Articles tagged “Local Food”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Green Your Yom Kippur, and Make It Last By Rachel Cernansky IN Home & Garden Sep 25 2009 How to make your Yom Kippur a little greener this year, and green lifestyle tips you can take from the holiday to last the rest of the year. + READ MORE

Save Money on Groceries with Free Local Fruit By Marye Audet IN Home & Garden Sep 24 2009 Saving money on groceries is easy when there are bushels of free fruit all around you. Check out these tips for foraging abandoned fruit in your neighborhood. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Tomato Fennel By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Sep 18 2009 After trying the fennel mashed potatoes, I go looking for another way to use fennel. + READ MORE

Find Your Dinner at the Farmers' Market: Pizza with Matsutake Mushrooms By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Sep 16 2009 A delicious pizza highlighting the woodsy flavour of Matsutake mushrooms. + READ MORE

An Easy Local Meal: Twice Baked Potatoes, Garlic Butter Beans, Sweet Corn Salad By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 9 2009 My parents were down here visiting for the past week so I did quite a bit of cooking. My father was really impressed at how easy buying locally was and I?m hoping I made an impact on their future shopping choices. + READ MORE

A Fast Look at Slow Food: How to Eat Slower and Greener Every Day By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Sep 8 2009 It started with fast food and no we do everything fast. Perhaps a return to normalcy can start with a return to slow food. + READ MORE

Too Much Garden Bounty? Donate Extra Veggies to Your Local Food Pantry By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Sep 2 2009 Donate your excess garden produce to local food pantries, which are easy to find through AmpleHarvest.org. + READ MORE

Pimento Cheese Omelets: An Easy Local Meal By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 2 2009 Last week I started a 100 Percent Local Eating Challenge. The challenge was supposed to be only a week long but it was so much fun that I thought I might continue it. Again, I'm not counting spices and oil as that would be pretty impossible. It's become quite a bit of fun because instead of deciding what I'm going to make and then getting the ingredients, I do just the opposite. + READ MORE

Emeril Green Episode: Grilling with Emeril (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Emeril Green Aug 31 2009 It's that time of the year! Grab your grill and get ready for some smokin' dishes! Emeril heads out to a local Maryland farm to gather the freshest ingredients he can find to make a delicious summer menu. Joined by... + READ MORE

How's the Union Square Farmers Market a Representation of Green Eating? By Mat McDermott IN Food & Health Aug 28 2009 The proportion of meat and dairy stalls, to those selling fruits, vegetables and grains is very nearly a perfect representation of the way these foods should be allocated if you want to make your diet greener. + READ MORE

Could You Eat 100 Percent Local For a Week? By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 26 2009 I?ve been telling my husband that I would try it for a while. The idea of living 100 percent local for a week has always been appealing to me. I already strive to live as local as possible especially in my diet but this goes a step further. I decided to try for an entire week and buy nothing that I had purchased locally whether it be from the farmers? market, CSA, or from local producers found at the health foods store. + READ MORE

Celebrate National Community Gardening Week By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Aug 24 2009 Celebrate community gardens during National Community Gardening Week, August 23 through 29. + READ MORE

Quiz Yourself on Your Food's Water Footprint By Mat McDermott IN Food & Health Aug 24 2009 Test your knowledge of the water footprint of a variety of foods with this quiz from Planet Green. + READ MORE

Emeril's Homemade Tofu By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Aug 24 2009 Emeril's recipe for Homemade Tofu from the Eat Your Tofu episode of Emeril Green + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Summer Tomato and Bell Pepper By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Aug 20 2009 A refreshing make ahead soup that is great for entertaining in the hot weather. + READ MORE

How to Find the Best CSA for You By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 20 2009 A lot of us have already committed to a CSA and that?s a great thing. I?ve been a member of a CSA since I lived in DC and was too busy to hit the farmers? market every week. This way I can always be sure that I am eating the freshest and most sustainably grown produce that I can find. But if you haven?t already committed to a CSA here are some tips for finding a good one. + READ MORE

Flea Queen's Guide to the Top 5 U.S. Flea Markets By Team Planet Green IN Work & Connect Aug 17 2009 "New merchandise is the cancer of flea markets." Joel Kaufmann?who ran the late, great Canal St. Flea Market in New York City where I sold vintage clothes in the early '80s?saw the writing on the wall. A quarter-century after Joel first made his prediction in my book Flea Market America, a virulent tube-sock strain of cheap wholesale goods has transformed far too many fleas from ad hoc recycling stations into outdoor Wal-Marts. And where's the fun (and the green) in that? + READ MORE

Mache Salad with Chipotle Caramelized Onions, Black Beans, and Local Goat Cheese By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 17 2009 I decided to make a version at home version of Taco Milagro's salad with greens, onions, and cheese from the farmers? market. Caramelizing the onions is what truly makes the salad so take your time with step. + READ MORE

Eat Green in the College Dining Hall? Yes You Can By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 14 2009 The dining hall doesn't have to be an eco-disaster. With a few simple tips you can learn to eat green at the dining hall with the added benefit of a trim waistline. + READ MORE

Preserving the Harvest: Peach Chutney By Emma Alter IN Food & Health Aug 14 2009 Make this peach chutney as a delicious way to use up your peaches. + READ MORE