Still more organization

As I said yesterday the list of items and the preparation for this plan can be a bit daunting.  I have found a few short cuts to help me reduce the amount of preparation I will need to do on Sunday.

First for the shredded carrot beet salad, I got these to save me the shredding madness.  I can handle a beet but I really don't need to shred a bunch of carrots when I can get this for $1.99.

The other idea I came up with to minimize cost and work is organic frozen broccoli. Now everyone probably thinks that fresh is always better than frozen, but it is not. Would you take beautiful organic broccoli picked at its peak in its natural season that is flash frozen? Or would you take the picked a week ago in California which spent a week on the road getting here and which was now wrapped in plastic sitting in your grocery store?

The answer:  the frozen broccoli.

Freezing would decrease the overall nutrient content of the broccoli only slightly but would preserve most of its nutrients and freshness. 

There are a number of nice organic brands available including:

So my choice will be a combination of frozen for the soup and vegetables in Coconut Sauce and fresh for the sauteéd broccoli.