My friends and family have been frequently asking me what I buy and what's on my list because I'm so into reading and thinking about health. I will explain my philosophy on each later... everything listed below has health benefits and is just tasty.  This represents basically everything I eat (sometimes breaking this list when I eat out).  I would of course prefer to grow all of these things, but my schedule hasn't permitted at all times or I want things out of season.

Organic if possible, but especially anything which is eaten w/o a rind or peel (ex. Tomatoes, sweet peppers, and berries which are more vulnerable to insects, tested higher for pesticides than other fruits and veggies).  It is really hard to get these things without any waste (or at least plastic waste), but it can be done!

Weekly List:

  • Dark berries - Black berries, blueberries, raspberries

  • Arugula, baby kale, and/or spinach

  • Avocados

  • Broccoli

  • Broccoli Sprouts

  • Fresh mushrooms (more on mushrooms but for now - shitake, maitake, lions mane, oyster, reishi)

  • Fresh turmeric

  • Fresh garlic

  • Ginger

  • Onions - red, yellow, and green

  • Tomatoes

  • Red Bell Peppers, Jalapeno peppers, Poblano peppers

  • Purple cabbage

  • Eggplant for roasting and stir fry!

  • Radishes

  • Artichokes

  • Cilantro, Parsley, as many other fresh herbs as you can handle without food waste

  • Carrots

  • Plantains

  • Tempeh

  • Tofu (organic with calcium sulfate only)

  • Tropical Fruits - Mangos, Pineapple

  • Daikon

  • Lemon grass

  • Cheese (my guilty pleasure I can't give up! Super hippy organic cottage and other types of cheese from grass-fed happy cows if possible)

 

Monthly List: 

  • Walnuts, Pecans, almonds, macadamia, cashew, hazelnut

  • Brazil nuts (don’t eat more than 4 per day, selenium is good but you can have too much!!!)

  • Pumpkin and Sunflower Seeds

  • Flaxseed (better to grid yourself), hempseed shelled, chia seeds

  • Black beans (my favorite, dried) - and every other bean Red, Pinto, White, Black-eyed

  • Chickpeas (dried)

  • Lentils - green or red

  • Quinoa - Black and Red are best

  • Green tea https://shop.ikkyu-tea.com/

  • Steal cut oats or quinoa flakes

  • Honey

  • Kombucha

  • Apple Cider vinegar

  • Olive oil, sesame seed oil, canola (I read find out where your olive oil comes from - California avoids the risk of use of other oils)

  • Black pepper

  • Himalayan Salt

  • Ginger & tumeric roots

  • Cashew milk or soy milk (again there are only a few brands which are purely milk, water, salt, and nothing else. And they produce packaging waste)

  • Ezekiel bread (https://www.foodforlife.com/product/breads/ezekiel-49-flax-sprouted-whole-grain-bread)

  • Corn tortillas (read the backs, some are only organic corn and no preservatives https://www.foodforlife.com/products/tortillas)

  • Eggs (really fresh, happy chicken eggs, not very often)

  • Artichokes (glass jar in olive oil usually)

  • HOT SAUCE!!!! Either sontava or marie sharps Belizean heat

  • Goji Berries and Jujube Dates

  • Cocoa nibs, cocoa powder

  • 85% chocolate bar https://honokaachocolate.com/collections/dark-chocolate

  • Rice (Japanese short grain whites, red, black, brown — as clean as you can find)

  • Irish Moss (Maine coast vegetables) https://seaveg.com/

  • Dried Mushrooms (how do you make sure these are clean?)

  • Olives, capers, caper berries (these are very salty, so don’t eat many at a time)

  • Occasionally wild caught salmon But i worry about how it was fished and from where :( scuba diving makes you really worry about the affect of fishing on marine life. The farm raised salmon can be in really poor conditions which is good for no one either!

Other random things I love (seasonal, occasional, etc): 

  • Watermelons

  • Lychee

  • Young coconuts

  • Baby bananas

  • Dragon fruit