My latest “It’s Okay” changes with food are: “it’s OK to skip a meal when I do not feel like eating”, and “it’s OK not to cook a full-fledged three-course French meal every time”

PS: as I am reducing my dairy intake, I have been experimenting with oatmeal ‘yogurt’: at least as gooey as the homemade yogurt my mum used to make, but fine enough with chocolate or blackberry jam.

Charlotte, I’ve come to the conclusion, after buying organic produce that was wrapped in plastic, that grocery stores must wrap it in plastic because it tends to go bad more quickly, and when it’s wrapped, the customer can’t tell as easily that it isn’t fresh. It’s really annoying!

Stef, yes, I’ve o.d.ed on strawberries this year and feel I can easily wait until next season for more. And good idea to tell stores to quit wrapping their organic produce in plastic.

Good work on staying local Emily. I really does make a difference and the food tastes so much better.

Charlotte, I don’t know where you shop, but you could speak with the manager and ask them not to wrap the organic peppers in plastic.

Here’s a dilemma I hit upon during my last shopping trip: do I buy the organic peppers wrapped in plastic, or the non-organic peppers wrapped in nothing? Which choice is better for the environment, the planet, and me? With choices so loaded and fuzzy, it’s easy to understand why people just carry regardless shopping mindlessly. The best thing for me would be organic local peppers bought at my market in town, but that is not always an option.

A lot of times, in my grocery stores, organic canned stuff is cheaper than non-organic! If you successfully make your own yogurt, you should definitely share; I love my yogurt so much. Oh, and I thought of another option you might want to add to your list: commit to making fifty (or twenty-five or whatever) percent of your meals vegetarian or vegan. If you need the reasons why that would help the environment, let me know!