Vegetarian Meals

[Kim Vincent]

I am surprised by how easy it has been to convert meat-based meals to
vegetarian and how delicious it is to eat from seasonal recipes. Last
week I invited a friend over to enjoy with me roasted beet salad, warm
artichoke and leek soup with mascarpone cheese, and dessert pears
simmered in pomegranate juice and muscat wine. Delicious! I got all
of the recipes off the Food Network website.

I think I will make Butternut Squash soup for my cousin and I this
week...

[tomand...@gmail.com]

FYI Locally grown lamb from Dixon is an extremely low carbon
footprint choice for omnivores. They use grass most animals can't
digest, don't need feedlots, and have very short travel distances from
field to Dixon to Davis. I especially like many of the near eastern
kebabs with Tabouli. The Silver Palate cookbook has a great lamb
marinade -
1/4 cup red wine vinegar, 1 teaspoon mixed dry herbs (rosemary and
thyme), fresh is better, and I use 2 teaspoons of the fresh herbs, 2
cloves garlic, peeled and lightly crushed, 1/4 cup olive oil (UC
Davis..), 1 tablespoon soy sauce (I up this a bit) and 1 tablespoon
dry sherry. Mix and stir a bit to crush herbs. Enough for 1 1/2 lb
lamb cubes (Nugget has these); thread on bamboo skewers with onions
(red) and peppers (lightly microwaved first), mushrooms,and tomatoes.
Marinade overnight, then barbecue.
Tom Cahill

[Kim Vincent]

FYI Thomas Cahill made another suggestion for omnivores:

Transported frozen beef has the worst carbon footprint, while local
organic beef (Niman Ranch, …) has a much lower footprint (low
transportation costs, heavy use of pasture feeds, …) while Harris
Ranch (local) is intermediate.

For eggs, 6 hens in your back yard (allowed by Davis – no rooster)
largely fed on table scraps and allowed to roam are essentially carbon
free.

For milk, northern California milk from free range cattle (Clover, ….)
has a far lower carbon footprint than the mega-dairies of the San
Joaquin Valley.


On Oct 28, 6:15 pm, "tomandginn...@gmail.com"

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