The Organic Wish Articles

Organic chocolate cupcakes with a difference – they’re packed full of vitamins and minerals rather than high fat and loads of sugar and gluten. They taste delicious, and yet are actually good for you.

A delicious and nutritious soup to warm the cockles of your heart. Using entirely organic ingredients, its very cheap, easy to make and stuffed full of vitamins to boost the immune system.

Raw organic honey is one of the treasures of our world. It’s taste, its nutritional benefits and its healing properties make it special. It’s a wonderful thing to keep in your kitchen both for eating and healing.

By supporting local farmers and CSA schemes you are not contributing to the coffers of the large multinational corporations that seek to dominate food production. You are helping the smaller independent growers maintain and develop their farms. This is important so that we do not lose our ability to choose where we buy food from.

Drunk daily by millions the world over, tea has the potential to restore and calm. Unfortunately the use of pesticides on many tea plantations means this delicious drink should be drunk with caution – unless you choose organic tea.

Christmas puddings make excellent presents for friends and family, and the amount of pudding this recipe makes will give you enough to make three decent sized ones. Every ingredient can be sourced as an organic ingredient including the brandy.

Organic fruit and vegetables don’t last as long as conventional produce. Here are some tips on how to keep organic vegetables crisp and fresh if you don’t use them straight away.

Lots of people think that once summer has gone, that is the end of the growing season. Think again. Many vegetables can be grown throughout autumn and even winter as long as you look after them.

Here’s a great vegetarian recipe that uses leaves rather than flour wraps. Using organic leaves will provide a powerhouse of nutrients that is perfect for autumn and winter.

A straightforward recipe that uses basic organic ingredients including yogurt made from organic milk and home ground flour from organic wheat bought from the local natural health store. The taste of homeground flour is lovely and will certainly be more nutritious. If you don’t own a grinder, normal unbleached organic flour is fine.

Baba Ganoush is similar to houmous but its base is eggplant, also known as aubergine. Having grown your own organic garden produce, you can have lots of fun deciding how you’re going to eat it.

A recipe for a nutritious and delicious green salad and goat cheese made with vegetables grown in your own organic garden, including instructions on how to plant the seeds. This meal makes a delicious starter or light lunch.

With a Community Supported Agriculture scheme (CSA) you pay a membership fee each month during the growing season for fresh organic local produce, either delivered to your door or collected from the farm.

If you shop wisely you can feed your family healthy organic foods on the tightest of budgets. Focus on staple foods and cut out the junk and you can eat healthily, even if you have very little to spend.

Simple instructions on how to make a delicious gooseberry and plum organic jam and how to sterilise the jam jars and fill them to ensure proper storage.

The Dirty Dozen are those fruit and vegetables that carry the highest pesticide residues. The Clean 15 is the opposite, the fruit and vegetables that carry the lowest pesticide residues.

On average a child eats or drinks non-organic food contaminated with pesticides five times a day. This can seriously affect your child’s development and behaviour.

Does organic food taste better? Why does organic food sometimes look less appealing than conventionally farmed produce? What is an organic box scheme? Melissa Kidd, spokesperson for the Soil Association, answers some FAQ’s about the benefits of organic food.

Studies show organic milk contains higher levels of Omega 3 fatty acids and antioxidants such as betacarotene. Another reason for buying organic milk is the taste.

Can you still eat organic food if you are on a tight budget? Find out how eating the right food is more healthy and which organic food products can be bought for little more than the non-organic equivalents.

Nobody fully understands the damage toxins found in pesticides do to your body. What steps can you take if you can’t find or afford organic food? Dr Andrew Weil provides some suggestions.