To eat organic or not to eat organic...

Before Dominic was born I wasn't really into the whole organic food thing. I always liked doing things naturally, but was definitely not someone who when faced with a bad headache would refuse an Advil. But I didn't like things like aspartame and avoided what was obviously bad for you. With my pregnancy I really started becoming more aware of what went into my body and of course worried about the affects on my growing baby. After he was born I wasn't free from worry since I was breastfeeding.

I think a lot more now about wanting to do things as naturally as possible. Including the foods I eat. My friend started getting organic fruits and vegetables delivered to her house. And after meeting with my Naturopath (Dr. Michael Frosina http://www.drfrosina.com/) I figured it was worth it to start trying to buy organic.

I wanted to try out the delivery service my friend was using, Plan B Organic Farms (http://planborganicfarms.ca/). It's super simple to sign up. You can either get a delivery every week for 20 weeks, or bi-weekly, and they also have the option to pick up or get it delivered. As the delivery charge is $60 I didn't really want to do it, but they were nice enough to allow me to get it delivered to my friends house which is only a few minutes from me, and then we could split the delivery charge. They have different size boxes depending on your family size. Each small box is $25.

I got my first delivery a couple of weeks ago and have now had 2 boxes. The first week came with Onion, Garlic, Potato, Carrots, Kale, Banana, Apples, Pears, Lettuce, and Living Sprouts. Now the thing is you don't have a choice of what comes in your box. So if you're not adventurous or are a picky eater - this is definitely not the way to go!! Luckily my parents made sure I liked everything (well really they just made me eat everything, and eventually I got used to it!). I also enjoy cooking and am actually really happy to have something to shake things up. I found I was always buying the same thing and making the same meals. So this gives me something to work with. I had never had kale before and really liked it! Last weeks box came with collard greens - something I never would have thought to buy and now I love them!

Plus with all the organic stuff and now that I've started Dominic on solids (I started with vegetables and fruit - all home made of course) - I take whatever in the box that I can make for Dominic and stock my freezer with food for him!