Eating organic vegetables will protect you from dangerous pesticides found in conventionally grown vegetables.
They also give your body what nature intended so you can process toxins and poisons out of your system, giving them less chance to do damage!
All your favorite recipes can be converted to organic food recipes easily.
Take the Organic Challenge:
Buy all your ingredients organic!
Organic Asparagus with Lemon Vinaigrette
1 lb. organic asparagus (fresh or frozen)
1/4 cup organic lemon vinaigrette (recipe follows)
Lemon Vinaigrette
1 organic lemon
1/3 cup cold pressed extra virgin olive oil
Squeeze lemon for 1/3 cup of juice. Combine with sea salt and pepper to taste. Whisk in oil in a slow stream.
Cook asparagus your favorite way (boiling, steaming, etc.) Drain asparagus well and pat dry. Gently toss asparagus with vinaigrette, sea salt and organic pepper to taste. Serves 4.
This recipe is so quick and easy it is an ideal dish for time challenged hosts!
Facts:
Asparagus Protects against cancer.
Builds healthy red blood cells.
Stimulates kidney and liver function.
*Buying organic vegetables supports small, independent family farms.
Organic Glazed Carrots
1 lb organic baby carrots
2 tbs organic butter
1/3 cup packed organic brown sugar
Cover and simmer carrots in a small amount of steamed distilled water (salted if you like), for approx 10 min. until crisp tender. Melt the butter, add brown sugar , heat till dissolved. Add organic carrots, cook over med-low heat approx 10 more mins turning often. Serves 6.
Facts:
Carrots are powerful anti-oxidants.
Reduce the risk of cancer (especially lung cancer).
Build healthy skin and tissue.
*Fresh organic vegetables contain on average 50% more vitamins, minerals, enzymes and other micro-nutrients than conventionally farmed produce.
Organic Green Beans Amandine
1 lb organic green beans fresh or frozen
1 tbs organic slivered almonds
2 tbs organic butter
1 tsp organic lemon juice
Cook the organic green beans (steaming is best to retain nutrients). Drain. Cook the almonds in butter, over low heat, stirring occasionally, till golden. Remove from heat and add lemon juice. Pour over beans. Serves approx 6.
Facts:
Green beans promote liver and pancreas function.
Energize.
Fight gout and rheumatism.
*Organic vegetables and organic farming practices help protect our water resources.
Industrial agriculture wreaks havoc on the environment downstream.
Pesticides and fertilizers drift and are the main culprit for dead zones in delicate ocean environments, like the Gulf of Mexico, where it's dead zone is now larger than the size of New Jersey!
It's probably bigger now, I read this a couple of years ago.
So every organic food recipe you make helps to save our planet...
WOW! Now that's impressive.
Organic Broccoli Asian Style
1 lb fresh or frozen organic broccoli
2 tbs organic butter
2 tbs organic sugar
2 tbs organic soy sauce
4 tsp organic sesame seeds, toasted
Steam broccoli. Combine butter, sugar and soy sauce. Heat till butter melts and sugar dissolves. Pour over broccoli and top with sesame seeds. Serves 6
Facts:
Broccoli lowers the risk of colon, esophagus, larynx, lung, prostrate and stomach cancers! That's why it's one of the "Magnificent 12" (top cancer fighters).
Is packed with vitamin C.
Experiments in the 1950's found broccoli helped protect guinea pigs from lethal doses of radiation.
*Growing organic vegetables promotes a biologically diverse, healthy environment.
Our planet needs our help now, or we will not survive.
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