Organic Food Blog Posts

Last week, my friend Katy wrote about "greening" your Thanksgiving on MightyNest's Non-Toxic Nest blog. Well, I'm taking her up on the challenge!

Eco-challenge #7: Serve 100% organic and/or locally grown Thanksgiving dinner. Yes,  that means the bird, the sides AND the desserts. I can't vouch for anything that others bring though...that stuff is fair game.

For those of you who know me personally, just the fact I'm making a Thanksgiving dinner will crack you up. Let alone thinking of me trying to motivate the hubby and in-laws (old school grocery store owners) to go organic. I can hear the jokes now. I'm going to take the heat on this one for years to come. Unless...I could sneak out to Trader Joe's or Whole Foods under the radar and do all the shopping by myself.  Hmmmm...not a bad idea. "Honey - you just sit back, put your feet up and I'll take care of all the shopping for Thanksgiving." Ha - he'll know I'm up to something. Read more...

The organic apple part of this week's challenge was alot easier than the peanut butter portion. I tasted a few different kinds of apples and settled on some nice galas that taste every bit as good as my regular non-organic apples…and they’re not that much more expensive. Easy peasy. Done.
 
In fact, as I type I’m munching on my new and improved favorite snack – organic apples and Maranatha almond butter. Wasn’t so hot on the almond butter at first.  Mainly because I think I was expecting it to taste like peanut butter and – well – shockingly it tasted more like – umm - almonds. Funny how that works. But it's growing on me now. Great on apples and even better on a hot english muffin. YUM! (Ever heard of Wolferman’s? Not organic but man are they ever good!) Read more...