For breakfast this morning, I sliced a Macintosh Apple and some NY State sharp cheddar cheese. I also drank coffee (one of my exceptions) with a splash of milk.
Today is the first day of my experiment with the 100-mile diet, in which you try to eat foods grown or produced within 100 miles of where you live. I live in Albany, NY, so the 100-mile radius includes the Hudson Valley, southern Vermont, and western Mass. But because I'm lazy, I've modified the restriction to the states of New York and Vermont. This will make it much easier to source my food without examining a map to see if the location of a particular small town falls within my circle. It will also allow me to drink wine made in New York (the major wine producing regions -- the Finger Lakes and Long Island -- lie farther than 100 miles from Albany).
Most people allow certain exceptions like coffee, chocolate, olive oil, and spices. That sounds wise to me. I think I'll be baking bread, so I'll add leavening agents like yeast, baking powder, and baking soda.
I loaded up on local produce at the farmer's market yesterday. I still need to shop for local dairy products, meat, and flour.
Breakfast was good, but I hope I don't have to eat the same thing for lunch.
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Lunch was a baked potato from the farmer's market (FM) dressed with olive oil (I haven't bought local butter yet) flavored with garlic (FM), lavender (my garden), and pepper. (Olive oil and pepper are two of my exceptions.)
It was quite tasty and much better than I expected. I also ate a carrot from my garden. Water to drink.
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