Organic Food Blog

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With so many organic food recipes out today its hard to decide which one to pick. Here’s a fast and simple idea for any meal whether for a side dish or just a warm hot dinner on a chilly day. Its called Hippie Split Pea Organic Soup. What a neat idea courtesy of http://organictobe.org/index.php/2008/01/17/hippie-split-pea-organic-soup-recipe/:

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From Greg Atkinson:

Like many members of my generation, I was a teenage vegetarian. The experience served me well, because in those days, in order to eat in the vegetarian style, one had to learn to cook. Most recipes for split pea soup call for ham, but this vegetarian version derives its deep flavor from an aromatic base of carrot, celery, and onion. The vegetables are slightly caramelized in oil while the peas boil in a separate pot.

Makes 8 servings

7 cups water
1 bay leaf
1 tablespoon kosher salt
2 cups (1 pound) organic split green peas
3 medium organic carrots, peeled
1 medium organic onion, peeled
3 stalks organic celery
1/4 cup olive or canola oil
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

1. Put the water, bay leaf, and salt in a soup pot over high heat, and bring to a full, rolling boil. Add the split peas, cover the pan, and reduce the heat to low.

2. Meanwhile, cut the carrots, onion, and celery into 1/4 inch dice. Put the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and sauté the vegetables until they are soft and just beginning to brown, about 10 minutes.

3. Add the sauteéd vegetables to the pot and continue to simmer, stirring occasionally to make sure the soup isn’t sticking to the bottom of the pot, until the split peas are beginning to disintegrate, about 45 minutes.

4. Season the soup to taste with freshly ground black pepper. Remove the bay leaf and serve hot with cornbread or biscuits.”

yum yum yum!

Organic farms are becoming more and more common throughout the US and other countries as well. Most of them are small individual farmers and sell to bigger markets and companies. When we buy organic foods we are helping our fellow farmers and not the big powerful companies that distribute food that’s not as rich in vitamins and not as healthy for us as organic food. Lets all do our fellow farmers families and buy organic!

Ever want to get a discount on some of you organic foods. Wonder where to exchange recipes or find others who have the same wants and ideas as yourself when it comes to buying organic food. Well have you ever thought about joining a club. Here’s a web page that will maybe get you started in the right direction and give you some insight to what Organic Food Clubs mat have to offer you. http://www.azcentral.com/news/green/articles/2007/06/01/20070601things-organicfoodclub0601.html. We are sure you will find it helpful and interesting. Join today or do a search online for other organic food clubs there’s many around waiting for you.

Ever read the labels on some organic foods imported from India? Wonder what some of the words mean and what they are actually trying to say? Try using this table as a guidelines for some of India’s most popular imported foods to help you out. Courtesy of http://www.organicindia.com/organic-foods.php.

Grains

Beans

Edible seeds, Oilseeds and other commodities

Most people would argue they will not drink unpasteurized milk because it will make them sick. Contrary to belief after all these years the truth may be that organic milk is actually better for us and safer to drink. In the late 1930’s is when the big stink about the Raw milk being bad for us was brought about. And why might we ask ourselves would this be? It was due to unsanitary safety measures. Take a look at this insert from:

According to Dr. Aajonus Vonderplanitz, a Ph.D. in Nutrition located in Washington, D.C., in Raw Milk; Udderly Health-giving!:

The bad rhetoric about raw milk as a carrier for disease began in late 1930’s when, as Knudsen Dairy employee Alton Eliason testified, conglomerate Knudsen Dairy began a ruthless conspiracy to eliminate its small competitors and ensure less spoiled milk. Knudsen began pasteurizing its dairy products but few people bought them because they were inferior in taste and health-giving properties. Knudsen claimed that pasteurized dairy was the only safe dairy and hired doctors, without research, to testify that raw milk caused diseases. They paid and worked with health officials to outlaw public and farm sales of raw milk. They paid writers to tell gruesome tales about dirty raw milk being a carrier of disease. City dwellers began to believe that anyone who drank it was crazy or stupid. However, the people who worked with raw milk and drank it regularly were not fooled. The campaign to force pasteurization down people’s throats is still alive today and your article continued it.

“Over 290 billion glasses of raw milk have been consumed in the USA since 1960 without one epidemic and not one scientifically associated case of sickness,” reported biological attorney Raymond A. Novell. “However, pasteurized dairy has been scientifically proved to have caused numerous epidemics, including one that affected 197,000 people; and that fact is from CDC.”

Next time we might ask ourselves twice and think organic when buying raw milk.

Heres a realy great organic recipe for a childrens desert I found on www.horizonorganic.com. It is sure to be loved and enjoyes by both the young and old. Please check out their website for this and more great recipes.

“Ingredients”

• 2 cups chopped white potatoes, peeled
• 1/8 cup Horizon Organic® 2% reduced fat milk
• 1/2 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 Tbsp. Horizon Organic cream cheese
• 1 Tbsp. Horizon Organic shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• 1/2 19-oz. can black beans, drained

Place potatoes in large sauce pan, cover with water, and bring to boil. Reduce heat to low. Cook for about 15 minutes or until soft. Drain water and add milk, garlic, cream cheese, cheddar cheese, salt and pepper. Mash with a potato masher or beat with an electric mixer until creamy.

Scoop potatoes into a pastry bag without a decorator’s tip. Squeeze the ghosts onto a lightly buttered cookie sheet so they stand upright about 3 to 4 inches high. Press two similar sized black beans into each ghost’s head to create eyes.

Just before serving, warm the ghosts in an oven preheated to 350°F for about 5 minutes.

All I seem to hear on the radio and TV no matter what channel is how our countries economy is going down hill. But according to The Natural Marketing Institute Organic Food sales are actually increasing and organic farmers and markets are seeing sales rise higher than ever. Why we ask arethe more expensive organic foods being purchased in such hard times. Well many would argue the prices of the non organic foods are rising and most would say why not pay a little more and have the best. After all Organic does provide for a much healthier lifestyle. So now is a better time than any to start buying organic or make the switch from the mediocre to the best!

Well we all have heard many benefits of eating and buyin organic foods. But what are some social benefits we ask ourselves? An unusual question but an important one. Organic farmers tend to care more about their land and as they do so through the years if will continue to be a constant giver to their families and customers. They do so by not using harmful chemicals and pesticides. Also they have to worry less about the key factors:

• loss of topsoil
• toxic runoff and resulting water pollution
• soil contamination and poisoning
• death of insects, birds, critters and beneficial soil organisms

These insure the best of organic foods and the farms and land are preserved for future use.

There’s many organic inspired restaurants around in every state I’m sure. This one caught my attention. Its located in downtown Bergen Street New York I believe. What a cute little organic inspired store. Their website is http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/dining/18take.html?ref=dining. If you are not in the mood for a dinner or lunch they soon have Vegan Birthday Cakes coming. Now that’s something Ive certainly never heard about. Interesting treat I must add stay tuned for more details on their site.