Category Archives: Organic Foods

Easy Ways to Go Green: Healthy, Organic Foods Information Page

Information on Organic Food, Eating Organic and Going Green With Food

Eating Organic Food: Benefits and Information“Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard. While we’re in the mood…” …organic spinach and buffalo! So, there’s not a whole lot that rhymes with mustard, yet there is a near infinite amount of information associated with food and how it can make this lovely planet a greener place to be.

With every pun intended, it’s time to plant some seeds — seeds of thought and maybe even a few seeds for produce, focused on sustainable living as well as enjoying better quality foods. Combined, they’ll lead to a healthier and richer lifestyle.

Organic Foods: Why We Should Eat Them

Why should we eat organic foods? When you consider how little you’d actually have to stretch your budget in order to buy organic foods, why WOULDN’T you eat organic all the time? Sure, organic foods are more expensive, but instead of considering food an answer to boredom or hunger, think of it as a fuel source. It’s amazing that individuals are willing to spend frivolously on so many things, but when it comes to what they purchase for biological performance, they’re looking for the best “discounts.” Continue reading

Benefits of Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar

Why Is There So Much Underground Talk About Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar?

Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar

Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar

It’s pure, it’s natural and it’s even kosher. The USDA has dropped the organic seal of approval (which isn’t as common as one might think), and it can serve as a multi-purpose tool for health and cleanliness. It’s Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar — unfiltered, unpasteurized, unheated and containing five percent acidity.

So what? Is all of this supposed to be a good thing? Yes, in fact, apple cider vinegar is still one of the best-kept health secrets in your soon-to-be entirely green world, and it’s time for a quick education.

What Makes Bragg’s Apple Cider Vinegar Superior

It starts with the soil, which is maintained and farmed to meet organic standards and USDA guidelines. From the soil, apple trees produce some of the highest quality organic apples you can sink your teeth into. In this case, the apples are pressed to form apple cider that naturally ferment and forming the vinegar product. A web-like substance known as “mother,” develops in the fermented apple cider, ensuring that all the “good stuff” from the apples still exists in the “juice.” Continue reading

Eating Healthy Starts With Healthy Meal Preparation

Maximize Your Meal: The Importance of Preparation

Cooking Healthy and Eating HealthyPull, blanch, baste, bake. With all the things we do to our food in terms of preparation, it’s hardly a surprise that there’s anything left at the end of it all. Of course, as tasty and gourmet-worthy as a dish may look, the real losses are hardly perceptible. The saying is true: What is essential is invisible to the eye…essential nutrients, that is.

With the advent of new and improved recipes, cooking utensils, and methods, the opportunities to produce the perfect taste has reached astounding heights. But in the pursuit of gastronomic delight, we’ve forgotten the true essence and purpose of food: To provide our bodies with the proper nutrients in order for them to function and grow.

Healthy eating is often associated with a deprivation of sorts, and there is a belief that healthy food doesn’t taste as good as the unhealthy options we’re accustomed to — this is where the majority of us make a crucial mistake. Contrary to popular belief, being healthy doesn’t mean depriving yourself of food; that’s dieting. Being healthy means buying nutrient-rich fresh food, and maintaining those nutrients during the cooking process. Continue reading

Thanksgiving Vegetarian Options for 2010 From Amy’s and Turtle Island

Press Release for Vegetarians Looking for Dining Options This Thanksgiving

Tofurky and Amy's Organic Vegetarian Thanksgiving Options

Tofurky and Amy's Organic Vegetarian Thanksgiving Options

Vegetarian options for the holidays just got sweeter! Turtle Island Foods, makers of the famous Tofurky Roast, has partnered with Amy’s Kitchen to introduce an updated Vegetarian Feast combining two seasonal favorites: Tofurky’s Stuffed Tofu Roast (32oz/ 20% larger than last year) and Amy’s Vegan Organic Chocolate Cake.

A complete entrée-to-dessert vegetarian feast for the holiday season, the Tofurky/Amy’s Kitchen Vegetarian Feast will debut in-stores nationwide at the beginning of October for an SRP of $19.99.

The Tofurky Roast (26 oz) and the Tofurky Roast with Gravy (2.5 lb) will still be available at Trader Joe’s, Publix and other mainstream grocery and natural food stores.

In addition, Amy’s Kitchen will also continue to sell its popular Vegan Organic Chocolate Cake as a stand-alone product during the holiday season.

Eating Green: Foods, Organic and Recipes

Eating and Growing Organic, Farmer’s Markets, Vegetarian Living, Recipes

Santa Monica Pico Saturday Farmer’s Market

Santa Monica Pico Saturday Farmer’s Market

Welcome to the wonderful world of organic food.

Why should you eat organic? Is it really better for you than all those other foods you see at the supermarket? In short, I’m not going to dig into science on this. We’ll take it at face value, and then we lovers of organic food will warmly welcome you to the fold when you turn from the dark side. Continue reading

Fruit Wars: Fresh Versus Frozen. What’s the Healthiest?

Defining the Value of Fruit: Canned, Frozen and Fresh Fruit Nutrition

Organically Grown Cauliflower

Organically Grown Cauliflower


Welcome to the jungle, we got fruits and jams. Which one brings the flavor? Fresh, frozen or canned? I can’t go on like this for very long due to the simple fact that this topic is an open and shut case. Right?

Which of these three is better for you? Better tasting? Well, if nothing has been added… frozen? No, no… Fresh, of course! Or wait, is it? We attempted to dig a bit deeper in order to discover the simple truth.

Nutritional Value of the Fruit You Eat

The antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, those essential nutrients that we enjoy in our favorite fruits, can be found in all three varieties of fruits, regardless of whether you buy them in the store, pull them out of the freezer or pick them from some sort of tree or plant. So, what then? Should we just buy the cheapest fruits we can find? Continue reading