For the past few weeks we have been making the transition to Organic. We have slowly been replacing breads, snacks, milks, and meats to either organic or "whole" (Whole means the ingredients contain no preservatives or refined flour/sugar).
Buying USDA Certified Organic snacks and boxed foods is a relatively easy endeavor. There are a lot of options to choose from, even at the local HyVee. Most of the boxed organic items taste pretty similar to the preservative and chemical laden foods down the main aisles of the supermarket, but do cost a bit more.
Do they really "cost" more though? That is a topic for another day....
You can find several shelves of organic cereals, cookies, fruit snacks, and chips in the typical grocery store. These are the easiest to start with when beginning the transition.
Take this quick challenge :
1. Grab a box of your kids favorite cereal from the inner aisles of the store (Lucky Charms, Fruit Loops, Corn Flakes).
2. Find the equivalent cereal with the USDA Certified Organic seal.
3. Read the ingredients.
4. Do you recognize any of those chemicals on the center aisle cereal? Sadly, this works for just about all boxed foods.
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