The alternative —
buy organic berries.
I always
buy organic berries.
Not exact matches
Hi Gemma, I often
buy organic frozen
berries from Whole Foods.
Lovechock insists on
buying organically certified goji
berries which have also undergone extra lab testing to ensure they are truly
organic.
Note: Since strawberries are one of the items on the EWG's Dirty Dozen list (meaning they contain a high amount of pesticides), be sure to
buy organic and preferably local when
berries are in season.
Another trick I have found to make these smoothies more affordable too, is to
buy the frozen
organic berries in bulk whenever possible.
I always try to
buy organic frozen blueberries since they retain more nutrients than fresh
berries do (they are frozen at peak harvest), plus they are so much cheaper per serving than fresh
berries are.
To maximize the health benefits of
berries, try to
buy organic, frozen or fresh, as the total antioxidant capacity of organically grown versus conventionally grown fruit is higher.
This is why it's particularly important to
buy organic when you're choosing thin skinned fruits such as
berries.
In a perfect world, my kids would gobble up all the fresh,
organic produce I
buy every week — all the clementines, apple slices,
berries, and cubed pineapple or melon I put in their lunch boxes, not to mention the wide variety of vegetables I... [Continue reading]
I checked on all the items I typically
buy at Whole Foods — including
organic produce, my favorite brand of dark chocolate, nut butter, frozen
organic berries, and
organic wine — and they ranged from 50 cents to $ 2 cheaper at 365.
Even when we make a conscious effort to
buy healthy, whole foods, to choose
organic when possible, and to spring for expensive «superfoods» like goji
berries, there may be simple everyday ingredients we're overlooking in our Super Healthy Kitchen.
Strawberries and other
berries are important to
buy organic, so spend a couple extra dollars and
buy them with the USDA
Organic seal.
If you can get fresh
berries, I'm sure those would work just as well as frozen — I just pretty much only
buy frozen
berries because fresh
organic berries are so expensive here in Colorado.
I always try to
buy organic frozen blueberries since they retain more nutrients than fresh
berries do (they are frozen at peak harvest), plus they are so much cheaper per serving than fresh
berries are.
Should I only
buy organic, meaning I will have to cut down on how often I include
berries in my diet?
I recommend
buying fresh
organic berries or juice.
Buy organic when you can since these
berries are the highest source of pesticides in conventional form of all foods (and have been for the last 5 years).
Frozen pineapple, tropical fruit (mango / papaya, pineapple / strawberries),
organic berries (all kinds / mixes), wild blueberries, frozen cherries, and frozen mango are my favorite frozen fruits to
buy at Costco.
The only frozen fruit I worry about
buying organic are
berries (except wild blueberries) since they're known for being high in pesticides in conventional form.
I
buy 10 lb bags of
organic einkorn
berries (you can also
buy organic einkorn flour in 10 lb bags too) and grind it myself for the lightest flour you've ever seen (you won't believe it's actually whole grain and unbleached).
Organic frozen blueberries - I always make sure to
buy berries organic because they are one of the most likely types of produce to have a high amount of pesticide residue.
Almost every time I stand in the produce aisle at the grocery store, I have the same thought: Should I
buy the $ 3.99 carton of
berries or splurge on the
organic one for eight bucks?
If the bird will be eating the outer part of the fruit — as with
berries — it is best to
buy organic when possible.