Big Green Cookbook: Hundreds of Planet-Pleasing Recipes & Tips for a Luscious, Low-Carbon Lifestyle by Jackie Newgent, RD (Wiley, 2009)
An ideal gift for anyone to reduce their carbon footprint deliciously … with green cuisine.
Big Green Cookbook by Jackie Newgent, RD (Wiley), is like a hybrid … the “Prius” of cookbooks. And there’s something in it for everyone—whether a little green or already completely eco-conscientious.
Chockablock with plant-based recipes, informative sidebars, and useful tips with every recipe, Big Green Cookbook is a comprehensive climate-conscious cookbook that’s ideal for both culinary novices and experiences cooks. In it, Jackie shows how to cleverly maximize flavor in real meals that minimize environmental impact.
The book contains 200 simple and environmentally-friendly recipes for fresh, delicious, all-natural food, with a chapter for every season plus a year-round-recipes chapter, including succulent dishes such as Gingery Red Grapefruit Shrimp Salad, Eco-Beer-Battered Red Onion Rounds, Cool Thai Peanut Soba Noodles, Breaded Organic Chicken Paillard with Fresh Mango Relish, Garlicky Spinach Flatbread Pizzette, Pan-Seared Alaskan Wild Salmon with Papaya Sauce, Buckwheat Blueberry-Peach Pancakes, Navel Orange Mojito, Hot Fuji Apple Sundae, and Chocolate Fudge Brownies with Starfruit.
Inside Big Green Cookbook you’ll also find:
- A green kitchen checklist, complete with energy-reducing hints and cooking equipment suggestions
- Guidelines for going organic and tips for buying locally
- Nutritional information for every recipe—to make it easier to find recipes that meet your specific health goals
- Clever, brand-new low-carbon cooking techniques designed by Newgent that save energy and time
- An eco-friendly shopping guide and seasonal produce chart
- Luscious green menus
- Seven ways to love your leftovers
- Planet-pleasing party tips
- Pages printed on 100 percent post-consumer waste paper with soy ink
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