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Okay, so I've dabbled a bit in organic living.  One year, I  took everything out of my pantry and replaced it with organic foods.  The white flour was replaced with Quinoa or Amaranth; the sugar replaced with Stevia (both liquid and packets); the peanut butter was replaced with cashew butter.  My, oh my was I feeling great about my new organic lifestyle back then.  That was . . . until I had to cook with my new organic products. 

 I had visions of Quinoa biscuits tasting like fluffy heaven, only to find out that bricks were closer to the texture.  Of course in Texas (where I lived at the time) iced tea was a staple, and more particular "sweet tea" which was dowsed in sugar.  So when I went to put the Stevia in the tea I had no idea it was like 10 times the potency of sugar, and when you put too much in the sweetness actually taste sour.  I had so much to learn about organic living, but noone to mentor me or help me along.  So . . . after using the "poor pitiful me" excuse of having noone around to support me I took the road more traveled, and headed back to the regular American diet.  My ego deflated and my waistline growing I charged off into preservative, cholesterol laden popular world.  Which brings me full circle back to my pantry after 5 years. 

You won't believe it but I've just replaced everything with organic again.  This time I am all the more wiser that it is my health at stake.  At this point it isn't about traveling the road most traveled but choosing the road less traveled that will keep me on this earth longer.  My health has gone wayyyy down hill and I am not going to step aside and let it go there anymore.  I better choose to like Quinoa instead of flour and Stevia instead of sugar because that is all I have to choose from right now.  We may not have the heftiest budget for these healthy foods, but I am trying to think of it as my new insurance plan.  Instead of spending $600 a month on the best PPO health insurance for our family, I am going to invest in life-giving groceries for our fridge, freezer and pantry. 

I've got so much to learn, but with God as my coach I know I can do this.  He has placed it in my heart to change our lifestyle, and I know His mercy has kept us this far.  Tastebuds get ready for the new . . .  . organic pantry.

Ready or Not Here It Comes

Anyone else going organic?  If so . . . got any good recipes?  ;-)