But, they get cooked organic broccoli and
organic spinach on a daily basis.
Not exact matches
I used store brand frozen
organic leaf
spinach (their 5 cups
on the label made 3 cups after wringing out the water).
I make it all the time even for breakfast when there's not much to put
on a sandwich — a nice
organic spelt bread with a spread of hummus,
spinach leaves and tomato from the garden makes a perfect breakfast or lunch around here...
* 2 slices thick cut bacon - optional (I used my preservative free home - cured bacon) * 1 small red onion, peeled and thinly sliced * 1/2 pound clean and dry
organic baby
spinach * 1 cup coarsely chopped pea sprouts / shoots - optional (use another seasonal vegetable like asparagus, if you prefer * 1/4 cup crumbled blue cheese, or more / less to taste * 1/4 cup chopped raw walnuts, or more / less to taste * 15 - 20 violet flowers * toasted walnut or olive oil for drizzling
on the salad * squeeze of fresh lemon or drizzle of balsamic vinegar - optional
I made this last night, only I used TJ's frozen
organic spinach since it was all I had
on hand..
I always have
organic salad
on hand usually some mix of watercress /
spinach / rocket,
organic cherry tomatoes,
organic celery and cucumbers.
I used a mix of
organic spinach, kale, and swiss chard but you can use whatever leafy greens you have
on hand.
RECIPE Potatoes (about 3 pounds, washed and scrubbed, peeled if not
organic) 1 large onion 1/2 cup potato flour (all purpose flour, wheat or gluten - free may be substituted) 2 Tablespoons olive oil (optional — if you are
on an oil - free diet leave this out) 3/4 teaspoon salt (optional — if you are
on a salt - free diet leave this out) 1 cup frozen
spinach 1 carrot (washed and scrubbed, peeled if not
organic) 1/2 cup roasted buckwheat groats 1 cup water Tofu Sour Cream
I just topped it with some
organic pasta sauce and stuck a
spinach leaf
on top for the photo!
When I discovered the Plum
Organics pear,
spinach, and pea combo had four whole grams, I put it
on my subscribe and save by the caseload.
Just try to eat
organic when consuming foods listed
on the Environmental Working Group's Dirty Dozen (Plus) list: apples, bell peppers, blueberries, celery, cucumbers, grapes, lettuce, imported nectarines, peaches, potatoes,
spinach, and strawberries.
I would load up
on organic kale, broccoli, Swiss chard,
spinach, avocados and fruits.
Depending
on where I am, I'll grab free - form lettuce from the farmers market, a box of triple - washed
spinach or baby kale from Whole Foods, or a bag of
organic romaine lettuce from any other market.
It doesn't have to be complicated, toss some
organic baby
spinach or mixed baby greens
on there but always strive for half veggies!
a small bin of mixed
organic greens (or baby kale,
spinach,
organic romaine, whatever greens you have
on hand)
Simply scramble 2 - 3
organic pastured chicken or duck eggs in coconut oil or grass - fed butter, while steaming 4 - 5 chopped vegetables of choice
on the side (such as
spinach, kale, carrots, mushrooms and tomatoes).
«One of the world's leading bio-energetic doctors Professor Dr Valerie Hunt tested sprouted foods at UCLA in the 1970's and found that
on average that sprouts like alfalfa, clover, broccoli (yes, the sprout is far more nutritious than the fully grown vegetable), sesame, sunflower, lentil, mung, adzuki, soy, fenugreek, and other soil-less sprouts are roughly 10 times as nutritious as the best freshly picked
organic green vegetables such as broccoli, kale, and
spinach.»
Of course, you may not be able to afford an entire grocery list of
organic food, but there are certain items you won't want to skip — including strawberries, apples,
spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers, which appear
on the Environmental Working Group's «Dirty Dozen» list of foods with high concentrations of pesticides.
Not surprisingly, sales were most often higher
on organic products with lower premiums over their conventional counterpart such as
spinach, granola, and carrots.
2 C water (or coconut water, or water kefir) 1/4 fresh whole
organic lemon with rind 1 - 2 leaves kale (depends
on size) 1 - 2 leaves collard greens (depends
on size) 1 leaf chard 2 handfuls
spinach 2 C fruit 2 squirts liquid stevia
A couple of «add -
ons», being a combination of any of the following non-exhaustive list: salad
spinach, rocket, cress, cucumber, tomatoes, courgette (zucchini), avocado, feta cheese, olives, smoked salmon, seeds (sesame, sunflower, pumpkin), lemon, olive oil, cider vinegar, hummus, plain
organic (unsweetened) yoghurt, sugar - free relish / pesto, sauerkraut.
And then compared the predictable effects
on eye health:
organic free - range eggs versus corn and
spinach.
I recommend buying
organic frozen chopped
spinach and kale and keeping a few bags
on hand.
The USDA / NASS studies tracked harvested acres without differentiating between irrigated and non-irrigated acreage; it gathered data
on planted vs. harvested acres for some crops but not others; it did not account for systems in which «baby vegetable» crops (usually
organic) are grown in short rotations
on the same plot (such as
spinach, lettuce, and carrots) and thus have lower yields; and it omitted some data that would have revealed too much information about individual farmers, in cases where very few growers produce a particular crop.