Thoughts For Thursday: Organic On A Budget

One thing that Michael and I have become increasingly passionate about in the past few years is eating and living as organically as possible.  It's something that we both have done a lot of research on, and have concluded matters a lot for our own health, for the health of our future family, and even the health of our pets.  Are you a bit skeptical about this?  I highly suggest popping on over to The Food Babe.  Vani is a Charlottean turned MAJOR activist and consistantly ruins things for us informs us of the unhealthy content of many restaurants and food companies.  Her blog posts are the sole reason we don't hop over to fast food anymore (or even Starbucks now...).   Anyway, it's definitely worth it but, the biggest struggle is the financial implications.  Organic food is going to cost more, so are organic and natural products!  However, we have found a few affordable ways to make it work for us that I wanted to share!

(the filets and lobstertail are amazing!)

(These bargains are worth stocking up on)

First off, if you have an earthfare nearby, pop on over to their website and sign up for Tomato Bank and they will send you their awesome deal emails!  Michael and I will basically plan our meals based on some of their awesome specials.  Their meats in particular can be a REAL bargain and honestly taste soooo much better than their hormone laden counterparts :).  Whole foods also has some awesome deals on their storebrands, and Trader Joes can be extremely affordable (note that it's not all organic and some non-organic items may contain antibiotics etc.)

The Second thing to focus on is organic household products.  For cosmetics I've already waxed poetic about LUSH (there are many others however!) but for the house, I have fallen in love with The Honest Company!  Jessica Alba created this company after she had her first child and was shocked by all the toxic chemicals in household items!  I just love that a celebrity would care about that!  The products individually can be a little bit pricey, however if you bundle five items it's only 35 (that's a great deal considering laundry detergent is 12).  We've loved all we have tried especially the hand sanitizer (it doesn't dry your hands at all!)
Do you eat or use anything organic?  Let me know if you try either of these ideas I would love to hear your thoughts!