Natural and Organic Foods - for a Green Kitchen

Is your kitchen green?

There's a few other things you can do, too...from considering the type of fuel you use for cooking, to deciding which pots and pans to buy.

This section of the Greenfootsteps site explores food and ways to bring high quality foods into our diets.

There are also some articles on cooking equipment for a greener kitchen.

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Picture above: Prehistoric peoples reared animals for food. These beautiful carvings of sheep are from Tarxian Temple in Malta.

The health benefits of organic foods are so clear that it makes good sense to make organic foods the major part of your diet. What you lose in money you will gain in increased health and vitality for sure!

For more on the whys and wherefores of organic food please see:

A Healthy Living Diet for Us and Our Planet

And here are some tips on how to find cheap organic food

Natural and organic foods for your kitchen - what are the options?

Below you will find links to green kitchen issues, such as greener food choices and greener storage. There are also articles on kitchen equipment.

(If you want recipes for organic vegetables, grains and fruits please see: Green Recipe Book)

Natural and organic foods for a healthy green kitchen

Oat Flour and Oat Groats - All About Oats

All About Rye Flour, Rye Production and Rye Nutritional Benefits

The Nutritional Benefits of Nuts

Salad Ingredients for Zappier Lunches

Sprouting Seed - Easy Ways to Sprout Seeds for Salads or Stir-fries

Organic Meat for a Greener Diet

The benefits of fish are well known. Here is some information about the benefits but also about the difficulties faced by the fishing industry. Can we fish sustainably? Is the fish on our dish safe to eat?

Check out some of the facts here and get information on how to find safe, sustainable sources of fish.

The Benefits of Fish

Seaweed Health Benefits Information on seaweed types and the nutritional benefits of these super-foods.

Why Eat Fermented Food? Some of the health benefits of fermented foods explained and a look at what's available.

Cooking with a Pressure Cooker

Gourmet salt for a Greener Diet - a page about gourmet salt and table salt.

The Nutritional Value of Fruit

All Types of Fruit for Healthy Eating

Fruit Nutrition Facts - Some good fruit choices

More on Pressure Cookers - how they work and what to look for in a pressure cooker.

The Best Solar Ovens for Home Use - an article on the three main types and what they can each do.

Pure water is perhaps our most important resource. We all want pure, clean water for ourselves. This page gives some details on the difficulties of keeping our water pure, some of the impurities which creep in and how we can best protect ourselves.

Pure water

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