Grocery Shopping for Healthy Eating

I went to the large farmer's market today to stock up on fresh vegetables for my meals. I am determined to get back to healthy eating and cooking healthy meals. I thought that I would share my groceries with you (pictures) and tell you what I will cook with them. 😃 When organic produce is offered, I always buy it evwen though it is more expensive. It also stays fresh longer.

The carrots, celery, cilantro and green onions will be used in soups and salads. The leeks will be used in a soup. The spinach will be used in an omelet. The collard greens will be cooked as a side vegetable.

The butternut squash will be roasted as a side vegetable. The avocado will be eaten as a snack or in some guacamole. The Thai eggplant will be used in a green curry chicken Thai dish.

The broccoli, and baby bok choy will be used in a stir fry dish, and some of the broccoli and radishes will be used in a salad.

The string beans will be sauteed with onions and garlic as a side vegetable dish.

The bean sprouts will be used in a chicken stir fry dish.

The Thai basil will be used in a soup and in the green curry dish.

The Thai peppers are needed for my curry dish and to spice things up in any dish that I prepare.

The recipe calls for galangal, kaffir lime leaves, and lemongrass. The galangal is new to me. It looks similar to ginger root but I have never cooked needed it before in a recipe. That's purple kale to the right.

The green and purple kale will be used in salads and omelets.

The portobello mushrooms will be grilled and eaten with salads or sauteed and added to other dishes. The blueberries are for a protein shake with unsweetened soy milk.

I also bought some green curry powder to make paste to use in my dish if I don't like my homemade green curry paste.

The recipe is here.

I have everything that I need from the farmer's market to eat healthy for the week.

Bon Appetit!