This week, I made a decision to incorporate more raw foods into my diet. My new goal is to eat at least one raw meal a day, and to transform [ … ]
Grilled Gnocchi with Red Pepper Recipe
My husband recently turned 30, and to celebrate the momentous occasion, we treated ourselves to a dinner at our favorite restaurant, Millennium. The all upscale San Francisco eatery frequently wins [ … ]
Healthy Summer Grub Part 2: Spring Roll Salad Recipe
Well, after my last post on eco-friendly junk food, I feel like I need to redeem myself a bit with another healthy salad. (See, my Kale, Quinoa and Avocado Salad [ … ]
Seven Eco-friendly Options for Less Junky Junk Food
I confess: as much as I wish I could say every meal I eat is as healthy as my quinoa and kale salad, sometimes I just have a craving for [ … ]
Healthy Summer Grub: Quinoa, Kale and Avocado Salad Recipe
Ok, so according to the calendar, it may not be summer quite yet, but in California, the avocados are just starting to ripen, which is how I mark the start [ … ]
Seven Tips for Greening Your Barbecue This Summer
With Memorial Day Weekend just around the corner, millions of people will be firing up their grills to celebrate an American past time. Here are some quick tips to keeping [ … ]
Biodynamic Wine in Napa Valley: Where Green is the New Red.
Though I’ve lived in the Bay Area for three years, I don’t drive, and so this past weekend marked only my second trip up to Wine Country. I had some [ … ]
Cool off with Cucumber Dill Soup
The calendar says May, but where I live in San Francisco, it’s been feeling like the dead of summer lately. My thermometer says 85, which is unseasonably hot for my [ … ]
Black Bean Tacos for Cinco de Mayo!
When it comes to the commercialization of holidays, people tend to point most of their angst towards Christmas. And who can blame them, when it’s not just a day, but [ … ]
Eco-friendly Catering for your Wedding or Special Event
It’s springtime and love must be in the air! We’ve had a few wedding related posts lately around the Green Options Network. Check out some green wedding tips here on [ … ]
Kosher (and Vegan) for Passover
I have to give a lot of respect to Jews that keep Kosher, because I know how difficult it can be to stick with a restricted diet. During Passover especially, that diet becomes so limited, that some of my Jewish friends recently asked me if I thought it was possible to stay vegan during Passover. At first I thought, “No leavened bread? No problem!” but then I realized that some keep rules far more strict than that.
Vegan Mint Chocolate Cake (With a Surprise Ingredient)
Does anyone really need an excuse to bake a chocolate cake? I know I don’t. But it happened that I had a couple of ingredients at home that I was [ … ]
An Even Better Burger – This Time With White Beans!
I thought about writing an April Fool’s Day post, wherein I pretended I’d gone back to eating meat. But I realized that a) Beth already did a great job covering [ … ]