"just do your thing and don't worry about it. I can tell you from experience that you will smell FAR worse things than ripening bananas in a college dorm!"

"just curious why you don't want to eat oats with fruit....do you just not like sweet with oats or food combining or....?"

"For many of us, it's not "only food." It's the torture and murder of billions of lives. I could never be with someone who supports this unfathomable cruelty. The knowledge is there."

"thanks for this! any more?"

"Since you eat cooked, a lot of doors are open to you. Shop the bulk bins at the grocery store for bulk dried bean, peas, lentils, rice, oats, etc. Super cheap and easy to cook in your crock pot."

"Actually, most raw foods are easy to eat in the car. Apples, carrots, romaine hearts, oranges, strawberries, cherry tomatoes, etc. Only a few are too messy or distracting (papaya!). As I said, I grew to really enjoy it. Meal time was leisurely, the…"

"A long time ago I had a total commute time of 3 hours (while I was moving house). I brought along my food and ate both going to and coming back from work. It was actually really enjoyable, as I had an hour and a half to eat each of those meals…"

"Oh!! And Trader Joes! They have some crazy good deals on organic produce."

"Last summer they had organic peaches and I think nectarines. Much cheaper than any grocery store, but still not cheap like organic bananas. Worth the splurge since they have such a short season. For those that eat cooked, Costco also has lots of…"

"Costco has loads of organic stuff...apples, nanas, spinach, kale, frozen fruits of all kinds, frozen veg, if you eat packaged stuff they have tons of that (tomato paste/canned tomatoes, etc......dried fruits of all kinds, tofu......and lots…"