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Clean Eating Must Haves
If you follow clean eating, what are your must haves from Trader Joe's and Whole Foods?
Re: Clean Eating Must Haves
I don't shop at either of those places, often, due to the driving distance.
Instead I shop at a local store (Haggen) and a co-op in my town (I'm right in the middle of farms so we get LOTS of fresh stuff all the time)
My must-haves are just.. whatever is seasonal as far as fruits and veggies. Seasonal buying is better for your local and government economies, as well as better for the environment on a MULTITUDE of levels. It also means you are buying things in their natural time-frame to grow, so it's more likely to be less to no GMO, more organic, and better tasting.
I rarely buy anything that comes in boxes, because that often implies processed crap. (Kashi, the company that claims "all natural"? Yeah.. They use all GMO stuff and just don't tell you. No thanks)
My must-haves as far as pantry stuff goes include:
chick-peas (make my own hummus when I'm feeling game)
1 ingredient Almond or Peanut butter (I use it to make homemade protein bars)
Oatmeal (I grind it up to make oatmeal "flour" for baking) as well as cornmeal, quinoa/quinoa flour.
Coconut milk
Lentils
Dried beans (most canned beans have added sugar in them. Most put it on the label so you can see, but if the company is putting less than a certain %, they don't have to post it on the label)
Be aware that just because you're buying from Trader Joes and Whole foods, doesn't mean you are buying perfectly organic, free range, happy animals and plants... This is a good article regarding eggs..
http://www.cheeseslave.com/how-to-buy-organic-eggs-pastured-vs-free-range-eggs/
THIS is a great resource list for Clean Eating:
http://livelifeactive.com/2012/02/29/eating-clean-approved-foods-list/
And this will show you what labels to look for, where the best places to shop are, and eat are, for truly healthy meals that are less pain on your morals if you're concerned about the fair treatment of livestock, chickens, etc
http://www.greenerchoices.org/eco-labels/