Four Months

It's been four months of eating local and I feel great and I'm twenty seven pounds lighter. I found that even in the winter there is a huge supply of local produce and meat. The "pop up" Farmers market in Salt lake has introduced us to more local farms. Lau farm in Soda springs Idaho is a producer of beef and lamb. Clifford family farm in Provo has great pork. Parkers farm in Hooper Utah still has a great supply of produce. We also found fresh made pasta from a local producer. (tankinz.com)I believe that just living with what we have instead of going to the grocery store has helped with being healthier and has helped our pocketbook.




On New Years eve we did indulge in foods that we hadn't had in months. We have been regretting it all week. It is nice to have more energy and not to feel yucky all the time. It's just not worth it I would much rather feel good than have a few bites of something that will make me feel like poop. Actually, the processed food doesn't even taste good any more.




We have gone through our winter supply pretty fast. We are down to four jars of peaches, one applesauce, six jars of marinara sauce, ten jars of tomatoes, one jar of tomato salsa and four small jars of peach salsa. In the freezer we still have plenty of green peppers, Swiss chard, pumpkin, spaghetti squash, butternut squash, a few berries and a ton of zucchini. From our original supply of meat we are down to 2 bags of chicken wings, two bags of thighs, one package of steaks and three packages of ground pork. We do have the winters farmers market once a month, so it's not nearly as hard as we thought in the beginning.

Cheers!