I was curious so decided to list all the foods I’ve eaten since returning home from staying with my mom and stepfather for the beginning of the pandemic.

I think the following lists everything. Some people say my diet lacks variety since I talk about my famous no-packaging vegetable stews so much, but I don’t think I’ve had the same one twice and they differ so much between them.

Legumes

• Black beans
• Kidney beans
• Lentils: green, french, red
• Chickpeas
• Adzuki
• Mung
• Split pea
• Navy beans
• Lima beans
• Soy beans
• Pinto
• String beans
• Peanuts
• Snap peas

Root vegetables

• Sweet potatoes purple, white, orange
• Beets orange, purple, striped
• Carrots
• Radishes
• Turnips
• Squash butternut, kombucha
  

Herbs and spices

• Onions purple, white, spring
• Garlic
• Turmeric powder
• Whole pepper corns
• Savory
• Cumin
• Ginger powder
• Basil green, purple
• Sage
• Parsley
• Allspice
• Cardamom
• Mint
• Cinnamon
• Oregano
• Cacao
• Mustard seed
• Jalapeño
• Ghost pepper (bottled, years old)
• Fennel seeds
• Scallions
• Vinegar (homemade from apples and raisins)

Vegetables

• Zucchini green, yellow, funny-shaped
• Eggplant purple, stripey, white
• Peppers green, red
• Tomatoes red, orange, plum
• Cherry tomatoes
• Cucumber yellow, green

Leafy greens

• Lettuce green, red, escarole, romaine, Boston, and several others
• Kale green, purple, curly
• Collards
• Cabbage purple, green, Napa
• Beet greens
• Radish greens
• Turnip greens
• Carrot greens
• Celery
• Fennel
• Leeks
• Arugula
• Chard
• Endive frisee
• Amaranth
• Spinach
• Purslane

Cruciferous

• Broccoli (regular, rabe)
• Cauliflower

Fruit

• Apples too many types to count
• Peaches yellow, white
• Mulberries purple, white
• Blueberries
• Cherries red, orange
• Bananas (including peels)
• Oranges a few types (including peels)
• Plum
• Grapes
• Raisins
• Goji berries
• Limes (including peels)
• Lemons (including peels)
• Watermelon

Grains (all whole)

• Wheat berries
• Kamut
• Faro
• Barley
• Quinoa
• Buckwheat
• Oats rolled, steel cut
• Corn

Nuts and seeds

• Almonds
• Cashews
• Sunflower seeds
• Hazelnuts
• Macadamia
• Pumpkin seeds
• Walnuts
• Pistachio
• Flax
• Chia
• Pecans

Other

• Water (with soy milk maker: soy milk, almond milk, cashew milk, oat milk, plus variation)
• Nutritional yeast
• Tamari sauce
• Defatted peanut flour (only packaged food)
• Salt

Missing

• Mushrooms—I don’t think I’ve bought any mushrooms
• Beer or wine—I don’t think I’ve had any of them either

Under a tablespoon

• Rum, about a shot glass worth
• Coconut oil (at friend’s)
• Coffee beans

Packaging

• Stickers on fruit and onions from coop
• Sacks for 25 – 50 pound bags for lentils and defatted peanut flour
• Bucket for 10 pounds of nutritional yeast
• Bottle for ghost pepper sauce, though I bought it years ago
• Rubber bands, which I’ll bring back to vendors
• Otherwise, I refilled reusable containers

My main sources

• CSA
• Coop
• Farmers market
• Foraging
• I think that’s it. I haven’t eaten at a restaurant.

My main ways of eating

• Raw, I nibble on most vegetables and all fruit, some nuts
• Salads, I mix almost any vegetables into a salad
• Famous no-packaging vegetable stews
• Bowls of cereal, fruit, nuts, and spice
• Puddings based on defatted peanut flour, fruit, nuts, and cacao or spices

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