We don't have the budget to go organic for everything, so we're starting with animal products. Milk, check. Yogurt, I make my own from organic milk, so check. Eggs, check. I'm cutting back on my ice cream habit and plan to stop buying it regularly when my favorite brand stops being on sale (due to any week now), semi-check. DH is the only one who eats meat and has just cut back on it, and recently bought some organic ground beef from the farmers market.
Which leaves cheese. The two kinds we buy most often are shredded Mexican-style (Kraft... from Sam's Club....) and Land O Lakes white American from the deli. DS1 loves them both and is incredibly picky. I feel like I could easily give up cheese altogether. DH loves the shredded cheese when we do beans and rice, breakfast burritos, etc. I've seen Organic Valley shredded Mexican at Wegmans (though at my most recent trip, they only had Horizon), but it's so much more expensive. I think if we could use a little bit less of it, and not let DS1 throw so much on the floor, I'd be able to justify the expense.
Which brings me to the American cheese. DS1 won't eat any other kind. Occasionally he'll eat "orange cheese" from a block (cheddar or Colby) at other people's houses, but not at home. I tried buying a block of OV Monterey Jack recently because it's a milder flavor than cheddar, and I sliced it thin and tried to pass it off as the LOL American, but he could tell the difference and wouldn't eat it. I really really want him eating organic cheese because it's one of the few foods he eats on a regular basis. Does anyone have any suggestions of other cheeses that might taste more like American? I saw OV muenster but it was a big square and looks like it would be hard to slice thin (I have a cheese slicer which works well for a normal sized block). My only other idea is to just stop buying the LOL and he can eat whatever kind I have or get his calories from other sources. He still nurses too, so I don't worry about him starving. I don't know that DH would go for it though because as I said, cheese is one of the few things DS1 will eat. DH would probably make up for it by just offering more "shreddy cheese", now that I think of it.
Thanks in advance for any replies!!
Which leaves cheese. The two kinds we buy most often are shredded Mexican-style (Kraft... from Sam's Club....) and Land O Lakes white American from the deli. DS1 loves them both and is incredibly picky. I feel like I could easily give up cheese altogether. DH loves the shredded cheese when we do beans and rice, breakfast burritos, etc. I've seen Organic Valley shredded Mexican at Wegmans (though at my most recent trip, they only had Horizon), but it's so much more expensive. I think if we could use a little bit less of it, and not let DS1 throw so much on the floor, I'd be able to justify the expense.
Which brings me to the American cheese. DS1 won't eat any other kind. Occasionally he'll eat "orange cheese" from a block (cheddar or Colby) at other people's houses, but not at home. I tried buying a block of OV Monterey Jack recently because it's a milder flavor than cheddar, and I sliced it thin and tried to pass it off as the LOL American, but he could tell the difference and wouldn't eat it. I really really want him eating organic cheese because it's one of the few foods he eats on a regular basis. Does anyone have any suggestions of other cheeses that might taste more like American? I saw OV muenster but it was a big square and looks like it would be hard to slice thin (I have a cheese slicer which works well for a normal sized block). My only other idea is to just stop buying the LOL and he can eat whatever kind I have or get his calories from other sources. He still nurses too, so I don't worry about him starving. I don't know that DH would go for it though because as I said, cheese is one of the few things DS1 will eat. DH would probably make up for it by just offering more "shreddy cheese", now that I think of it.
Thanks in advance for any replies!!
