Episodes
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
iEat Green - Robert Lee – Rescuing Leftover Cuisine - 07.26.18
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
Thursday Jul 26, 2018
Robert Lee is the co-founder of Rescuing Leftover Cuisine, Inc., a non profit food rescue organization, operating in 16 cities and headquartered in New York City. Rescuing Leftover Cuisine provides solutions to prevent excess wholesome cuisine from being wasted by providing services such as food waste consulting, excess food delivery, co-branding services, and tax credit assistance. Robert is a Gates Millennium Scholar who graduated cum laude from New York University. Coming from a humble background, he is committed to doing all he can to help those in need. While at NYU, Robert worked on a club called, Two Birds One Stone, which delivered leftover dining hall food to homeless shelters. Over the four years that Robert was a part of this organization, he learned best practices of operations in delivering food, fostered relationships within the industry, and honed volunteer management skills. During Robert’s three years as president, he helped the organization receive the NYU Green Grant Award for the best green initiative on campus and led volunteers to deliver over 12,000 pounds of food. After graduating, Robert worked at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. before continuing his passion of helping the hungry and reducing food waste.
Vegan Vegetable Frittata
4-6 servings
Prep time: 30 minutes
Cook time: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
1 Tbsp ground flax seed
2 Tbsp water
8 oz firm tofu
1 cup coconut milk
Juice from 1 can of chickpeas
¼ tsp turmeric
1/8 tsp paprika
8 oz vegan cheese (optional)
1 lb chopped frozen organic spinach
¾ tsp salt
¼ tsp ground white pepper
3 Tbsp freshly chopped parsley
1 Tbsp freshly chopped dill
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 medium onion (about 1 cup)
1 large potato or 2 small potatoes
2 large garlic cloves, minced
2 Tbsp white wine
1 tsp dried oregano
1 cup cherry tomatoes
¼ bunch of broccoli (about 2 cups of florets)
6 mushrooms
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. In a small bowl mix ground flax seed and water, set aside.
3. Chop onions, and cube potatoes into quarter-inch cubes.
4. On medium heat in 12 inch cast iron pan, sauté onions and potatoes in olive oil, until potatoes
are soft. As needed, add 2 Tbsp of water at a time, to deglaze pan and prevent potatoes from
sticking. (I usually add 2 Tbsp three times, for a total of 6 Tbsp of water). Keep scraping the
bottom of pan periodically as needed. This will take approximately 10 minutes.
5. While the onions and potatoes are cooking, run frozen spinach under hot water until
defrosted. Drain and then squeeze out extra water. Set a side.
6. Drain tofu and press between a towel to remove excess water. Crumble tofu into food
processor and pour in coconut milk. Pulse until mixture is fully pureed. Scrape down sides and
bottom of food processor and pulse again. Pour pureed mixture into large mixing bowl.
7. Next, using a blender, nutribullet, stand up mixer, or immersion blender, beat the juice from 1
can of chickpeas, also known as aquafaba, until thick and frothy.
8. Fold the frothed aquafaba into the tofu and coconut milk puree. Then, fold in the ground flax
seed mixture, ½ tsp salt, pepper, 2 Tbsp chopped parsley, dill, turmeric, and paprika into
mixture. Once thoroughly mixed, set aside.
9. Cut broccoli into small florets. Then cut mushrooms into thin slices. Add broccoli, mushrooms,
minced garlic, and white wine into pan. Let cook for 5 minutes.
10. Cut cherry tomatoes in half and add into pan along with spinach. ¼ tsp salt, and oregano.
Continue cooking and keep scraping the bottom of pan as needed for a few more minutes or
until all liquid is evaporated.
11. Pour tofu mixture into pan so as to cover vegetables. Smooth out with spatula so everything
is evenly covered and then put into oven.
12. Bake in oven for about 20-25 minutes, until it is starting to set, and puff up.
13. If adding vegan cheese, remove from oven now and sprinkle on top. Return to oven, and
continue cooking for 10 more minutes, until cheese melts and frittata is firm and has golden
edges.
