Here is the quick and dirty about veggies and fruit:
Dirty Dozen
celery
apples
strawberries
nectarines
grapes
potatoes
sweet peppers
blueberries (domestic)
lettuce
kale
collard greens
peaches
spinach
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| oops, non-organic spinach and strawberry salad from the Florida days. see, that place was no good, making us eat dirty food!** {sorry Floridians, I'm just so happy to be out of that state} |
You should always buy those guys listed above in organic form. By the way, I listed 13 items... not quite a dozen so not too sure if my sources or I ever learned how to count properly back in kindergarten... hmm.
Clean Fifteen
onions
pineapple
asparagus
mango
cantaloupe
kiwi
eggplant
sweet corn
sweet peas
avocado
cabbage
watermelon
grapefruit
sweet potatoes
mushrooms
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| mushrooms are ok! see the wee little mushroom men? they're running away from the pesticides! {although I do not recommend getting crazy non-organic Asian mushrooms, they might have stuff on them... do as I say, not as I do!} |
These less scandalous fruits and veg do not necessarily have to be organic. However, the more organic the better! When we have a little more cash flow coming in, I plan on buying more of these "clean" foods in organic form... but for now I'm just focusing on the "dirty" ones. Any little bit helps!
What foods do you like to buy organic? I like to buy organic meats when I get the chance. Like chicken. I'm finding there is a huge difference in taste and quality. I've also heard that organic eggs is much much better as well.
**Florida Panhandle does have organic foods, I'm just picking that area right now!
