Real Food Sanity Food Philosophy

Everything Doesn't Have to Be Organic and Perfect

Aug 05, 2024

We believe that our bodies were created to eat the foods that were available before industrialization messed it all up.

Real Food Sanity Plans naturally features protein, veggies and healthy fats as these are the building blocks of healthy bodies and will give you the most nutritional bang for your buck.

Foods Included

Meal plans will revolve primarily around meats, poultry, veggies, fruit and healthy fats.

Since you are busy Momming and time is of the essence, I am including some high quality convenience foods including:

Organic canned goods such as beans, tomatoes, fish, stocks. While they technically are processed, so are things you would can yourself. For the least toxic burdern, look for jars, tetra boxes or cans that state “BPA free lining”
Gluten Free pasta and breads occasionally will be included, but will always have a grain-free sub noted.
Nut butters that are organic, preferably and nothing but nuts and sometimes salt, preferably sea salt. While many don’t eat peanut butter, I recommend Organic 100% Valencia peanut-based peanut butter as the winner if you do.
White rice, either Basmati from India or Jasmine from Thailand. White rice is also most easily accessed by our bodies. While brown rice technically has more vitamins and fiber, the natural seed coating prevents us from accessing them. So for time’s sake, white rice is the winner. These countries have the least amount of arsenic which is found in abundance in all US grown rice, even organic.
Condiments, sauces and dressings without refined sugars, industrial seed oils or other toxic ingredients. (Members who prefer to DIY will have access to all my recipes for homemade alternatives.)

FAQs

What Kind of Meat Do You Recommend?

All main meal plans will focus only on ground meat and boneless skinless chicken breasts. Other recipes feature a variety of protein sources.

Here are my recommendations but I understand there can be budget constraints so do the best you can:

Beef, always 100% grass-fed and finished, preferably local. I’ve found the prices for local beef have actually stayed stable while conventional beef has skyrocketed.
Chicken - Organic, at least if you can afford it. Better is pasture raised without any soy feed.
Turkey is harder to find pasture raised but if you prefer ground turkey over ground beef, go with organic.
Pork - organic if possible, pasture raised is better. The very minimal is pork raised with no GMOs, antibiotics or hormones.
Fish and Seafood - Wild caught fish and shrimp are best. Avoid tilapia and catfish. Salmon, Mahi mahi and cod are great. Barramundi is a good sub for tilapia. Shellfish are great sources of sustainable protein with very low toxic load.

Should I buy all organic?

For fruits and veggies, it’s a little easier.

Prioritize organic for everything on the Dirty Dozen. The Dirty Dozen are those fruits and veggies with the highest load of pesticides and herbicides. I buy these organic always.
The Clean 15 is listed at that same link and are those with the lowest pesticide/herbicide loads.
Clean 15 and everything else can be based on your budget especially fruits and veggies with thick peels which I rarely buy organic. (Citrus when I need the zest is the exception)
Shelf stable items should be based on the ingredients they contain (i.e. Tomatoes are on the Dirty Dozen, so buy organic canned tomatoes.)

What if I’m dairy free, too?

You can certainly use dairy free versions of any products used in recipes, such as cheese, yogurt or sour cream. My favorite brands are

Kite Hill and Violife for cheese, cream cheese and sour cream
For butter, I prefer Miyokos Creamery since the ingredients are the cleanest and it tastes like real butter.
Nutpods are my go-to sub for half and half or cream.
Almond milk without carrageenan is preferred and Califia is my favorite brand.