Fresh fruits and veggies

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I was chatting with a friend of mine and we got on the subject of grocery shopping and how expensive it is. I said that I couldn’t believe how high fruit had gone…grapes were about $5.00 a pound and I had paid nearly a dollar a piece for apples…

She said she doesn’t buy fresh produce…it’s too expensive! :eek:

This is a mother of 2 young children. I was shocked and, honestly, aggravated with her. Somehow, I managed to hold my tongue. We’ve been friends for years and years, since before either of us were mommies. Her kids are in private school, one plays ball on a very expensive traveling softball team (over $5,000 last year) and the other takes dance classes… and she smokes…which is an expensive habit. Yet, they can’t seem to find the money for strawberries and squash?

I was cutting up some pineapples for dessert tonight and I started thinking about it. I’ve heard that Americans, in general, don’t eat enough fresh fruits and veggies. So, lets kinda take a friendly little poll…for everyone…not just the Americans 😃 …

What FRESH fruits and vegetables are in your house right at this moment? Not what you generally buy/have, but what you have NOW. 🙂
 
Oranges
Bananas
Broccoli
Parsnips
Onions
Green Beans
Baby Spinach

😃

There is always a way to have fresh produce in the house. Tell your friend to check out a place like Save-a-Lot or Aldi if they are SOOOO poor they can’t afford fresh. :rolleyes:

~Liza
 
Grapefruit
Oranges
Apples (Pink Lady apples - my first time buying them and I hope they’re good)
Green grapes
Bananas
Strawberries
Raisins
Cherry Tomatoes
Baby Carrots
Celery
Romaine lettuce
Cilantro
Parsley

To be fair, the lettuce, cilantro and parsley, and half of the baby carrots are for the rabbit. But they are in MY house! 😃

Come Spring and Summer, our kids’ lunches are usually almost completely made up of fruit. They can eat to their fill - usually whatever fruit is in the house (they prefer strawberries, raspberries and bananas, and love apples for snacking) along with a few whole grain crackers and a stick of cheese. I wish we could do those lunches in the Fall and Winter, but the berries aren’t that great then.
 
danimay said:
I was chatting with a friend of mine and we got on the subject of grocery shopping and how expensive it is. I said that I couldn’t believe how high fruit had gone…grapes were about $5.00 a pound and I had paid nearly a dollar a piece for apples…

She said she doesn’t buy fresh produce…it’s too expensive! :eek:

This is a mother of 2 young children. I was shocked and, honestly, aggravated with her. Somehow, I managed to hold my tongue. We’ve been friends for years and years, since before either of us were mommies. Her kids are in private school, one plays ball on a very expensive traveling softball team (over $5,000 last year) and the other takes dance classes… and she smokes…which is an expensive habit. Yet, they can’t seem to find the money for strawberries and squash?

I was cutting up some pineapples for dessert tonight and I started thinking about it. I’ve heard that Americans, in general, don’t eat enough fresh fruits and veggies. So, lets kinda take a friendly little poll…for everyone…not just the Americans 😃 …

What FRESH fruits and vegetables are in your house right at this moment? Not what you generally buy/have, but what you have NOW. 🙂
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Good points! The American diet leads us in the cause for many diseases–notice our Japanese friends overseas–who eat entirely different, and have a fraction of the cancer rates we do. Diet is so very important…but I agree–produce is expensive, but we just buy less snacks now–and the kids have made the shift during Lent.

We have in our house:

*grapefruit, strawberries, and blueberries
*raisins
*oranges
*apples
*tomatoes
*spinach
*carrots
*zucchini
*probiotic drinks
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    *stuff for salads
    *eggplant
If you make it a priority–your health–you’ll ‘find’ the money. We have all but stopped eating out–maybe just once per month now–and it’s amazing how we have been able to not only save, but buy more produce/lean meats/fish by cutting out that one activity. (I used to LOVE eating out-but after seeing the savings and our better food choices–why bother?)

Great thread–here’s to health!👍
 
I do understand that fresh fruits and veggies are going up in price… making it hard to buy everything we want when we want it… we compromise with frozen veggies sometimes…
But here’s my current fresh stash in the fridge…

strawberries
apples
clementines
bananas
baby carrots
romaine lettuce
onion
red onion
 
Em_in_FL said:
I do understand that fresh fruits and veggies are going up in price… making it hard to buy everything we want when we want it… we compromise with frozen veggies sometimes…
But here’s my current fresh stash in the fridge…

strawberries
apples
clementines
bananas
baby carrots
romaine lettuce
onion
red onion
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clementines? are those good? i see them, and are too cowardly to buy them.😊
 
We have:

oranges
tangelos
baby carrots
salad
mushrooms
celery
bell pepper
onions
garlic

I try not to buy too much at once because it’s only the two of us. Fresh can be expensive, especially this time of year, but often deals can be found in the frozen fruits/veggies section and those are very nearly as good as fresh, nutrition-wise.
 
whatevergirl said:
clementines? are those good? i see them, and are too cowardly to buy them.😊
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There’s a good reason they sell them in those huge pallet boxes! LOL… they’re ADDICTIVE little buggers!
I discovered clementines in college… they always had a huge supply at my sorority house… and I’ve been addicted ever since!

