A blog with recipes and tips for sustainable eating and cooking
Here’s another dish to use up that leftover pork from the pork shoulder we cooked in the slow cooker (posted 2 days ago). My husband and kids LOVED this. You should definitely try it. And it is so easy to make. Why is it green planet eating? Because by using […]
I whipped this up in less than a half hour, and it was quite good. I got the idea after watching “The Taste,” a TV show on ABC. One of the cook-contestants prepared a winning dish that she described as “braised pork in cream with lemon zest and sage.” […]
The other day, in anticipation of a big snowstorm (which became a blizzard here in the Northeast U.S.), I purchased a pork shoulder, intending to cook it in my slow cooker. I have found that pork shoulder or pork butt is one of the best things to cook in a […]
My friend Laurie gave me a fudge brownie recipe for my bridal shower, many years ago, written with beautiful handwriting and decorated on a sheet of heavy white paper. I have saved it all these years and, I am ashamed to say, made more brownies with mixes than from […]
Animal farming consumes more of earth’s resources than plant farming does, but animal farming on small family farms, especially ones located near where you live, consumes fewer resources than large corporate farming does. If you do not want to be a vegetarian, you can still take steps towards eating […]
This is the simplest of dishes, and very tasty. This recipe was sort of given to me many years ago by someone I sat next to at a dinner party, a Chesapeake Bay fisherman from the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He told me to basically cook striped bass (also […]
Lots of people have commented that they really like my hummus. I think it is because of the cumin. Hummus is wonderful as a dip or spread for veggies, crackers, and bread. It is also great on sandwiches. Use it instead of mayonnaise on a sandwich with turkey and/or vegetables. […]
The other day, I set out to make chocolate chip cookies the way I always do, by following the directions on the back of the chocolate chip package. As I am always looking for ways to sneak nutrition into the diets of my teenaged boys, I decided to substitute whole […]
This is the perfect dish to feed to a group of people that includes both vegetarians and non-vegetarians. This is for those families that have one or two vegetarian members amidst others who want meat with their dinners. This is for the cooks who want to please everyone. […]