Recipes

This year, treat your guests to a delicious, sustainable holiday menu, and give yourself the gift of knowing you did your part to make a positive impact that can last into the new year.

Eat seasonally to support local agriculture and to cut back on foods that require long travel and storage. This simple dessert features in-season pomegranate and oranges.

Dried beans, lentils and other pulses are super soil helpers. Unlike most plants, which pull nitrogen from the soil as a food source, beans work with soil microbes to pull nitrogen from the air, which both enriches the soil and reduces the need for fertilizer.

Mushrooms have a remarkably low environmental footprint. Research shows that a pound of mushrooms requires only 1.8 gallons of water to grow. Comparatively, it takes 2,000 gallons of water to produce a pound of beef.

The holiday table often centers on a large piece of meat or poultry. Give tradition a twist with a main dish that has a much smaller impact on the environment, such as this colorful vegetarian pasta you can serve family style.

Make the most of every ingredient. Prior to juicing the blood oranges, remove the zest of two oranges and save it to make Holiday Chocolate Bark.

Not only is dried fruit delicious, but as a preservation method, it reduces food waste. Dried fruit also creates year-round harvest seasons, making for a more sustainable agriculture model for many fruit farmers.

Are you feeling naughty or nice? Celebrate the holiday season with spicy or sweet seasoned nuts.

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