clean: more weird foods

today i went to the co-op and bought more weird foods.  here’s a list of the foods i got today that i’ve never purchased before:

coconut water

agave syrup

baby bok choy

hazelnuts

gluten-free flour

 

forbidden rice (a short-grained, black rice.  i’m intrigued by this!)

red quinoa

agave/ginger roasted cashews (a splurge, but i got a sample and they are soooooo tasty, and they’re on the “yes” list!)

frozen wild salmon

french green lentils

whole dried figs

wild rice (okay, i’ve probably purchased this at some point in my life, but i don’t think it was from the bulk section before.  probably from a box.  maybe even a mix…)

i did not find:

frozen passion fruit puree

wheat-free buckwheat noodles

i chose not to purchase:

yerba mate (couldn’t remember if it was on the yes or no list)

acai powder

mangosteen syrup

(both of these last two were in the “supplements” area of the store and both were above $15 a container for waaaaay more than i needed.  i’ll poke around for other recipes.)

although it was time-consuming (the store is not that large and it took me over an hour to pick out the ingredients i needed) and a bit overwhelming (so many labels to read!), i found myself excited to have an “excuse” to try out some new foods.  especially from the bulk foods area.  instead of thinking, “forbidden rice?  we’ll never eat that.” i thought, “forbidden rice?  once served only to emperors?  it’s not on the “no” list?  we should definitely try this!”

also, tonight during dinner, mr. happy stuff and i were talking more about what’s actually on these yes/no lists (apparently, i haven’t really gone into detail before.), and he suggested a few recipe ideas to add to the list.  hooray!