 per month now for a family of three with two dogs and a cat, and that includes a lot of fresh stuff in a northern state (where fresh stuff is often at least 2x as expensive as it is in a southern state). My five year old son eats 4-5 servings of veggies everyday (at least 50% fresh, and most of the rest frozen), and 2-4 of fruits. If I had to, I'm sure I could cut our grocery budget even lower without giving up fruits and veggies, although it probably would mean more frozen veggies than what we currently eat.
Thank you for sharing :-)