The first baby step that I will take in this process is to purge my refrigerator, freezer, and cabinets of processed foods. When I say purge, what I really mean is to binge on exactly those foods that I want to get rid of. Yes, you read that right. I'm not into throwing away perfectly fine food (even if it is not exactly "fine" due to being completely processed). You see, I decided to actually start making these changes just one day after I had gone grocery shopping with my usual list of what to buy for the week. Included on said list were things like frozen beef stir-fry, alfredo sauce, and a bag of some kind of Jimmy Dean skillet thing (which really doesn't sound appealing but anything that contains the words Jimmy Dean in the name is probably going to be pretty delicious...just sayin'). I also considered not starting this process until I went on my next grocery shopping trip, but I didn't want to be one of those people that says "Oh, I'll start next week," because I usually am one of those people that says that and then I never actually do it. So I am starting today with this very step and I am going to enjoy every moment of every bite of the highly-processed foods that are currently infesting my food storage space.
And that is one step in my process of going unprocessed.
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This sounds awesome Lauren! I can't wait to hear how everything progresses for you!
ReplyDeleteI did try to do this with my sugar for a while. I only used sugar in the raw, since it is not all processed to make it white and granulated. My baking and other food turned out great, but it was quite a bit more costly. I also moved to whole wheat flour for cooking with. It also worked well, but I would only use partial whole wheat if you decide to do that.
Have fun! It will be well worth it!