AG: Whole Foods, Fresh Direct, and Local Markets

ITF: Do you love food shopping or dread it?

AG: Love it!

ITF: What is the single most important thing on your mind when you are shopping for food?

AG: I think about what foods are going to make me feel good when I eat them.

ITF: How often do you shop?

AG: One big shop a week. Then I stop for little things throughout the week if I have inspiration for a certain type of meal.

ITF: How many do you shop for? Ages? 

AG: Myself, 31 and my husband, 35

ITF: What is your weekly food budget? 

AG: My budget is $150 for groceries.

ITF: How many times a week do you eat out? (based on 21 meals/week)

AG: 1 – 2 times a week.

ITF: How do you plan your weekly meals? Create a spreadsheet of fly by the seat of your pants?  

AG: There is definitely no spreadsheet for me. I am more of the creative meal planner. To me, cooking and making meals is fun and innovative. I take the risk of messing things up but learning along the way.

ITF: What is the most coveted food in the fridge right now for each member of the household? Why?

AG: Mine is Kale. I love the way it tastes and I know it’s so good for me!

ITF: Do you believe in leftovers?

AG: Yes. I was raised with the mentality never waste food.

ITF: What convenience product can you not live without?

AG: Peanut butter. It’s healthy and filling.

ITF: What cooking utensil/piece of equipment/appliance do you live for?

The dehydrator. I love Kale chips, apple chips, etc.

ITF: How have your cooking/shopping habits changed over the last 10 years?

I use to be more reliant on eating out and picking up food. Over the past 10 years, I have grown a love and passion for eating at home and preparing my own food. I love cooking and preparing food.

ITF: If one person could cook for you tonight, who would it be?

AG: My husband. He puts so much love into his food.

ITF: What words of wisdom or advice do you have for other folks who are doing their best every day to fill the fridge?

AG: Pack it with as many fruits and veggies as you can. Be open and willing to try new ways of doing things. Look up recipes on YouTube.  

ITF: What are you working on these days that you’d like to tell us about?

AG: Juicing. I find when I drink more juice, I have more energy. My favorite is carrot, apple, celery, ginger, lemon.

Thanks Anna! 

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