LifeThyme Natural Market

Yesterday, I decided to take a walk down to the Lifethyme Natural Market on 6th ave. and 9th street. I heard it was pretty small but I was curious, especially because I saw that they stocked Sheese (vegan cheese), which I have been looking for forevah!

Lifethyme was your typical small, health store with some yummy essentials and an insane stock of Yogi tea. What really stood out about the market was their delicious selection of buffet foods and pre-made goodies. Their bakery treats also looks irresistible and they have a juice bar! I would have loved to dig into one of the above mentioned treats but since I'm watching my calories, I did not.

As far as Sheese goes, they only had the creamy product in stock and while I would have loved to try it, it was around $11 a package (since it's imported from Scotland and all). Also, I don't mind Tofutti cream cheese so I'm really looking for a hard/melty cheese substitute.

Overall, I think I will visit the juice bar at Lifethyme as a weekly treat to myself (after walking down), but for a major healthy grocery shopping adventure, I'll stick with Westerly.

Westerly Natural Market

I got out of work a bit early today so I decided to check out the Westerly Natural Market on 54th st. and 8th ave. It was absolutely amazing!! Aisles and aisles of veggie-friendly foods. I totally felt like I was in heaven. Best of all, it's certainly the cheapest health store I've been to.
I spend $54 and came out with 24 items ranging from tofurkey slices, frozen entrees, and rice. I would definitely recommend this Market to anyone in the NYC area that is looking for a healthy shop with decent prices. Oh, I have to add that their prepared food (sandwiches and salads) looked very yummy. I just didn't want to chance it since I am trying to watch my caloric intake.

Next I plan on trying the LifeThyme market downtown, so we'll see how it goes. :)

No dinner recipe tonight as I just had some shirataki fettucine noodles with Laughing Cow Light Swiss and shredded cheddar.