{"id":369,"date":"2011-02-27T19:24:38","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T02:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/?p=369"},"modified":"2011-02-27T20:45:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T03:45:43","slug":"the-experiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karin.zmonkey.org\/?p=369","title":{"rendered":"The Experiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to do something different for a change.\u00a0 As some of you already know I graduated from BYU almost 10 years ago.\u00a0 I got a bachelors of science degree in community health.\u00a0 While in school I had an internship with the Utah County Health Department.\u00a0 I put in over 300 hours of time and energy devoted to the cardiovascular health department.\u00a0 I spent time at farmers markets, classrooms, and health fairs promoting eating healthy foods and more specifically eating more fruits and vegetables.\u00a0 So, what have I done since then?\u00a0 To be honest not much.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t get me wrong I eat pretty healthy and have taught my kids to make healthy choices.\u00a0 I exercise at least 3 times a week.\u00a0 I just don&#8217;t share my knowledge with those around me.\u00a0 In an effort to refresh my memory and maybe share a little, I&#8217;ve started a new experiment.<\/p>\n<p>My inspiration for this experiment came while exercising with a couple of friends.\u00a0 These friends know that Corey and I don&#8217;t like to eat processed\u00a0 and boxed foods.\u00a0 We both like to cook and try new foods.\u00a0 They asked me if I had ever ordered a <a href=\"http:\/\/bountifulbaskets.org\">Bountiful Basket<\/a> before.\u00a0 I had heard of it but never really knew what it was.\u00a0 They told me to look it up and try it.\u00a0 Here is a quick run down of what it is.\u00a0 Basically it is a food co-op that started in Arizona.\u00a0 You order from the website, starting Monday 12:00pm and ending Tuesday 10:00 pm, and pick up at a location near you on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>These were the common complaints from my friends.\u00a0 The window time to order is very short and specific and if you want to pick up at a popular spot than you need to order early.\u00a0 They also complained that they would get so much food that a lot of it would go to waste.\u00a0 Sometimes you would get foods that you have never seen or heard of and you don&#8217;t know what to do with it.\u00a0 So for this experiment these are the questions I want to answer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is it worth my money?<\/li>\n<li>Do we eat more fruits and veggies?<\/li>\n<li>Does it make us try new things?\u00a0 and do my kids like it?<\/li>\n<li>How much goes to waste?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Along with answering these questions I am also going to take an inventory on what is in my basket.\u00a0 I&#8217;ll tell you how we have used the fruits and veggies that we got.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also good to know why it&#8217;s important to eat fruits and vegetables, so I will tell you what nutrients you get from them.<\/p>\n<p>From this experiment\u00a0 I hope to show you, and remind myself and family, how easy, delicious, and healthy fresh fruits and veggies can be.\u00a0 I strongly believe in eating fresh fruits and veggies rather than canned or processed.\u00a0 I hope that this experiment will help my family and I to become less dependent on those kinds of foods.\u00a0 This will also help me to find things to blog about and maybe I can become a little more consistent.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned.\u00a0 I ordered last Monday and picked up my first basket yesterday.\u00a0 I already have a couple of post in the works.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to do something different for a change.\u00a0 As some of you already know I graduated from BYU almost 10 years ago.\u00a0 I got a bachelors of science degree in community health.\u00a0 While in school I had an internship with the Utah County Health Department.\u00a0 I put in over 300 hours of time and 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