Being all new at this blogging and writing and having no idea where it will lead to I will just start somewhere. (oh boy…)

When I first started eating more fruit and vegetables I used to do my weekly shopping at the supermarket. With a cart full with healthy food the total price got quite high, compared with a non-plant based diet. (this will be a nice topic for an other post surrounding our government mostly subsidising meat production but not organic fruit and veggies)

So I stared to free some time on Wednesday or Saturday to go to our local small market. I guess I had not been there for more then 8 years!

I usually bring two fold-able crates with me to save packaging materials and just let them fill the crates. I mostly buy fruits since my vegetables are coming from an organic allotment garden (volkstuin in Dutch and more about organic gardens in an other post)

The local market is a great place to get food from a more reliable source, most products are produced in our own country and some are organic. The prices are also better then in the supermarket! I just ask where the products come from, every week is there is some variation on what is available.

The owner of the fruit market stand is a great enthusiastic guy always telling me if he got something organic or interesting.

I am currently spending about 8 a 9 Euro per person and per day on fruit in the summer season here in the Netherlands. How much are you guys spending on fruits with a high-fruit plant-based diet?

So that is how my weekly fruit stock looks like, my taste buds are already adjusted to all this fruit!

So my first tip in eating more fruit and vegetables is to buy them at your local market and ask some questions about the products and where there coming from!

Please share your own experience when buying fruit…