An international coalition of more than 200 researchers and other experts identified and modeled the 100 most substantive, already existing solutions for addressing global warming. This tremendous work, known as Project Drawdown, became a best-selling book in 2017 and continues today. My friend Camille and I gave our first workshop on Reversing Global Warming: Introduction […]
Better than a Butternut Squash
Is there a winter squash that tastes better than my usual favorite, the butternut? Today, I roasted three to find out: a butternut, a kobocha, and a tetsukabuto, aka a green pumpkin. Farmer Beth Haarer of Wild Onion Farms inspired me with her note to her CSA subscribers: Kabocha squashes are hands down your favorites, […]
Cocoa and Peanut-Butter Truffles
On the last night of our SNAPcut Challenge, I mixed all the peanut butter we had left with judicious amounts of four other ingredients to make these quick, satisfying truffles. The recipe for We Made It Cocoa Peanut-Butter Truffles is supremely easy. These quick treats taste a lot like a homemade version of the famous chocolate peanut-butter cups. […]
Towards Zero Waste
Josie Sianez talked trash at Triangle Vegfest recently, sharing her family’s journey towards zero waste. We’re on that journey too, but she’s much farther along. For the last two years, her family of four threw out just one small jar’s worth of trash! And that jar had already been used for collecting trash the year […]
August Menu
Curries in the summer? Oh yes! We love spicy food all year round, but in hot weather a little culinary heat can make your body feel cooler. August Menu Coconut Vegetable Curry brown rice fresh cucumber and tomato salad with basil ribbons ripe melon or Mexican Grilled Peach Sorbet made with cardamom instead of cinnamon This […]
Good Tomato Sauce Many Ways
Use this template recipe to make a quick, healthy tomato sauce that packs loads of nutrition and flavor. Homemade tomato sauce tastes so much better than the bottled kind. With just a few minutes of cooking, you can avoid the added sugar, oil, and citric acid found in most commercial sauces. We eat a variation […]
