Eat local food!  That is my mantra.  Sustainable eating relies on local meat and local produce.  There are different ways to find local sources of food.  If you live in a rural area, it is easy to find farm stands and such.  If you live in a city, you […]

  Use the mushroom broth from the last blog post as a base for this sauce.  Mushrooms have a meaty flavor, so they are perfect for a vegetarian main dish that is suitable even for meat lovers! Makes enough sauce for up to 2 pounds of pasta   1 ½ […]

  This dish won’t help you become a vegetarian.  My family, as I have said before, sometimes craves meat, and I can only get away with vegetarian offerings for a limited number of days-in-a-row.  If you can reduce the number of days in a week that you serve meat for […]

  I am pretty sure that it is better for the planet to eat plants vs. animals.  Raising animals for human consumption contributes to lots of environmental degradation.  When you talk about large factory farms, it can also mean that you are risking your health.  Michael Pollan, in his book, […]

  Pork tenderloin is my favorite cut of pork.  Cutting the pork into medallions and sauteing them is a quick and easy way to prepare them.  I served this dish for dinner tonight with couscous and brussel sprouts with garlic and olive oil (posted January 19, 2012 on this blog). […]