Tips for eating clean?

For me, any raw food thats a veggie fruit grain is in bounds...I try to combine more than 3 veggies in a dish if Im making something up. I generally think that sharp knives and cooking are an essential part of what Im doing...so I try to avoid fast food in microwave....sometimes a piece of raw fruit is going to be my fallback food when I dont feel like cooking....I like seeing the food product in as close to natural state as possible. I garden and about half the year Im picking a lot of my food from the backyard.


would also suggest spending more for better quality spices...it makes the cooking that much better!

I try to eat veggies with every meal, although I'm still not great about breakfast veggies.

I buy organic veg and fruit most of the time, and especially for the dirty dozen. Local and organic when possible.

I buy best quality meat I can find/afford. Pasture-raised local chicken and eggs. Humanely-raised pork with no added antibiotics or nitrates. Wild seafood. I try to buy from Whole Foods or my local organic delivery service where they have their sustainability and sourcing listed.

For dairy, I choose organic, local, small farm dairy. Ideally from grassfed cows, although my delivery service doesn't currently have that. Full fat, low pasteurized, non-homogenized (cream-top, but that my preference).

I avoid anything with the following, when I can:
- added refined sugars of any kind, including cane or agave. If it does have sugar, I prefer honey/dates/fig, etc.
- soy, soy lecithin
- nitrates, nitrites, MSG, xanthum gum, colorings, etc. If it's not from a real food, I try not to eat it.

Edited to add: Oh... I forgot. I avoid anything with canola oil, safflower, sunflower, or other "vegetable" oils. I use butter, animal fat, coconut oil to cook, and olive, avocado, or macadamia nut oil for drizzling.