August's Green Challenge: For the love of eggplant
This month's challenge is kicking my butt harder than I thought it would. One commenter mentioned the difficulty of switching to a locavore diet with kids. I have to give her props for trying because although my three-year-old is a great eater, I would not be successful in getting her to eat only local foods for three meals a day without more preparation and bettering my cooking skills -- oh, and a straight jacket.
That said, we are surviving. I've upped my once-a-week visit to the Farmer's Market to two just in case there are additional offerings later in the week. The eggplant is simply divine this time a year, a vegetable that I rarely use has become the staple in many dishes.
I've been looking over cookbooks to help me with my shopping and I've found a couple that I really like as well as a few authors who have tried eating locally and lived to tell the tale.
That said, we are surviving. I've upped my once-a-week visit to the Farmer's Market to two just in case there are additional offerings later in the week. The eggplant is simply divine this time a year, a vegetable that I rarely use has become the staple in many dishes.
I've been looking over cookbooks to help me with my shopping and I've found a couple that I really like as well as a few authors who have tried eating locally and lived to tell the tale.
_thumbnail.jpg "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life")
_thumbnail.jpg "The Farm to Table Cookbook: The Art of Eating Locally")
_thumbnail.jpg "Healthy Child Healthy World: Creating a Cleaner, Greener, Safer Home")
_thumbnail.jpg "Plenty: Eating Locally on the 100-Mile Diet")
_thumbnail.jpg "Simply Organic: A Cookbook for Sustainable, Seasonal, and Local Ingredients")
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