Saturday, April 6, 2013

Organic Cucumber Salsa Recipe


Cucumber Salsa

This fresh and crisp recipe for salsa combines sour cream, yogurt, and fresh herbs with chopped cucumbers. Serve it with grilled fish, or with taco chips for dipping.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup sour cream
1 cup plain low fat yogurt
1/4 cup chopped parsley
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. salt
3 cucumbers, peeled, seeded, and chopped
PREPARATION:
Combine all ingredients in medium bowl. Cover and chill 1-2 hours to blend flavors. Serve as a topping for grilled fish, or with taco chips as an appetizer.

What a great mid day snack!  Tanners Bro in Richboro has cucumbers 3/$1.

A few organic deals

Deals
There is a new coupon for $2/1 Spectrum Culinary Oil Product on the Spectrum Facebook page. This week at Sprouts, Spectrum organic coconut oil is on sale for $4.99, or just $2.99 after coupon!
Spectrum Organic Coconut Oil $4.99
-$2/1 Spectrum Oil Coupon
=$2.99 


Save $.75 on any Applegate Farm product from their friends Earthbound Farm. Use it at Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Walmart and more to

Save on organic cheese products with this new coupon for $.75/1 Organic Creamery Product. This is a pdf coupon and it expires on 10/31/13. 
Look for these products at some Target locations. 



Our Local Farms

This weather is making me want to take the kids for a trip to the farm! Although not all are organic, here is a great guide to all our wonderful local farms. Bucks County


Farms

Friday, April 5, 2013

I'm sure you have all heard of CSA's (Community Supported Agriculture). Living off the local land, sounds great right? We have so many local farms that do offer memberships. I have been blessed with my cousin being a lead farmer of a local farm, although as of this season he is no longer working the farm. The farm he was at was not close to me so I am researching local CSA's. The cost is also nothing to bat an eye at, many families pair up and go half for the season. I came across a couple offering half shares. I'm hoping some of you can leave some tips and suggestions and maybe even perhaps we can bring families together to join a CSA this season. Here are some local ones I found.

http://www.localharvest.org/palovchaks-produce-M28193

Wrightstown

Perkasie


11oz Baby Spinach/field mix $3.99 at WegmansWegmans Baby Spinach
Wegmans Organics Sale

Making Organics Affordable

I've started this blog to help all my fellow organic food fans save some money while making healthy decisions. I hear so many times in conversations and on f/b how organic food is so expensive & rarely offer coupons or sales. I must admit I find some good deals and have compared the conventional food receipts to the alternative organic and it does seem to be a few dollars higher. Of course its all about the products your buying.  I always rationalize it by reassuring myself that I dont want to feed my family harmful  pesticides and hormones & know that eating healthy and spending the few extra dollars now will hopefully pay off in the end with lower Dr/Rx bills. I hope this blog will encourage all of us to not only make conscious healthy food decisions but save some money along the way. I rarely have time to sit and cut coupons unless its an unbelievable deal I just cant pass up. So I really rely on great sales, farmers markets, and local farms. I encourage everyone to post local deals up! Cheers to happy,healthy shopping!

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Whole Food Market Coupons

Simply Organic Coupons

Delivers Organics to your Door

Tanners Farm

Birchwood Farm