Give Me Bananas

Ohmygod, two posts within a few hours. I’m taking things overboard today, am I not?

I have to work until 9:30pm tonight so I wanted to make something super filling for lunch today as I don’t really have that much time for a “real” dinner. I went to the organic food store and picked up some vegan ravioli and spinach, prepared everything in the office and added some olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

The ravioli is quite amazing; the ingredients list is super short (spelt flour, mixed veggies, salt, oil) and each piece was a bit mushy, not typically pasta-like, but I loved it.

So yes, the title of this post is Vamp up your pasta but that was just due to lack of creativity. I loved the mix though and got in some really nice greens.

The organic question

There’s so much talking going on about organic food and so I decided to add my opinion as well (as if there weren’t enough opinions floating around already). I am extremely pro organic food because I simply believe that it’s better to eat food in the natural state (or cooked of course but pesticide-free). I’m not comfortable with the pesticides that are in the products  and most of the produce I buy is organic. However, I also go for the non-organic version when there’s no “organic option” around or if it just doesn’t matter much if it’s organic or not. Avocado for example is ok non-organic because it’s less susceptible. Over here avocados are much more expensive when they’re organic and I’m not the richest person on earth so my priority on the organic list are products that are most prone to pesticide contamination (like apples, spinach, bell pepper, strawberries…).

Talking about organic food naturally leads us to the money. I also live on a budget but don’t get all worked up if there’s no organic food because let’s be honest: life gets in the way and we can’t eat organic food 24/7 (or at least I can’t – I would have to stop eating in 99,8% of the restaurants of Bern). I however have to smirk sometimes when people say that they don’t eat organic food because it’s so expensive. I agree that it’s more expensive than non-organic produce but aren’t these pennies worth it for your health? I would rather eat good food than getting a haircut every month. If your budget isn’t that big try reducing the costs with preparing food yourself. Today’s lunch cost me 10 Swiss francs (which is probably around $11 right now). And yes, I was a bit surprised by the 9.- ravioli as well but I probably would have paid more than 15.- if I ate out.

My advice is not to get too stressed out about organic food. Yes it’s good for you and yes I’d recommend it to everyone but don’t worry if you don’t have access to organic food. It doesn’t make you a  worse person if you really can’t afford it or if there’s no good organic food around you. Life happens.

Do you often eat organic food?

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