Eating Organic Foods has become a very safe way to maintain good health. With all the food recalls that have now become commonplace, going organic is an easy choice in order to be safe. The benefits of choosing organic foods affect you as well as the environment. So, you can say, this is an effective way of contributing to a good environment.

Benefits of Eating Organic Foods

• Organic produce contains fewer pesticides.
• Food is often fresher
• Organic farming is better for the environment.
• Organically raised animals are NOT given antibiotics, growth hormones, or fed animal byproducts.
• Meat and milk are richer in certain nutrients.
• Organic food is GMO-free.

Plan a week of organic meals

There is a wide variety of organic foods to choose from. You can plan a week of organic meals easy for the whole family.

Finding organic food recipes for breakfast is a sinch; there are many organic breakfast foods available. And if you are trying to lose weight, organic food (clean food) can enhance the weight loss process.

There are a lot of healthy organic recipes for weight loss. Search Organic Recipes Blogs; I’m sure they have a wide variety to choose from.

You can create your own organic snack recipes and plan great organic lunch ideas for work. Also, you can create or search for organic vegetarian recipes.

Organic meal planning

With the growing variety, availability, and affordability of organic foods, you can easily enjoy a different and delicious organic meal every day of the week. We encourage you to shop your local farmers’ market, co-op, and grocer’s organics and make a week-long organic meal plan as part of your family’s healthy move to go organic.

7 Organic Breakfasts

Give your family a healthy start to the day with a hunger-satisfying organic breakfast. If you’ve just started adopting an organic diet, you can easily convert your family’s conventionally-sourced morning meals to organic by simply buying organic varieties of pancake mixes, bread, cereals, fruit, vegetables, and dairy.

• Sunday brunch: Fajita Omelet
• Monday: Cranberry Walnut Scones
• Tuesday: Egg Breakfast Burrito
• Wednesday: Spinach Frittata
• Thursday: Granola With Yogurt
• Friday: Peanut Butter Banana Muffins
• Saturday: Banana Pecan Pancakes

5 organic Workday & schoolday Lunches

• Monday: Shrimp And Avocado Pasta Salad
• Tuesday: Peach And Brie Sandwich
• Wednesday: Veggie Burger
• Thursday: Chef’s Salad
• Friday: Chicken Quesadillas

7 organic family Dinners

• Sunday: Herb-Crusted Eye Of Round Beef Steak
• Monday: Roasted Chicken With Seasoned Vegetables
• Tuesday: Stuffed Bell Peppers
• Wednesday: Grilled Eggplant Parmesan
• Thursday: Coconut Rice With Grilled Shrimp
• Friday: Turkey Apple Panini
• Saturday: Macaroni And Cheese

Recipes

Fajita Omelet

Recipe courtesy of Simply Organic
Ease of Preparation: Easy
Preparation Time: 5 min
Cook Time: 5 min

Servings: 6

Ingredients
1/2 cup sliced green pepper
1/4 cup sliced onion
6  large eggs (Organic Valley)
1 cup Organic Valley Milk
1 package Simply Organic Fajita Mix
1/2 cup Organic Valley Shredded Cheese

Directions

•  Preheat skillet over medium heat
• Saute peppers and onions
• Whisk the eggs, milk and fajita seasoning
• Pour omelet mixture in the skillet
• Top the omelet with shredded cheese.

Chef Suggestions
Serve with guacamole on the side.

Shrimp And Avocado Pasta Salad

Recipe courtesy of Stonyfield Farm

Try this organic lunch recipe with crisp vegetables, creamy avocado, and sweet shrimp, this cool pasta salad is a meal in itself.

makes: 8 servings

Ingredients
1- 16oz package penne pasta
1 pound of cooked shrimp (16-20 count), peeled and deveined
1/2 cup shredded cheddar
1 avocado, peeled and diced
1 cup Stonyfield Organic Fat-Free Plain Yogurt
Juice of 2 lemons
2 tomatoes, seeded and diced
peel and slice one cucumber into 1/4-inch-thick half-moons
blanch and chill one cup of green beans
1- teaspoon crushed red pepper
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions
Cook pasta according to package instructions. Rinse pasta under cold water and drain. In a large bowl gently toss together pasta, shrimp, cheddar cheese, avocado, yogurt, lemon juice, tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, crushed red pepper, and salt and pepper to taste. Serve chilled.

Herb Crusted Eye of Round Beef Roast

This recipe was adapted from one submitted to Foodnetwork.com by Sunny Anderson

Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

3 lb eye of round beef roast
1/8 cup canola oil
5 cloves garlic
1- Tbsp parsley
1- tsp oregano
1-tsp thyme
1 -tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp salt
 2 Tbsp mustard powder

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• In a small bowl stir together canola oil, garlic, parsley, oregano, thyme, rosemary, and salt. Rub herb mixture evenly over roast.
• Place herb roast in the oven (approximately 45 minutes for medium-rare).

Number of Servings: 8

 

 

 

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