Articles tagged “Vegetables”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Why You Should Save Seeds from Your Garden By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Home & Garden Aug 17 2009 Why saving seeds is important for your wallet and our food supply. + READ MORE

Cherry Tomatoes: Easy Grow, Easy Cook Vegetable Candy By Sami Grover IN Food & Health Aug 14 2009 Cherry tomatoes may be one of the simplest garden vegetables to cook, and they are easy to grow too. Better yet - they cost a fortune in the store, so planting your own saves money! + READ MORE

How Green is Your Playground? By Colleen Vanderlinden IN Work & Connect Aug 13 2009 Child's play should always be safe and carefree. Here's how to make sure your neighborhood playground is as green as it can be. + READ MORE

Emeril's Mixed Baby Greens With Goat Cheese and Balsamic-Lager Dressing By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Aug 10 2009 Emeril Lagasse's recipe for Mixed Baby Greens With Goat Cheese and Balsamic-Lager Dressing from the What's Brewing episode of Emeril Green + READ MORE

Make Kale Chips for a Saturday Snack By Emma Alter IN Food & Health Aug 7 2009 Kale chips, a healthy alternative to potato chips. + READ MORE

Find Your Dinner at the Farmers' Market: Eggplant, Heirloom Tomato and Caper Pasta By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Aug 6 2009 A delicious and easy pasta sauce using eggplant and heirloom tomatoes from the farmers' market + READ MORE

Panko Encrusted Trout with Russets and Vidalias By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Aug 5 2009 This easy and delicious local trout works perfectly with russet potatoes and onions. + READ MORE

Clean Out Your Fridge by Making a Mezze Platter By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Aug 5 2009 A mezze platter of different grilled vegetables using up leftovers from your refrigerator + READ MORE

How To Preserve Garden Produce Without Freezing or Canning! By Makenna Goodman IN Home & Garden Aug 4 2009 There are plans in the works for the world's largest telescope--one that can see back in time to the first stars and their formation. I know, right? Blows your mind. But while you wait for this magnificent (and seemingly impossible) invention, you can turn back the clocks of time in your own home. Starting in the kitchen. And by the way, you don't even need to have a garden! Try something new: turn your produce into preserves, without nutrient loss. You'll be eating fresh veggies even in the coldest of months, and as for your hors d'oerves platter?it'll be the talk of the town. + READ MORE

Seasonal Chilled Raw Watermelon Gazpacho and Avocado Basil Soup By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jul 31 2009 After a long week of over indulging while on vacation, it's time to back off from the three course meals. No more eating out I swear! Instead I made these delicious and low impact cold soups to get me through the week. Every time that I feel like I've indulged a bit too much I like to eat a raw diet. + READ MORE

Sick of Zucchini? Tips for Dealing with a Glut By Sami Grover IN Food & Health Jul 31 2009 It's funny, no sooner do I write about crop failure being part of gardening, that I start getting a massive glut of zucchini, and i do mean massive. + READ MORE

Enter the Planet Green Tomato Haiku Contest! By Team Planet Green IN Features Jul 30 2009 Submit your haiku in our tomato haiku contest. Our favorites will be posted online. + READ MORE

Find Your Dinner at the Farmers' Market: Cherry and Spinach Salad By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jul 30 2009 I was reading through Mark Bittman's article in the New York Times on 101 Salad Ideas and thinking about all of the things I could make over the next couple of weeks when the produce is so plentiful and there are so many choices for fresh fruits and vegetables. + READ MORE

Try a New Vegetable: Heirloom Tomatoes with Couscous and Peas By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jul 29 2009 I realize that tomatoes are hardly a new vegetable for people, but have you ever tried the heirloom tomatoes) that are making a resurgence at farmers' markets? They come in all colours, shapes and sizes and many don't look like tomatoes at all. Some of them are beautiful to look at and some of them are downright homely, but they have amazing flavours. Some of them are so sweet you can pop them in your mouth as though they were strawberries. + READ MORE

Buy Less Food! Try McEvoy Ranch's Five-Ingredient Masterpieces By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Jul 28 2009 Lately I've been writing a lot about reducing the complexity of my recipes for two reasons: In order to sustain the motivation to cook (which is way greener than going out all the time), you have to enjoy cooking. + READ MORE

On the Grill: Baby Artichokes By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jul 28 2009 Over the years I've cooked artichokes in a number of ways, but I've never grilled them before. This method works really well with baby artichokes because they are softer and easier to peel than larger artichokes, and the choke part is less developed. The artichokes I used barely had any choke at all, so I just left them as they were. My husband absolutely loved them cooked this way, and I'll be doing it more often. + READ MORE

Emeril's Turnip and Celery Root Puree By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 27 2009 Emeril Lagasse's recipe for turnip and celery root puree from the Low Carb and Local episode of Emeril Green. + READ MORE

Emeril's Smothered Greens By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 27 2009 Emeril Lagasse's recipe for smothered greens from the Low Carb and Local episode of Emeril Green. + READ MORE

Emeril's Shrimp and Okra Gumbo and Cajun Spice Blend Recipes (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Jul 27 2009 Emeril's recipes for shrimp and okra gumbo and cajun spice blend from the Low Carb and Local episode of Emeril Green + READ MORE

Rinse Your Produce Like a Pro for Water Conservation By Josh Peterson IN Home & Garden Jul 24 2009 It's commonly thought that if you want to properly clean your fruits and vegetables, you need to rinse them off under the running tap.In the case of the trickier fruit/vegetable to rinse off, like say, a pineapple or an artichoke, this approach is markedly superior in it's water saving qualifications. + READ MORE