Be Real

Remember when I talked about how eating too much tuna is not good for you? Get it from a can, and it’s even worse (plus, the can is most likely lined with BPA containing plastic). Note: Chick pea surprise is a great sub for tuna, but it would also be best to not get the chick peas out of a can.

Joe has a semi-recent habit of making his own sandwich tuna—he buys the “cleanest” (best quality, least contaminated) tuna he can find in filets, and then he cooks it on the stove, seasons and cools it to room temp, and then flakes it for a sandwich.  He has commented a couple times that tuna-eaters would probably call that wasteful of a good piece of tuna…but he wants a tuna sandwich and he’s not willing to compromise on the quality by buying it in a can. He has been using mayo, but we found this Veganaise made with olive oil and flax that he’s going to try next time.

The moral of the story? We’re trying to eat things in as “real” of a state as possible. Tuna, pizza, fajitas, even burgers…they’re not bad for you, just make them yourself instead of getting them out of a can or a box (or a drive thru!). Hopefully that’s the road school lunches are going down too.  Maybe it costs more, but healthcare in the long run will cost a lot less if we reduce our disease states through eating real food (and managing our stress, but that’s another story).  The US spends the lowest percentage of income on food compared to other economically-similar countries. We value bargains a lot more than quality–at the expense of our health.