The 12 fruits and vegetables that contain the highest pesticide load
- Apples. Tote a few dried, organic apple slices in your bag for an easy-to-carry, satisfying snack.
- Bell peppers. Pick up several jars of organic roasted red peppers when they're on sale and you'll be able to whip up an easy antipasto anytime.
- Celery. When you see organic celery in a market in the late summer or fall, snap it up. Then, when chopping it for pasta sauce or soup, make extra and freeze it for later.
- Cherries. Toss organic dried cherries into a green salad - along with some toasted walnuts or pecans - to add extra flavor, texture, color, and nutrients.
- Grapes. Keep a stash of organic green or red seedless grapes in the freezer and you'll always have access to an icy sweet treat.
- Nectarines. Serve organic dried nectarines on your next cheese board. The sweet-tart flavor complements anything from Camembert to Manchego.
- Peaches. Slice and freeze fresh ones to make summer-flavored slushies year-round. And experience an intense hit of flavor, whatever the season, by stirring a jar of organic peach preserves into a savory dish, like baked chicken.
- Pears. When they aren't in season, buy naturally prepared jarred or canned organic pears and spruce them up by poaching for five minutes in a mixture of their natural syrup.
- Potatoes. When you find organic potatoes, stock up. You can peel, parboil, and freeze them so you always have the makings of a fast side dish.
- Raspberries. Puree a bag of frozen organic berries with evaporated cane juice crystals to taste, then spoon over chocolate cake or vanilla ice cream for an intense infusion of flavor and color.
- Spinach. Make a delicious stuffing for chicken by chopping defrosted and drained frozen, organic spinach, then sauteing briefly with toasted pine nuts, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, and raisins.
- Strawberries. Freeze fresh organic berries when you find them in late spring and early summer - or buy frozen ones anytime - and enjoy them in pancakes, smoothies, and cereal year round.
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