Eating fake food under plastic trees

As the words to the song Living in the 70's by the iconic Aussie group Skyhooks go. Over 30 years later what has changed? We are eating more and more "plastic" food, instead of wholesome homecooked foods. I am guilty of it as well, taking pasta sauce from a jar, adding meat and calling it a homecooked meal, I need to find a recipe that DH will like - he is really fussy. I did sneak some pureed carrots into the last batch, he didn't pick it but said it wasn't as nice as our normal brand.

About 2 years ago I made the decision to change my diet, firstly by giving up red meat, tea, coffee and caffienated soft drinks. The meat, tea and coffee were relatively easy, I made it through a weeks worth of massive withdrawal headaches. I know tea is much touted for it's anti-oxidant capabilities but I knew I had to go cold turkey for a while at least, we could drink 8 - 10 mugs a day. I swapped it for plain hot water and have found it just as comforting as a cup of tea. I now have the odd cup of tea, can probably count the cups I have had on 2 hands over the past 2 years, coffee on 1 hand, 3 fingers to be exact. Soft drinks have been harder, I am having less of them, some weeks none, some weeks 1 or cans, I am determined to cut them completely.

I have made the decision to add more organic vegies into my diet and have been reading up on them. It shocked me to read from a farmer who supplied fruit to Woolworth's here in Australia, that they have very stringent conditions that they set on their fruit and vegies that includes the dipping of the fruit into a fungicide to give the fruit a longer shelf life - so much for being the "fresh food people". Here is a link to a newstory Woolies the worm in plastic fruit, guess where I won't be shopping anymore, I'll be either growing my own, buying from markets or directly from the growers.

Not only satisfied with going organic, I will be adding more raw foods to my diet. I am starting tonight with Chilli con Calabacín, actually it will be Chilli con cacao, I'll be adding the cacao that she mentions was in the original recipe. I bought Cacao from the festival yesterday. Cacao is where chocolate comes from, it's the raw state, I've not tried it before it will be an new experience for me.

I also bought some tea from the festival from Tea Tonic, I chose the Berry Green tea, it's delicious. It's not decaf so I am wary of being hooked again. The tea is expensive but the lady selling it said to just use a small teaspoonful, that it can be used several times, just to add a tiny pinch of dry tea to the used. I used the same teaspoonful 3 times last night and still got a flavourful tea. I know 3 cups of tea isn't being wary but I was in the soccer canteen right next to a fridge full of Coke and this kept me away from them.