Two types of Mushroom, Purple Kale + homegrown Mizuna topped on Organic rye bread

I’ve taken a part time job which means I’m traveling to Barcelona city each day. I’m not used to all the noise, car exhaust fumes and general business of it all. On the one hand I do find it quite exciting and stimulating to be in the city and on the other it’s a sensory overload and gets quite draining for me quickly.

I don’t know how long I’ll last one this job but its just to cover a few expenses temporarily whilst I’m in the process of becoming self sufficient, well it’s my current long term goal. I try to make the most of the situation I’m in and I get a chance to talk and be around other people, which until present I had sort of isolated my self away working on my steemit posts everyday.

My first day on the job was so funny, because the business had paid for some special catering food for the new employees, the gesture was sweet but when the lady said come guys don’t be shy, step forward and eat only half of us went to tuck in. The other half were more health conscious it seemed but I was the big elephant in the room who was like thank you but I’m afraid I can’t eat any of it, I’m vegan, gluten free, sugar free but I promise I still have fun! She looked quite sad which wasn't my intention and after that she tried to offer me coco cola as compensation 😂😂😂

Well at least straight away it meant I made a new friend who said she tried to go vegan once and then couldn’t hack it and went back. She is desperate to change her diet and went on a vegan/ vegetarian talk and she really digs a lot of the points why she should do it. She says she is hanging around with me to get the good influence, so she can make the change again. She said also one thing that prevents her starting right away is the cost, but is eager because she says she feels heavy and is desperate to loose weight.

In general a vegan diet is cheaper than meat eating but it depends on what you buy and how you budget your food. This lady for example goes to supermarkets and buys the cheapest vegetables, these veggies are cheaper than my organic ones and of course the supermarket ones twill be old and tasteless. She couldn’t believe it when I was eating my salads raw and she’d ask where the dressing was. For these I didn’t need a proper dressing as the vegetables were so fresh, I brought them the day before and I even saw the farmer cutting me the bunch of kale right there out of the ground.

I told her that once she has money, she needs to change her perspective on how she spends money on food.

If you want to feel good, then give your body the best, love your body, by buying lovely food.

You will enjoy every mouthful much more knowing the true value of what you are buying and its worth it. At the end of the day we are only talking about a few euros difference.

Later that day there was a wonderful organic market that had popped up just as I left work. When I saw lots of brown mushrooms I had to buy them, even better that they were covered in loads of dirt. And although I had been doing so well going gluten free (because I had gluten sensitivity symptoms) I caved when I saw this organic rye bread, but I asked and double check if it was organic and 100% rye, so I grabbed because my partner likes bread a lot but also I had to try just a couple of slices, and to be honest I didn’t feel any bad side effects apart from feeling like I wanted to eat more but that was because it was so delicious. I think I just had only one more to be on the safe side.

I thought I'd share this for @lenasliving #fruitsandveggiesmonday contest. I hope people will be inspired to eat intuitively and shop for the best quality foods by shopping locally and organic

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