~ATTENTION! ~
Before we get into today’s post, I just want to say that I finally made it.
Page 139 of the Chocolate-Covered Katie Cookbook.
……………..DEEP-DISH COOKIE PIE!
(You can find the recipe on her blog too!)
*Cue the Hallelujah chorus.*
Let’s just say that 4 people almost finished this entire pie.
Yeah, it’s that good. It’s incredible. It doesn’t taste healthy AT ALL!
Thank you, Katie!!!!! <3 So far I’ve made her “Ultimate Unbaked Brownies” and now her “Deep-Dish Cookie Pie”. 78 more recipes to go!
So let’s bust a myth, shall we? 😉
Healthy food is too expensive!
I can’t afford to cook at home!
My family is too picky!
Excuses, excuses.
Alright, maybe organic produce is a little more expensive. And maybe it’s easier to go to McDonald’s than cook at home.
BUT WAIT, PAUSE.
Listen to this: “The Harvard School of Public Health recently put a price on the cost of a healthy diet. After analyzing 27 studies on the average cost of healthy versus unhealthy diets, they concluded that a so-called “healthy” diet will cost about $1.50 more per day than an unhealthy one. That means that over the course of a year a person will spend $550 more if they choose to eat healthy….but when you look at the price of health care and hospital visits related to sickness and disease at least partially attributed to poor diet, spending the extra upfront seems like a pretty good idea“.
Organic produce might be a little more expensive, but so is cancer or heart disease.
Whatever constitutes “health food” also contributes to the rising costs of the “healthy” diet. Marketers are on to our growing concerns over nutrition. Many use nutrition-label techniques to make a product sound healthier than it really is…and they charge for it. For example, something that’s “lower-sugar” sounds like a healthy option, when in reality the sugar has been replaced with aspartame or dextrose.
Why? Because it’s cheaper to produce.
The next step is finding ways to make healthy food more available for a wide-range of consumers. Did you know there are fast-food places in California that serve Brussel sprout salads and kale smoothies for the same speed as In-N-Out Burger? It’s only a dream come true for me. But it’s a step!
In the meantime, think about shopping for real, unprocessed food. You’ll notice that although the price may be a little more than conventional food, you don’t have to buy as much because you no longer have cravings for junk food or have to eat as much to feel full and energized.
The better quality food you eat, the less the body requires to operate optimally.
NOURISH YOUR SOUL AND BE WELL. <3
