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It’s Taco Tuesday again! Tacos are an easy meal that most people like. The problem for me was always that the traditional recipe called for browning ground beef and mixing it with that taco seasoning packet. Green Planet Eating calls for trying to reduce the impact of our food requirements […]
If you want to help stop climate change, find vegetarian alternatives to meat. Eat a vegetarian sandwich for lunch instead of a coldcut sandwich, and make it yummy! I spend a lot of time trying to figure out ways to substitute vegetarian ingredients for meat in recipes. My favorite sandwich […]
I’ve had a craving for cheddar cheese. I love the way it enhances other foods, especially broccoli and cauliflower. I have a couple ways to combine them here today. First, I have a yummy side dish for you: Baked Potatoes with Broccoli and Cheese Sauce: Then, save some of that […]
Green Planet Eating means looking for ways to choose, prepare and consume food in a way that reflects conscientiousness about the effects that our food has on our planet. A great way to be kind to our planet is to figure out ways to eliminate food waste. By doing so, […]
It’s Taco Tuesday! Tacos are such a great meal, in my opinion, because they are easy to make, easy to clean up after, and most people enjoy them. The tacos I was brought up on, however, have ground beef, which causes a dilemna for vegetarians. I had heard that you […]
I bought a couple bunches of asparagus just before Easter weekend, because I come from a family that eats asparagus on Easter Sunday. Asparagus is a vegetable whose season is early spring. I used one bunch on Saturday night, and reserved the woody ends when I prepped them. Although I […]
A favorite restaurant used to have something similar to this on their menu. I loved it, and would order it each time I went there. Unfortunately, they discontinued offering it. I thought I would try to recreate it from my tasting memory. My version is not exactly the same […]
For years, I have made hummus pretty much the same way, although I normally don’t measure most of the ingredients, so it turns out a little differently each time. A couple of weeks ago, I made a batch of hummus with the usual line-up of ingredients, then I tasted it […]
I adapted this recipe from one developed by Yotam Ottolenghi for roasted carrots. I made his recipe but had sauce leftover, so the next day I decided to toss it with some green beans and see how it tasted. It was delicious and a bit spicy! This is an […]