With grocery stores adapting to consumers’ dietary needs and restrictions, it’s now becoming easier than ever to cook organic recipes at home and maintain a healthy lifestyle. People are also getting creative with organic recipes, thanks to the variety of fresh ingredients available at most grocery stores and farmers’ markets.
Cooking a meal for someone you love is a great way to show them how much you care about them, so imagine how special it would be if you cook them a healthy, organic meal! If you want to surprise those you love with a healthy and delicious dinner but don’t know any good recipes, you came to the right place. Here, we will list three simple organic recipes that are easy to prepare and are guaranteed to surprise your loved ones.
Sweet Potato and Brown Rice Salad
This recipe is great for family dinners and is sure to draw a smile on the faces of those who try it for the first time. It is supposed to be served warm but can be enjoyed at literally any temperature. For this recipe, you need to preheat your oven and cook 1 cup of organic, brown basmati rice. While the rice is cooking, coat a sweet potato with olive oil, salt, and pepper. After coating the sweet potato, roast it for about 15 minutes or until it becomes tender or darker in some spots. Then, bring a bowl and mix some orange juice or zest with 1 shallot, some honey, vinegar, dijon mustard, salt, and pepper.
After mixing the dressing, you should add the sweet potato and warm rice along with some cranberries, pecans, and parsley, and serve your salad warm. You can add some protein to this meal, like chicken or ground-fed beef, but even if served alone, it still makes for a great meal to serve your loved ones.
Ground-fed Beef and Zucchini Skillet Supper
Ground-fed or grass-fed meat is one of the healthiest and most nutritious ingredients you can add to a dinner meal. This is one of the best organic beef cooking recipes that is guaranteed to impress your loved ones. Start by cooking some organic ground-fed beef in a large skillet and season it with salt and pepper. Then, saute 1 and a half cups of zucchini, garlic, onion, and red pepper with some olive oil. Next, add the beef to the mixture of vegetables along with about 1 cup of adzuki or black beans, tomato paste, and chili powder.
Stir and cook the ingredients, add water to the tomato paste, and salt to taste. Once your meal is ready for serving, you can either add your choice of salsa or some side kale for flavoring; it’s going to taste amazing both ways.
Pan Gravy Organic Roast Chicken
Everyone loves chicken. So unless you or your loved ones are vegetarians, this meal will hit a home run. However, this one needs a little more preparation from the day before you cook the meal. You start one day ahead by marinating an organic chicken in a bowl of olive oil, lemon, and sage and coating the chicken entirely with the mixture then covering the bowl and leaving it in the refrigerator for 24 hours. The next day, preheat the oven while seasoning the chicken with a mixture of thyme, kosher salt, and black pepper, after taking it out of the marinade. You can also use the sage leaves, the lemon slices, and some of the seasoning mixture to stuff the inside of the chicken for even tastier results.
Prepare a large roasting pan and slice onions, carrots, and celery to place them at the bottom with just enough water to cover the bottom of the pan. You should then be able to add the chicken to the pan and roast for about an hour and a half before taking the chicken out and covering it with aluminum foil. Meanwhile, cook the pan gravy without the vegetables and prepare the remaining ingredients. The final step is adding a paste of butter and flour to the pan gravy and mixing with vinegar and sage, then serving the chicken pieces after carving along with the vegetables and the pan gravy paste.
Organic recipes are super healthy and very fun to make. It’s even more fun to shop for organic ingredients and choose from all the healthy and colorful choices. When it comes to showing someone how much you care about them, a delicious, homemade meal might be the best way to go. If you are cooking an organic dinner for your loved ones, then we hope the above recipes can give you some inspiration. Any of these dishes will make a great organic dinner that your loved ones will surely enjoy.