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Tonight I feel my family finally drove the stake through the heart of the plaintive “organic is tooooo expensive” argument. Dinner for 4 was $1.73 worth of 100% organic pizza. Making it simultaneously the least expensive and, perhaps, best tasting pizza I have ever had. For a guy growing up in Chicago that statement is not given likely.

But before you get all freaky excited, there is a price, though again not so steep: Time. This was all from scratch (OK I bought premade cheese and sauce and the spinach was in a bag-but its cold here now and my HOA is dead against me having cattle) From the time the water hit the bowl to pizza on the table was about 2.5 hours. That is no Dominoes, but in the down time while the crust rose I was able to read 60 pages of Eliot Coleman’s The New Organic Grower, play with the kids, and detox from work. Actual prep time was about 40 minutes.

But back to that $1.73 number:

3 cups organic flour ($.60)
1/2 can of Muir Glen Pizza Sauce ($1.15)
1/8 Bag Org. Spinach ($.60)
1/5 pound of a brick of some local Org Mozzarella ($1.00)
Plus some water, a pinch of yeast, 2 tbsp olive oil and some corn meal but those are almost free. We also added various veggies to the “adult” pizza. This made 2 pizza’s-and as the crust was about 1″ thick with real whole grains I ate about 1/2 as much as normal so we have lunch premade for tomorrow. Glazing the crust with olive oil made the entire pizza divine, and all the “prep” time allowed me to spend gret time with my family in the kitchen. The reciepe can be found in Bread Alone, by Daniel Leader-an awesome resource for anyone wanting some wicked good homemade bread.

Going Organic doesn’t have to be expensive or hard. Making the mental leap to change your paradigm and stop buying food in a box can change your life.

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