I have not completely forgotten about my dark days challenge. Last month I was bad. I bought tomatoes at $4.99/lb. They were organic and look pretty sad, but they are edible. I bought fish. The flour I used was grown in the midwest. I bought a small container of soy creamer to use at work with my coffee. I bought lemons and cilantro that were organic, not local. I bought several bottles of Enrico’s tomato sauce that were also organic. I couldn’t figure out who actually owns the company. They seem to not be controlled by anyone terrible.

I believe that is all the sins I committed in Jan.

Now that my husband is unemployed, he has made himself useful by making all our meals - from scratch. So yes, I now have my own personal Jeeves. We’ve mostly been eating the same set of meals. Beans in a variety of ways (purchased through the winter buying club). So there have been many enchilladas and quesadillas. We’ve been eating pizza (using the pesto as one of the toppings which I made several months ago with the last batch of fresh basil). Husband has been eating lots of local meat and sausage - I seem to have lost interest in eating meat. We have also been eating rice (not local) stir fried with a variety of veggies (local). So not a complete sinner, but comfortable enough that I don’t have to only rely on root vegetables.