tgi… (organic) strawberry season!

i don’t know if everyone in the country is also getting strawberries coming out now, but i’m SOOO HAPPY it’s strawberry season again!  nursing moms – remember to buy organic strawberries because they are on the “dirty dozen” list of fruits that you want to make sure to buy organic.    they say that babies can taste the different flavors in your milk from the different foods you eat?  who knows if it’s true or not, but doesn’t strawberry milk sound yummy?    i hit up my local farmer’s market this weekend for some nice, fresh, juicy and sweet organic strawberries.  i also pick up some at trader joe’s during the week.  costco is selling non-organic strawberries too, if you don’t care.  my husband gets these for himself because they are cheaper and he doesn’t care about eating organic.  haha.

for your reference, the dirty dozen has the highest pesticide content, and you definitely want to buy organic when possible.  here’s the list:

dirty dozen

• Peaches
• Apples
• Sweet Bell Peppers
• Celery
• Nectarines
• Strawberries
• Cherries
• Pears
• Grapes (Imported)
• Spinach
• Lettuce
• Potatoes

clean 15

• Onions
• Avocado
• Sweet Corn (Frozen)
• Pineapples
• Mango
• Asparagus
• Sweet Peas (Frozen)
• Kiwi Fruit
• Bananas
• Cabbage
• Eggplant
• Watermelon
• Broccoli
• Tomato
• Sweet Potato
• Papaya

(from ewg’s foodnews.org.  also, see the full list of produce sorted by most pesticide content.)