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Grocery Change Up

Over the weekend, I saw a film via Netflix called "Hungry for Change," which talks about the benefits of a raw food diet. Because my husband and I could both stand to lose weight, and because we don't want to pass along our unhealthy habits to our daughter, I decided to incorporate more raw foods into my menus.

Therefore, I'll be buying a lot more fresh produce in the coming weeks. And, I need to be diligent about cutting up and preparing the veggies before they spoil so that the money spent doesn't go to waste. I hate tossing out uneaten vegetables and fruits, but yet I find myself doing it now even without buying as much as I plan to as my family tries eating more greens.

To start off, though, I spent extra money. I bought a few kitchen gadgets I don't already have that can help me prepare veggies more quickly: a mandoline slicer, spiral slicer and a blender. Hopefully, I put them all to good use, otherwise, that's just even more money down the drain.

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