Organically Yours
April 3, 2008 at 7:54 pm | In blahblah |
I’m jumping on the organic-fanatic bandwagon a wee bit late: I only started buying my bell peppers/apples and other goodies in the organic section about a couple of months ago. it’s quite a treat to clean up an apple without having to spend hours trying to remove the wax on it!
of course one of the deterrents could be the price, unless you start shopping around and seeing that your usual grocery store isn’t the only place where you can find some lookers of fruits and veggies.
there’s your local farmer’s market, evidently, unless you don’t have a car and the only one you can find is on the other side of town as is the case over here.
that’s why it’s a good thing that even natural health food stores, which can sometimes be rather costly when it comes to other products, turn out to be the cheapest here in my little (ugly) town for organic goodies.
the big pet peeve is that they, whoever “they” are, feel the need to plaster huge sticky labels on the fruit, which either leave glue on the skin, or sometimes even peel the skin off of delicate fruit like pears.
have a link to a list of foods that should always be eaten organically…
(funny that the list varies depending on which site you go to, by entering “dirty dozen organic” in whichever search engine you use.)
and here’s a simple and delicious pick-me-up after all this blah-blahing I just did: some vanilla Silk yogurt with organic strawberries and the hemp-anola from Eat, Drink & Be Vegan, only I was cheap and used nothing but old-fashioned oats instead of the other grains Dreena Burton uses, and didn’t even bother with the dried fruit.
verdict? that’s one mighty tasty & crunchy granola, indeed.
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Hi! I love your food writing and pictures. I just wanted to leave a note RE the dirty dozen list–bananas show up under the “least contaminated” list, but they are the one thing I refuse to eat if they’re not organic. The reason is that organic bananas are grown without pesticides, and conventional banans are grown with pesticides, which are sprayed on the fields while the workers are in them. This causes horrible healthy problems and mortality in the poorly-paid and exploited Latin American workers who cultivate the bananas.
Anyway, this is one of my pet issues. A friend in grad school came back from visiting Nicaragua with horror stories of watching the pesticides sprayed down on the workers.
Enjoy your tasty treats–I wish I could cook that well!
Comment by Tricia — April 3, 2008 #
thanks for the heads-up, Tricia: good thing I only buy my ‘nanas organic, too. the world really is a sad, sad place these days.
Comment by Celine — April 3, 2008 #
HOORAY!!! Great choice, Celine!!! I always buy organic - especially since it’s been researched/proven that organic produce contains far more nutrients than their conventional counterparts (This is the topic of my 5-7 minute persuasive speech, that I told you about).
Comment by VeggieGirl — April 3, 2008 #
I love organic food! The price tag can be a downer though but I think in the long run, a few extra cents is definitely worth it! Maybe it’s just me but I find the word ‘conventional’ so funny, almost like spraying plants with harmful pesticides is completely natural, it just shows how disconnected society can be with our food.
I love that you tried this hemp-anola with regular oats, that’s what was holding me back for so long from trying it, I’ll be making this sooner than I thought! Beautiful photos!
Comment by ashmacaroon — April 3, 2008 #
Apples are something I’ve definitely been buying organically for a while, it’s surprising how cheap I find them too! It’s all about figuring out what you need and don’t and buying the right organic foods.
Comment by Romina — April 3, 2008 #
I’ve never bothered with organic produce but I hear it tends to have more flavor in addition to being chemical free. Although I’m not sure about the chemicals from those stickers! The other problem is the cost - as a grad student I can’t afford such niceties, especially considering I eat at least 10 bananas a week and half a dozen apples. Someday I’ll give it a whirl for sure. That granola looks great, I want a recipe for it!
- The Peanut Butter Boy
Comment by Nick — April 4, 2008 #
Apples and peaches are two items I won’t back down on when it comes to organic. I read many times and in many different studies that they are 2 of the most heavily contaminated. I wish this world could just learn to live without all the nasties.
Comment by sheree — April 4, 2008 #
I like this approach- it helps to internalize things when you go organic one at a time. I started out with strawberries, then all berries, then celery, then peppers, etc. Organic apples just taste so much better than conventional ones. You know what’s a thing of beauty? A fresh organic fuji apple with some freshly made almond butter. Mmmmm. And I totally agree about the organic bananas too- conventional bananas aren’t unsafe to eat so much as socially egregious. Bah!
Oh, and at my market, some things are always cheaper organic- like ginger and eggplant- it pays to look everywhere!
Comment by bazu — April 4, 2008 #
I switched to mainly organic quite awhile ago as well. I hate wax on my apples, ick ick ick!
Comment by melisser — April 4, 2008 #
like you, and everyone else here, i heart organic. and ooh, that granola you made looks awesome! will have to check out that recipe.
Comment by textual bulldog — April 5, 2008 #
oops and I forgot to mention the most obvious: trader joe’s, for those of us lucky enough to have one nearby! they have pretty good deals indeed.
Comment by Celine — April 6, 2008 #