FOOD

A collection of posts about food, using the best ingredients and easy, reliable techniques. Sustainable ingredients to help lower your carbon footprint.

Best Homemade Sriracha Sauce Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
November 20, 2023November 22, 2023

This easy recipe makes the best homemade Sriracha sauce – fresher and brighter than the bottled sauce.

Amazing Cinnamon Rolls Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
November 20, 2023November 20, 2023

The most amazing cinnamon rolls recipe – Delicious – Easy – Sustainable – Healthier

Best Chia Seed Pudding Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
November 15, 2023November 16, 2023

This is the best chia seed pudding recipe because it is easy, versatile, healthy, and is a good make-ahead recipe

Best Walnut Cookie Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
November 1, 2023November 24, 2023

This recipe makes the best walnut cookies. Not only the best tasting, but easy, healthy and sustainable. It’s my new master cookie recipe.

Gluten-Free Rosette Cookie Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
September 2, 2023September 2, 2023

This is the best gluten-free recipe for Scandinavian Rosette cookies – based on our traditional family recipe. Updated with nut oil and almond milk to add flavor, but also to make these cookies healthier and climate friendly.

Best Rosette Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
September 1, 2023September 2, 2023

This is the best recipe for Scandinavian Rosette cookies – based on our traditional family recipe. Updated with nut oil and almond milk to add flavor, but also to make these cookies healthier and climate friendly.

Best Yeast Waffle Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
July 12, 2023September 2, 2023

This is the best yeast waffle recipe because these waffles taste better, are better for you, and are better for the environment as well. Made with ingredients that have a small carbon footprint. We should just call them “save the world” waffles. They rise overnight and are ready in the morning, so they are convenient and easy for breakfast. Even better, leftover waffles can be frozen and then reheated in the toaster.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Without Butter

Cookie Recipes without Butter

by Lisa LeCoump
June 22, 2023November 1, 2023

This is a collection of some of our best cookie recipes that are made without no butter.

Best Homemade Coffee Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
May 24, 2023July 12, 2023

This recipe makes the best homemade coffee ice cream – exceptionally creamy with a smooth coffee flavor – and it’s so easy!

Best Bialy Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
April 15, 2023October 19, 2023

Best Bialy Recipe – the easiest to make, and also the best tasting.

“While traveling the world and looking for the best ingredients, we found that many producers who care about quality also care about sustainability. We discovered that by choosing the best ingredients we had reduced our carbon footprint. A few more changes, and we cut our carbon footprint in half! Then we realized that if everyone did this, it would have a big effect on climate change. Little changes add up to something big. Little things matter. We could save the world, one cookie at a time.”

Professional Photographer - Food Photographer, Wedding Photographer. Lisa was previously the Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, responsible for reviewing and enforcing organic regulations and Environmental Protection Agency pesticide use regulations. She also worked for years as an Agricultural Advisor in California, a farmer in California, and an Agricultural Extension Agent in Thailand. She received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from California State University, Chico and studied Integrated Pest Management at U.C., Davis, which involved farming methods that preserve the environment.