Palm oil free Ritz peanut butter crackers

May 27, 2016 by Stevie Van Horn in Desserts

DAY 1: These "Ritz" peanut butter crackers are better, if not tasting entirely similar, to the branded one! It has a perfect twist of sweet and salty for that perfect snack. Best part, and the reason why I recreated this recipe, is that they are palm oil free! If you are curious as to why I have a 7 day recipe challenge all about keeping palm oil out of my food (amongst keeping it out of everything else in my life), then check out #2 on my "Lower your footprint" page. This pesky ingredient is contributing to massive deforestation in the Sumatran rainforest and its causing our fragile ecosystem to collapse, driving animals out of their homes and to the brink of extinction.

What did my morning look like for Earth Day?

April 23, 2016 by Stevie Van Horn

Earth Day morning was a blast for me! Took a train to Long Island City with my good friend Alex and went to an amazing warehouse called The Materials for the Arts. I have never heard of this center before and was introduced to it by a wonderful activist and model, Cameron Russell. She hosted a small meet but the message was huge.

Ethiopian Mesir Wat & Tikel Gomen

March 18, 2016 by Stevie Van Horn in Entree

Mesir Wat lentil stew and Tikel Gomen cabbage dish! My all time favorite dishes to make and to eat. Both of these are vegan and gluten free and has so much flavor!

Rosemary parsnip and white bean soup

March 18, 2016 by Stevie Van Horn in Entree

Another easy and earth sustainable recipe! So yummy and perfect as a side soup or filling enough as a main course. A dense, warm, and perfectly balanced recipe. I got this recipe and tweaked only slightly from Yummybeet!

Roasted Trio veggies with cilantro lime rice

March 18, 2016 by Stevie Van Horn in Entree

Easiest recipe of all! So satisfying and flavorful and you don't need unnecessary packaged condiments! The veggies are local and/or organic and I got the rice and spices in bulk!

Black Bean brownies

March 17, 2016 by Stevie Van Horn in Desserts

This recipe is directly from Minimalist Baker with a few tweaks. I've used this recipe way before I was trash free and realized I do not need to change a thing except where I source these ingredients. The best brownie recipe I have ever used. So yummy!

Black bean and beet burgers with sweet potato fries

March 17, 2016 by Stevie Van Horn in Entree

How does your life relate to global warming? Do you know what our most significant interaction with the environment is? Hint: Every one must do it in order to survive. That is right…Eat!
Everything you choose to feed yourself with is a direct demand to the environment of what it needs to produce. So when it comes to global warming in the kitchen, it isn't a hard problem to solve! It's you.

GET IN MY JAR challenge

February 11, 2016 by Stevie Van Horn

So in order to stay trash free when you leave the house, what do you really need?

To most it either sounds daunting or maybe its too many things to bring and will forget or claim they are just too lazy. So I made it simple. How about just one jar before you leave the house? Maybe slip in a fork!