Cooking Organic Food? Looking for Tasty Organic Recipes?

Then this is the site for you. No more navigating the bewildering array of articles and sites devoted to one book or one facet of organic cooking. Here you can choose among specific categories of organic recipe books to find one to suit your needs, whether cooking for the whole family, for babies and toddlers, or vegetarian cooking. Since organic food is more expensive than conventionally grown food, there are categories devoted to tips on how to save while shopping and how to grow your own garden.

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Every day more and more people are choosing organic food as part of a more ecologically friendly lifestyle or simply to limit the exposure of family members to agricultural chemicals, preservatives, and genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Others choose organic cooking as a healthy addition in combating medical issues. Whatever the reason may be, many recipes have been developed to take full advantage of tastier, healthier, and nutrient rich fresh organic vegetables and fruits. There are many organic cooking books on the market and this site is designed to make finding them more convenient by dividing them into categories – simply click on an image or link below to be taken to the correct page.

Anyone who has shopped online for organic cookbooks has had the frustrating experience of having too many results when the search engine found everything even remotely related. Here the titles are arranged by category for simplicity in locating cookbooks by specific subject.

• electronic format cookbooks – a green alternative to paper hard-copy books, immediate download after purchase

• organic recipe books – regular hard-copy books

• shop for organic food – how, when, and where to shop to save on the grocery bill

• recipes for babies and toddlers – cook delicious organic food for babies and toddlers

• vegetarian recipes – prepare delicious meatless dishes

• organic gardening – how to plant and raise organic vegetables and fruit to save on the grocery bill

• articles – read about the health benefits of organic food

The many agricultural chemicals and preservatives used to produce conventionally farmed crops are not applied to organic foods, thus there is not as negative an impact on the environment or consumers. Agricultural chemicals sprayed on conventional crops do not remain within the boundaries of the field, but drift on the wind and run off into streams and rivers with lasting harmful effects on local wildlife, ground water, and aquatic life. Studies suggest that some pesticide residues remaining on fresh fruits and vegetables after washing can build up in the tissues of consumers, possibly leading to developmental issues in children and to certain cancers. Organic farmers use as few chemicals as possible, preferring instead to use natural fertilizers such as compost and animal manure, crop rotation with cover crops to maintain soil fertility and minimize soil erosion, and natural pest and weed controls, to produce their crops. Growth hormones and antibiotics routinely given to conventionally raised meat and dairy cattle are banned on organic farms. Healthy organic cooking can eliminate most, if not all, exposure to agricultural chemicals and other additives.

Newcomers to organic cooking may simply replace conventional ingredients with organic ingredients in their standard recipes. Some discover that organic fruits and vegetables have richer flavor and want tested organic recipes created to take full advantage of the flavors naturally developed prior to harvest, food not subjected to the artificial ripening processes prevalent with conventionally grown produce. Nutritional components in fruits and vegetables, especially vitamins and antioxidants, begin to break down immediately after harvest, thus the length of time between harvest and market has a detrimental effect on the nutritional values. Since organic produce generally has a shorter distance to travel from farm to market, it tends to be fresher and more nutrient dense than produce from conventional farms.

Many farmers’ markets have one or more local organic farms represented which often allow consumers to save money while supporting the local farmers. In many parts of the US consumers can join Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs and farm co-ops, allowing them to receive fresh organic produce directly from the farm, although the selection is generally limited to what is available in any particular week. Many major grocery and club stores now carry organic produce, dairy products, and poultry.