A blog with recipes and tips for sustainable eating and cooking
This is a butternut squash, spinach and leek gratin recipe.
This is a hearty salad which is great as a side dish for a light vegetarian main course. I served it last night with a cheese souffle and roasted mushrooms. Delicious!
Lucky me, I live near a farmer who grows peas and sells them freshly picked from his farmstand. I just bought these beautiful snow peas and wanted to transform them into a colorful salad to serve alongside a vegetarian casserole for dinner. I scoured past blogposts to see if I […]
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, […]
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 […]
One of the challenges to transitioning to a plant-based diet is that some people do not feel satisfied after a vegetarian meal. Here is a dish that will satisfy a hungry appetite, as farro is filling and mushrooms provide a meaty flavor and substance in the absence of meat. […]
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report warning about the necessity of making rapid changes in order to prevent catastrophic effects of global climate change is sobering. It is also frustrating, as an individual, to lack control of many elements contributing to climate change. One thing we […]
I have always loved brussel sprouts roasted or fried with olive oil, garlic and salt. In recent years, I have had brussel sprouts that were even better than that in restaurants. Once I had brussel sprouts that were roasted with sriracha sauce in a restaurant. More recently, I had […]