They’re slightly sweeter than an orange… and just the right size to eat about 3 or 4 in one sitting!

Don’t get any… if you do you’ll become ADDICTED!😃
 
We have apples, carrots, cabbage, lettuce, potatoes, onions.

Kathy
 
Back in the 1950s a friend of my mother’s proclaimed – “I don’t understand how you always have fresh fruit for the children; it’s too expensive.”

My mother replied – “medical bills are a lot more expensive.”

😃
 
We have

pineapples
apples
tangelos
red grapes
english cucumber
iceburg lettuce
romaine
cabbage (whole head and bagged shredds)
broccoli
potato
onions (sweet, regular and spring 😛 )
oranges
mushrooms
celery
baby carrots
bananas, bananas, bananas!😃
 
Em_in_FL said:
There’s a good reason they sell them in those huge pallet boxes! LOL… they’re ADDICTIVE little buggers!
I discovered clementines in college… they always had a huge supply at my sorority house… and I’ve been addicted ever since!

They’re slightly sweeter than an orange… and just the right size to eat about 3 or 4 in one sitting!

Don’t get any… if you do you’ll become ADDICTED!😃
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LOL-I’ll keep it in mind.😃 Question though–are they loaded with vitamin c? Anti oxidants? Are they like oranges in that regard?:confused:

Oh no…now I have that song in my head…ooooh my darlin’ clementiiiine…😛 😃
 
danimay said:
We have

pineapples
apples
tangelos
red grapes
english cucumber
iceburg lettuce
romaine
cabbage (whole head and bagged shredds)
broccoli
potato
onions (sweet, regular and spring 😛 )
oranges
mushrooms
celery
baby carrots
bananas, bananas, bananas!😃
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I really loathe broccoli…I admire people who eat and love broccoli. 😃
 
brocolli
carrots
bananas
plantains
mangos
tangelos (I think, my DH bought them)
cabbage
potatoes
parsley (not sure it counts)
onions

To be fair to your friend, I have read quite often that there is only a negligible nutritional difference between fresh and fresh-frozen to which I add:

raspberries
cranberries,
guayabana
passion fruit
coconut
corn
other random veggies

Not to mention all the dried fruit we have, especially in winter.
 
just because it is sold in the produce section rather than in frozen or canned food aisle does not mean it is fresh. if it is out of season, not only is it expensive and of low quality, but has come out of storage or if it is at all good, from out of the country.

I don’t buy much fresh since we don’t use it up and I hate wasting food, if I do buy fresh I buy one or two, and locally raised, and in season. cheap now: cabbage, broccoli, the last of the oranges, onions will be picked this week, carrots, spinach. made cole slaw for 80 people with $8 worth of veggies last Friday. I refuse to buy when price is outrageous. Asparagus this time of year should be low price, but is still $4 and up for a small bunch, artichokes should also be cheap but range from $1 to 2.50 for ONE. forget it, canned and frozen are cheaper, and even better, depending how they will be used.
 
Right now, fresh…

bananas
oranges
grapefruit
grapes
apples

spinach
cabbage
jalapenos
carrots
celery
broccoli
onions
potatoes
spaghetti squash
 
SeekerJen said:
I’ll eat your share. 😃

I’ve been finding the most beautiful organic broccoli in stores recently. It’s delicious!
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😃 My sister used to eat my leftovers when I was a kid.:rolleyes: But she wasn’t sick nearly as much as me…hmmm…there’s something to that, i think. I love fruits and most veggies, just not broccoli…really hard for me to digest too.😦

But organic–yum.👍 Organic really does improve the taste of most foods. I would recommend people adding just one or two organic things into your diet every week, if you can…milk and coffee are great to incorporate organic–so good. My kids really love organic.
 
Hmmm, we tend to go to the store everyday (it’s on the way home for dh) so we buy what we need for each day–that limits my list of what we have “fresh” and we can buy what’s on sale, without wasting a lot of food. I also think frozen is next best, followed by canned. I always stock the freezer and pantry with both, for times I don’t have fresh, or when fresh is too expensive.

Right now we have these fresh items:
apples
carrots
spinach/lettuce salad mix
onions
maybe a banana left? not sure

plus in the freezer:
mixed veggies
peas
green beans
onions
green peppers

Living in MN it’s harder to get cheap fresh items in good shape which is why I rely more on frozen.

We all love broccoli, btw 😃 yummy 🙂
 
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