Yesterday I bought fish for dinner, not knowing exactly how I was going to cook it. I bought sole that came from Rhode Island waters, which are very close to where I live in Connecticut. My reasoning being that fish sourced close to home requires fewer resources to transport […]
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Granola
Sustainable eating is all about trying to reduce the use of processed foods. I am trying more and more to get into the habit of washing out jars (which once contained processed foods from factories) and taking them with me to the local health food store (in a reusable […]
French Lentils
Lentils are, I think, one of my very favorite foods. They are wonderfully nutritious, simple to cook, and I love their earthy, somewhat sweet taste. I sometimes crave them. They are my go-to meal when I don’t have a lot of time to cook and I don’t know what […]
Oven Roasted Green Beans
I made this for the first time this past Thanksgiving. I got the idea from my friend Jody, who told me that she had the most delicious green beans at a friend’s house that were roasted with olive oil, garlic and salt and pepper. So I did what I […]
Yummy Garlicky White Bean and Spelt Soup with Croutons
If all of us eat less meat, we will help make the Earth more sustainable, as more land is required to raise animals than to raise plants for eating, in terms of how far the food will go to feed people. With that in mind, I try to eat […]
Oatmeal Bread in Breadmaker
For this bread, I started with a recipe from the cookbook that came with my breadmaker and I changed a couple of ingredients and measurements, and added a couple of things. The result is absolutely delicious! I took a picture shortly after we started cutting into it, but it […]
Red Lentil and Rice Cake
I try to eat vegetarian meals at lunchtime. I often enjoy leftovers from dinner the night before. Today, there was no leftover meal in my refrigerator that I could just pop into the microwave, and I did not feel like eating a sandwich or ready-made soup. I wanted something […]
Red Lentil Stew with Lacinato Kale and Miso
I got the idea for this soup from one of my favorite websites, www.epicurious.com. I tweaked a few of the ingredients and simplified it to make a fairly quick meal. I started the meal by shopping at my local health food store and taking a clean empty glass (salsa) jar […]
My Mother-in-law’s Lasagna/Pastitsio
We have always referred to this dish as “lasagna,” because it uses lasagna noodles, but it is technically called “pastitsio.” Sometimes pastitsio uses other kinds of pasta, but if you use lasagna as your pasta it seems like sort of like a lasagna, but I like the béchamel sauce […]