Could it be that you’ve only been eating sub-par food and have been missing out on what better varieties of real food have to offer? It’s possible that you might actually enjoy healthy eating – you just don’t know it yet!
While ordering a burger with a friend during a dinner out recently, I said, “No cheese please.” The person taking my order teased me by saying, “Ok, but you’re missing out on the best part!”
I agree. Cheese on a burger is fabuloso. But not when it’s fake, American cheese. I just can’t. It ruins the taste of my burger, it sticks to the roof of my mouth, it comes off the bun like a weird piece of plastic. I certainly don’t want to appear to be a food snob. I just like my food to taste good.
This is why I don’t buy russet potatoes any more. I mean, they’re fine. They’re okay. But Yukon Gold potatoes? Now those are incredible!!! They make every potato dish taste better. And they are more nutritious too. Score!
Red delicious apples? I’ve never liked them. They are flavorless and grainy and the skin is weird (bless their hearts). But give me a Gala, a Pink Lady, an Empire apple – oh the list goes on. There are so many fabulous apples choices available to us. Why settle for what doesn’t taste great?
I usually skip Iceberg Lettuce and go for more nourishing greens that are more flavorful and fun. Margarine is a non-food and you already know how I feel about that. But I will say that since I switched over to real butter a few years ago, my baked goods and all food using butter tastes 100% better.
Fresh or frozen veggies vs. canned veggies? There’s no comparison. Real cream compared to commercial creamer? Oh my.
In summary: Real food tastes incredible and when you eat it you will feel that you are eating like royalty.
Stop settling for sub-par food and go for what tastes amazing!
The prices of these great food varieties are only slightly higher (if they are higher at all) than their sub-par food counterparts. (I did a big real food price comparison here. You’ll LOVE the results I found about the price of real, healthy food!!)
Leave a comment to share what some of your favorite real foods are! It’s fun to hear what inspires others to eat well!
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Question on the Yukon Gold potatoes….. do you use these as baked potatoes as well? We love soft baked potatoes, but will the Yukon variety work for this?
Yes! The skin is marginally thinner so you might want to wrap them in foil or coat in cil before throwing them in. But Yukons are softer than russets in general (which is why Yukons make the best mashed potatoes). Red potatoes have an even thinner skin so they do not bake well, but cut up and coated in oil, red potatoes *roast* incredibly well.
Also, Yukons do not hold up well in potato salad (they’re so soft that they goosh up during the mixing). Red potatoes make for fabulous potato salad though. Russets are too thick for poatot salad – they don’t absorb the dressing/spices as well.
I use Yukon gold for baked potatoes all the time and LOVE them! I think they have a great texture and flavor!
Glad to see I’m not the only one that feels the same about Red Delicious! They were my husband’s favorite until I introduced him to Honeycrisp apples. I don’t think I need to worry about seeing another red delicious in the fruit bowl again!
I agree about Red Disgustings (I’ve referred to them that way for at least 25 years), but russets make the fluffiest baked potatoes, you can’t do that with Yukon Gold or red potatoes. They definitely have a place in my kitchen.
I totally agree on all you have listed in your post! We are fortunate to have an orchard 5 minutes away, so the fresh fruit from the orchard puts grocery story fruit to shame. My nieces refused to eat apples at all, until I had them taste a fresh picked apple from the tree. Same goes with the strawberries, blueberries, oh! All of them! Another big one for us is homemade desserts (although I rarely bake) compared to store bought! Homemade with real food ingredients is always a winner! Thank you for your recipes, Laura! And posts! You are a blessing to me!
Yes! Don’t like carrots? Try purple carrots or parsnips.
Oranges are boring? Try grapefruit, blood oranges, pomolos.
Green peppers are ucky? There’s red, orange, yellow, jalapenos, mini bells.
I don’t under stand people who are stuck in the mentality that healthy food is boring and has no flavor. Explore! Pick a different kind of apple or pear every time you shop. Pick a vegetable at the farmer’s market that you’re unfamiliar with and look up ideas online. Variety is the spice of life!
Girl, you got me at the title! I totally agree
Oh, my, I had such a great cantaloupe last night.
For years I thought I didn’t like salad. I finally realized that I just don’t like iceberg lettuce! When I tried some romaine or spinach, I discovered how delicious salad can be!
I agree about the red delicious apples. My parents can remember a time when they were delicious apples; before they were hybridized to to be good for storing and shipping, instead of eating. It is a shame what has happened to food and the way we eat in our country.
Haha! I feel the exact same way about russet potatoes and red delicious apples, and I never buy them!
I used to agree about Red Del apples. Who ever could have thought to name them Delicious?? Crazy. Then one day, to be polite to a friend, I tried a fresh-off-the-tree one. Wow, what a difference! I still don’t love them or buy them (there are so many better flavours around), but I realise that I dislike the taste because I associate it with years of eating cheap, last-year’s floury editions. Fresh crisp Red Dels are a different story. This variety should NEVER be stored in controlled atmosphere. If you accidentally buy last year’s CA apples, cook them. They are okay in a pie.