I went for my first conscious non-GMO shopping spree. I made every attempt to buy non-GMO for our everyday/non-special occasion use, excpet for Sunday Football. I visited The Veggie Lady shop and found a great selection of Organic veggies. They were locally grown or Texas grown. I bought some the ingredients for a non-GMO Spaghetti Squash-spaghetti dinner for Sunday: Spaghetti Squash, onion, peppers, zucchini,yellow squash, and Roma tomatoes.
Then I hit the Walmart Neighborhood Grocery Store (My favorite kind of Walmart, btw-mostly groceries only) and wandered up and down the aisles just to see what had the non-GMO label so I could substitute what we like to eat. Oils will be hard to find and I will have to go someplace else to find it if I can. But I found organic popcorn so at least half of my bad habit will be better for me. I did find organic olive oil. Newman's Own Salad dressings are supposed to be non-GMO but they are "partially" non-GMO. Walmart Saves the day with their organic salad dressing to top my organic Romaine. They have organic Ranch, Oil and Vinegar and thousand Island competitively priced. Snyder's pretzels are also only partically non-GMO so I skipped that brand and found another.
I bought a few other things including organic Parmesan cheese certified organic from Italy. I didn't know I could read Italian but that's what it said! That took care of two birds with one stone. Recently there was a news report about the varying amounts of cellulose in pre-grated Parmesan cheeses. They are required to put the ingrediemt but not how much they have it in. Some brands have up to 45% cellulose! cellulose is basically sawdust or something. Certainly not real cheese!
I wanted cabbage but there was no organic cabbages. I bought it anyway. We are on the way to eating and preparing foods the best we can and I know being 100% about it is near impossible. I thought we've been healthy eaters all along. And for the most part, we eat healthier than most. But there is always room for improvement!
