The other day I was opening a bag of radishes and Riley yelled out "yeah grapes". I explained to Riley that they were radishes and that I don't buy grapes this time of year because they are not in season. She was so bummed that you would have thought that I just ripped a piece of choclate out of her hands. However, this interaction got me thinking a bit about how hard it is sometimes to eat in season, local, organic and how really hard it is in February to see the light of summer on the horizon.
We are not exactly eating rhubarb, but we are trying to keep it as close to seasonal as possible. But I'm wondering if maybe I'm doing my children a disservice? They really like fruits and vegetables and eating oranges is getting a bit old - so what is a mom to do. And honestly I walk past the grapes with almost the same desire as I do when a homemade choclate chip cookie is placed in front of me. I'm wondering if it might be better to just worry about organic this time of year rather than seasonal as I feel like my kids are eating more crackers or applesauce - albeit homemade are still not whole foods and I really like when they are eating whole foods.
I guess this is just one more dilemma in the cycle of trying to figure what is good for the planet and what is good for us. BTW - I did break down and buy the kids organic strawberries from Florida and I may have one mom of the year from this one purchase alone - who knew strawberries would be held on such a high pedastal. I don't think the 1lb container lasted more than 10minutes.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment