[Dianna Vesta]

It doesn’t cost a lot to eat healthy. My mother raised 4 kids and worked in a factory. I was the oldest and did most of the cooking. We didn’t eat a lot of processed foods and if you plan correctly it’s cheaper. That is IF you’re eating balanced meals. I guess being in Florida where produce is abundant made this easier. Once a week a guy use to drive into our neighborhood with a big trucked of produce and farm fresh eggs. My mom gave me just enough money to buy enough for the week. Even today I hit the local stands and you’d be amazed what 20 bucks can buy. I think that people are busy, this is true but I think it’s more about laziness.

I have a friend staying with me a few months while she gets relocated to Fort Myers. Most of the time I cook unless I’m really busy and I’ll pop in an organic frozen something and throw a salad together. (btw the cost of natural and organic foods has come way down) I prefer eating around 4ish and she gets home at 6. So I figured I’d leave her on her own to see what she does. Keep in mind that my place always has fresh fruit, produce, rices, pasta’s and I make a bunch of homemade sauces & soups. This woman comes home grabs chips and salsa. She may make a salad but it has only lettuce and tomato. Maybe she’ll throw a frozen pizza in. She has the worse diet and it’s due to laziness. How hard is it to throw a sweet potato in the microwave and make a nice salad?

My biggest food costs are the extras. I buy Maytag Blue Cheese to crumble on my salad, expensive vinegars and oils. I don’t drink really expensive wine, maybe $10.00 a bottle but love wine.

I’m reading this book on running a greenhouse business. It’s fascinating. I’ve been selling tropical fruit trees for a huge profit a few days a week, on the side and I’m amazed at how easy they sell. Now I want to get into organic herbs to sell to restaurants which a huge business....anyhow I started thinking that any person who has the smallest space for growing can yield a nice amount of produce. Hell you can even do this indoors with lights and the setup is not that much. I’ve always had gardens and it’s very rewarding but once again it takes work.

People are lazy. If they weren’t we wouldn’t have so many health problems and obesity.