Today I started my official 30 days without processed foods.
I had a chocolate smoothie for breakfast (a few teaspoons of cocoa powder to cover up the taste of the green veggies that probably wouldn't taste great as a beverage). It was delicious. But the downside of nutrient rich fruits and veggies is they have no calories. I spent most of mid morning trying to get full off snacks of fruit, nuts, and finally, a bowl of chickpeas for lunch.
At this point I realized I probably needed groceries to make this work. I headed over to Sprouts to bag my own lentils and brown rice. In the midst of bagging some ground flax seed while looking longingly at the various kinds of delicious treats nearby, I noticed a child sticking his hands in a barrell of candy. He threw the candy up and down, digged his hands in deeper, picked up as much as he could and let it drop back into the communal barrell. I looked around in search of a parent for this child, and finally one yelled at him to get his hands out of there. I advise never touching communal containers full of candy. If you're going to eat sugary treats, spend the extra money on pre-packaged. It's not very green, but might save you some gross illnesses. I have enough doubt about a kid's desire to run their fingers through lentils or flax seed to trust those bins more.
I had picked out an unprocessed dessert recipe involving dates, which I quickly realized... I don't know what they look like. I briefly debated asking a store employee where I could find dates, but backed out for fear they'd interpret it romantically, as I didn't see anyone around that I was interested in, in that way.
I came home and made this for dinner. Yum! I totally have this unprocessed food thing down. Stay away from things kids like and touch and lick in public.
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