Organic Food Gift Ideas for Christmas

Organic food makes a wonderful Christmas gift! Not only is thoughtful and nourishing but it is a consumable gift. Unfortunately, Christmas has become such a commercial holiday that families are bombarded with well meaning gifts that just end up filling up closets, attics and garages. Why not give a gift that you know will be used and appreciated. Who would not love a basket of fresh organic fruit or basket of organic bakery items? Our family is making this a ":dust collector free" year and we are giving 100% consumable items to all our friends and family. Below is a list of organic food gift ideas for Christmas if you have some ideas not on the list, please email us so we can add them to share with everyone.

Things to consider when planning organic food gifts for Christmas.

1.Is the gift for someone local that you can personally deliver it to or does your organic food gift need to be mailed.

2. If it needs to be mailed- consider the following:

Ordering an organic food gift basket online and having it shipped directly to your friend or family member. This will save you shipping costs and reduce your carbon foot print for that gift.
If you are planning to make up your own Christmas organic food baskets to mail you might want to limit the glass containers and organic food items that are very heavy.
How perishable are the organic foods you want to send? Do they require you to send the gift overnight or priority mail?

Organic Food Gift Ideas

Organic Fruit Baskets

Homemade Organic Sticky Buns Organic Breakfast Gift Basket Ideas-In the basket include: Homemade batch of pecan caramel sticky buns, organic coffee and tea. Put your sticky buns into a reusable container wrapped in an organic kitchen towel. Place the buns in the bottom of the basket with the coffee to one side and the tea to the other. Use a recipe card with the bun recipe printed on it as the "gift" tag. A great thank you, holiday, housewarming, get well basket.

Organic Fruit of the Month Clubs-Fruit of the month clubs are available for all occasions and budgets. Fruit is usually sent monthly, quarterly, or by holiday. Each month features a special organic fruit that is in season that month for the grower. The fruit of the month comes nicely packaged in either a fruit box or fruit basket with a personalized card. Great for any occasion.

Host and organic cookie exchange party

Organic cookie exchange parties are not only a fun way to spend quality time with friends and family but also to share recipes and home baked organic goodies. Depending on how large you want the party to be, the general rule is that everyone brings a half dozen cookies or organic brownies per participant in exchange. To keep a nice variety, it works well to ask each person what they plan to bring so that you do not have too many duplicates in flavor. So for example you are having 4 people attend the organic cookie exchange, each person would come with two dozen of their homemade organic cookies and a container to bring home the exchanged cookies in.

Have a table set out with the same number large empty plates as the number of people you invited.Each guests can place their organic cookies onto a single plate next to recipe cards if you included that in the party. Now each guest can walk around the table with the empty cookie tins and collect 6 organic cookies from each plate.

Organic Popcorn Gift Baskets

Organic Baking Gift Baskets or Organic Baked Items basket

Organic Gifts in a Jar

Organic Muffin Baskets-Either bake up and give ready to eat or make up a muffin mix. In the gift basket already made-baked muffins, organic jelly, organic honey, organic tea or coffee. In basket muffin kit-Include english muffin recipe on card, premixed kit of dry ingredients, muffin rings (or large mouth mason jar lids), organic jelly, organic honey and organic tea/coffee. English muffins are very easy to make and are so much better fresh baked then store bought.