Articles tagged “Vegetarian”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Soup of the Week: Butternut Squash By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 23 2008 Butternut squash soup is one of Emma's favourites and I promised I would use her giant squash for just that purpose. I like to roast the squash first, so the recipe is a bit time consuming, but it's actually a very easy soup to make. + READ MORE

Don't Celebrate Christmas? Here Are Some Menu Ideas for Dinner on the 25th By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 23 2008 If you don't celebrate Christmas, all the hullabaloo can send you out looking for something distinctly un-Christmas like to do with your day. My husband is Jewish and before we were married, he used to spend the day in a movie theater and then go out for Chinese food. However, if you live anywhere in Canada, and in many parts of the States, this might be the view from your window this week. We're expecting much more snow today and tomorrow here in Toronto. + READ MORE

Check out These Four Green, Healthy Complex Carbohydrates By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Dec 22 2008 The Mayo Clinic recommends getting 45 to 65 percent of your daily calories from carbohydrates. It emphasizes complex carbohydrates, especially from whole grains and beans, and nutrient-rich fruits, and milk. + READ MORE

Use Sweet Potatoes for a Twist on the Classic Potato Latke for Hanukkah By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 19 2008 I'm not Jewish, but my husband is, and through the years the task of making potato latkes for the family Hanukkah party has fallen to me. I also make them for our neighbour's annual Christmas party so, all told, I make a lot of latkes. + READ MORE

The Planet Green Cookbook: Great Last-Minute Gift By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 18 2008 We're giving you a little Christmas gift from Planet Green. We have so many of my recipes on file from the past year that we thought we would round up some of our favourites and organize them so that you could have your own Planet Green Cookbook. There's a little bit of everything here, each recipe reflecting local and seasonal cooking. + READ MORE

Make Lasagne with Fall Vegetables and Sage Bechamel By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 17 2008 This is a great time of the year for entertaining, but hosting a dinner party can be extra stressful during the holiday season. Entertaining at home doesn't need to be difficult or expensive. This lasagne takes a bit of time to make, but it's very easy, so don't let the long instructions deter you. + READ MORE

Green City Guide: Oslo By Brian Merchant IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 17 2008 Oslo declared itself a sustainable city a few years back—and wasted no time taking action to back up the claim. In 2007, Reader's Digest bestowed Oslo the #2 spot on a list of the world's greenest, most liveable cities (following Stockholm, Sweden). But you don't have to be a die-hard environmentalist to appreciate the green goodness of Oslo—the plethora of eco-friendly activities available to visitors in this beautiful cosmopolitan city will more than satisfy any brand of environmentally intrigued traveler. + READ MORE

Create Your Own Weekly Vegetable Box for Unique Christmas Gift By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 16 2008 We here at Planet Green want to have a green Christmas, and we are always striving to spend our money in the wisest way possible.Braised Leeks with Celery Root 1 large celery root (celeriac), peeled and julienned 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice 2 tbsp butter or vegetable oil 3 leeks, white part with a bit of green,... + READ MORE

Cook a Greener Christmas Dinner for Your Whole Family for Under $100 By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Dec 16 2008 A holiday of overindulgence doesn't have to mean emptying your wallet. This year why not plan ahead and come up with a simple holiday meal that comes out to under $100. Here are my tips for making a feast to please, and still having money leftover. + READ MORE

Learn to Use Your Crock Pot By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 12 2008 After two not so successful forays into using my new crock pot, I figured it was time to actually follow a recipe and do it right. Like most stews, this was better the second day. Luckily the recipe makes quite a lot, so we had it for lunch the next day. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Cauliflower Gorgonzola Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 11 2008 Cauliflower is one vegetable that I can still get now that will soon disappear from my local shelves. I know I have months of turnips to come, so I'm cooking cauliflower while I still can. + READ MORE

Emeril's Sauteed Tuscan Kale With White Beans (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Dec 11 2008 Emeril Lagasse's recipe for sauteed Tuscan kale with white beans from the Lighter Side of Italy episode of Emeril Green. + READ MORE

Emeril's Healthy Eggplant Parmesan (Video) By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Dec 11 2008 Emeril Lagasse's recipe for healthy eggplant parmesan from the Lighter Side of Italy episode of Emeril Green. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Baked Potato By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 4 2008 Baking the potatoes gives this soup an entirely different taste from standard potato soup. You heap traditional baked potato toppings on as a garnish and it really does taste like a baked potato in soup form. It would make a great meal after an afternoon skiing or tobogganing. + READ MORE

A Scrambled Egg Supper By Team Planet Green IN Food & Health Dec 3 2008 I have spent most of my life avoiding cooked eggs. Fried eggs actually make me recoil. Soft boiled, poached, hard boiled, they just aren't for me. My mother says the only two things I reliably spit out when I was a baby were eggs and fish. At the age of fifty, the two things I try not to eat are eggs and fish. On the other hand, I absolutely love scrambled eggs. + READ MORE

Find a Green Restaurant Wherever You Go By Josh Peterson IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 2 2008 You might be a traveler, bags packed, world weary, a drifter-type with stories of the road that would chill our very bones. You may also be an eco-conscious person who has wandered the globe and gained an appreciation for the nature and life that abounds there. You realize that the choices you make affect the environment you travel in. That's why it's important to eat green food and eat at green restaurants. Here are some tips. + READ MORE

Green Glossary: Protein Myth By Mickey Z. IN Food & Health Nov 25 2008 In the US, the typical adult ingests 100 grams of protein every day-roughly four to five times the amount recommended by scientists not affiliated with meat and dairy corporations. The average American-in his/her lifetime-will consume 12 sheep, 15 cows, 24 hogs, 900 chickens, and 1000 lbs. of assorted animals (like fish). How did we ever develop this idea that more is better when it comes to protein? + READ MORE

Get Recession Ready: Buttermilk Biscuits with Green Onions, Black Pepper and Sea Salt By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 25 2008 Earlier this year when I noticed the price of bread skyrocket, my daughter challenged me to bake all of our bread for an entire month. So starting on the first of May, I managed to bake all of the bread we ate and ended up saving a fair amount of money. Now that we are all watching our pennies, I've decided to start baking bread more often, if not everyday. + READ MORE

Try a Vegetarian Dish that Will Make You Forget About Turkey on Turkey Day By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Nov 24 2008 Skipping the meat can be a truly green way of life. According to a 2005 University of Chicago study, a vegetarian emits far less greenhouse gas than an individual adhering to the standard, meat-rich American diet—the difference is equivalent to around 1.5 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, assuming the same daily caloric intake. + READ MORE

Green Your Brain: How Many People could be Fed if the US Turned Vegetarian? By Brian Merchant IN Go For The Green Nov 20 2008 It's no secret that vegetarianism is associated closely with environmentalism-more like the opposite. If you're a vegetarian, you're assumed to be an environmentalist, and sometimes vice versa. But why? When asked, most people point to animal rights-and though that's... + READ MORE