Reply #119: turns out potatoes aren't that good for you. i did not know that.

[ejpoeta]

i figured they are a vegetable so good. but iceberg lettuce has no nutritional value either... or very little. i didn't know that either. until recently. sweet potatoes are very good for you. i am glad that i know that. and i would welcome a class of some sort on what foods are better for you. i thought corn was good for me.... i guess that is not as good for us as I thought. I have always tried to make good choices, but didn't know they weren't good choices with regards to vegetables. I think a class on how to do coupons and get the most bang for your buck and that sort of thing would be awesome!!! I would definitely welcome such a thing ans someone on another post had suggested. I agree there is a lot I still probably don't know. like what to do with lentils and kidney beans. they offered these dried beans on wic and i had no idea what to do with them. but i do cook a lot. make my own spaghetti sauce and put lots of veggies in it. and I make a lot of my own stuff. I have recently started buying whole grain noodles. we have been buying whole wheat bread for a long time now. I would buy more wheat flour if I could afford it. I have stopped having pop in the house altogether as far as my own use. My husband has some that he takes to work.

BTW... WIC is very strict on what you can buy even as far as brands and amounts. It can be a pain in the ass sometimes because the store may not always have something. They started having tortillas as a choice and I was so happy!! til I tried to get tortillas..... I ended up giving up on that. Now I just get whole wheat bread.