FEATURED

A collection of posts that are featured on the blog. Using sustainable ingredients to help lower your carbon footprint.

Best Irish Shortbread Cookie Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
March 17, 2024April 30, 2024

This Irish Shortbread cookie recipe is so easy to make – and also the best tasting. But there are a few secrets that you need to know.

Easy Instant Pot Hummus Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
November 22, 2022February 21, 2024

This makes the best Hummus – An Easy Instant Pot Hummus Recipe – even the Tahini is made from scratch, but with a really easy method.

Best Dutch Oven Bread Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
October 15, 2022March 7, 2024

Best Dutch Oven Bread Recipe – the best hearth bread recipe we have ever tried. It is by far the easiest to make, and also the best tasting.

Best Cherry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
September 18, 2022April 29, 2024

Best Cherry Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Recipe starts with the best ingredients – chunks of Valrhona milk chocolate and Luxardo cherries.

POG Drink Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
August 9, 2022March 7, 2024

A POG drink recipe – It’s easy to make POG from fresh squeezed tropical fruit juice instead of buying it in a can.

Best Russian Tea Cakes Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
June 15, 2022April 29, 2024

We created the best Russian Tea Cakes recipe made with browned butter, toasted pecans and maple syrup, and then double rolled in powdered sugar.

Instant Pot Skyr Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
May 2, 2022April 29, 2024

Skyr is thick and creamy, similar to yogurt. It is actually a fresh cheese, since rennet is added. It has been made in Iceland for centuries.

Maraschino Cherry Ice Cream Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
April 14, 2022February 21, 2024

MarasCherry Ice Cream Recipes made with Italian maraschino cherries

Homemade Kefir Instant Pot Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
March 4, 2022April 30, 2024

Kefir is a cultured milk product, similar to buttermilk, with lots of nutrients and probiotics. It’s easy to make homemade Kefir in the Instant Pot.

Garlic Infused Olive Oil Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
January 20, 2022February 23, 2024

A recipe for making the best Garlic Infused Olive Oil and garlic confit – It makes a healthy substitute for butter. Making it in the Instant Pot is so easy. Using the right oil and sautéing it slowly is the secret to keeping it from getting bitter.

According to the United Nations, “Our food systems right now are unsustainable. They are a major contributor to the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution“. But, research done at U.C., Davis demonstrates that “soils could store enough carbon to offset a significant proportion of fossil fuel emissions”, and actually reverse climate change. This happens when farmers use ‘regenerative agriculture’ practices, which increase and keep organic matter in the soil. This blog features products that are grown this way, so you will know which brands will help reverse climate change.

While traveling the world and looking for the best quality ingredients, we found that many producers who care about quality also care about sustainability. When we used the best quality ingredients we also reduced our carbon footprint. Additionally, by buying regenerative products, we could actually help reverse climate change. So, this blog features some of those products. If everyone did this, more farmers would use ‘regenerative practices’ and 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.