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You're making perfect sense!
I am wondering if you're like me. I am very sensitive to carbs and the more I want them, the more I want to eat them. So even things that are good for you like beans, rice and whole grain breads I have difficulty with. Frankly, I try to avoid eating them at all.
I also don't eat sugary things: many fruits (so far I've found only berries and citrus work), even maple syrup or honey. If I do need sweetner (such as making raw ketchup) I use a bit of agave. Because sugar causes similar problems.
In terms of the superfoods, yes they are very expensive, but frankly, I find them to be a necessity, so we find the money for it.
For leeks, you can certainly add a bit to your salad. Most of the time at this point I only use leeks in raw chili.
For the garden, where to start! We're growing spinach, lettuce, kale, arugula, sunflower sprouts (and sunflowers for seeds), cilantro, parsley, thyme, oregano, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, bell peppers, onions, garlic, endive, mache, eatable flowers, pumpkins, and watermelons. I'm sure I'm forgetting something ....
We have a fairly small garden, but we've learned how to get maximum production in a minimal space, getting a jump on things by starting seeds indoors or earlier (we've got pea sprouts growing now even though we are still getting peas from our current plants as we want to keep up production), and how to extend the growing seasons by keeping things warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.
I occasionaly get fancy, but the truth is I feel better just eating salads. In fact, I rarely even make a smoothie. So you can certainly keep it simple like that!
Back to the carbs for a moment, if you are sure it's a physical need (not a mental craving), then go for it. In starting out I had lots of times of eating cooked foods (even meats when I'd been vegan) as I knew my body needed it. But then I tried to figure out what exactly I was getting from the cooked food/meat, so I could figure out how to do it raw. I think a lot of people do that.
It takes time to figure out how to do raw for your body!
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