14. Remove from oven. The pan will be very hot. Serve with oven mitt over handle.
15. Cut into wedges and serve. Garnish with 1 Tbsp chopped parsley.
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
iEat Green - Ryan Madden- Long Island Progressive Coalition - 07.19.18
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Thursday Jul 19, 2018
Ryan Madden is a climate activist and the Sustainability Organizer for the Long Island Progressive Coalition. The Long Island Progressive Coalition is a grassroots organization dedicated to promoting sustainable development, revitalizing local communities, enhancing human dignity, creating effective democracy, and achieving economic, social and racial justice. Ryan has a BA in Political Science & Environmental Studies from SUNY Binghamton. He has experience working with civil society groups within United Nations climate change conferences, with non-profits on community-based clean energy programs, and with grassroots organizations on renewable energy advocacy and climate legislative campaigns.
Quick Vegetable Ginger Rice
4 servings
Ingredients
2 cups cooked org. brown rice
1 Tbs olive oil
1 onion, chopped
2 carrots, diced
1 stalk celery
5 mushrooms
1 cup frozen organic corn
3 Tbs. tamari
2 t. dark sesame oil
2 Tbs. mirin
¼ cup chopped cilantro
½ cup roasted peanuts
6 cloves garlic, minced
2 Tbs grated ginger
4 cups greens,(kale, swiss chard, collards, chopped)
½ head of broccoli, cut into small florets
Procedure
1. In a wok, sauté onions and carrots in olive oil. After 5 minutes, add garlic and
ginger and cook for 3 minutes.
2. Add the celery and mushrooms and cook on high heat for a few minutes.
3. Add the broccoli and Swiss chard stems, and cook for 3 minutes.
4. Add the greens, tamari, and mirin, and cook the greens down for 2 minutes.
5. Add the cooked rice.
6. When all mixed, add the peanuts
7. Add the frozen corn and dark sesame oil.
Thursday Jul 12, 2018
iEat Green - Debbie Hillman – Food, Farms, and Democracy Writer/Research - 07.12.18
Thursday Jul 12, 2018
Thursday Jul 12, 2018
Born in Chicago, Illinois, now living in Evanston, IL since 1976, Debbie began her career as a professional gardener for 25 years (ornamental design, installation, maintenance) and as a cabinet-making apprentice for 5 years. She is a steadfast community activist, having worked on neighborhood zoning; Complete Streets (pedestrian, bicycle, and public transportation), alternative energy (wind), hands-on education, local economies, civic engagement, and natural resource conservation (soil, water, air, biodiversity). In 2005, she started looking to take a larger role in the world. The food-and-farm system spoke to her in a variety of ways thus co-founded the Evanston Food Policy Council (2005-14), a grassroots organization; working with Evanston’s State Representative Julie Hamos and a large statewide coalition to develop a comprehensive food and farm agenda for Illinois. Today, she still works on food-and-farm policy and projects, and has started to integrate techniques and public policy components involving: money (public banking, co-op business models, crowdfunding, gift economies); democracy (meeting facilitation, inclusion, transparency, participatory budgeting, dialogue & deliberation); spirituality (connection to my highest self, connection all other beings, including non- humans, connection to the universe). Debbie has expanded her scope to the national level, while still paying attention to regional, state, and local activities. Moreover, she is ambitious and impressive in her plight to update the U.S. Constitution with respect to the Iroquois Constitution and Clan Mothers historical evidence of “real democracy and personal liberty that existed under the Iroquois Constitution (The Great Law of Peace).”
Vegan Pesto Spinach Lasagna with Cashew Ricotta
Preheat oven to 350°
Cashew Ricotta Filling
3 cup cashews, soaked for 2 hours or more
2 Tbs. Nutritional yeast
1 t. salt, ½ t. white pepper
Spinach Pesto
1 lb. pk org. froz. chopped spinach
1 onion,
1 Tbs. chopped garlic
¾ cup pesto
Sauce
1 32 oz. Jar Organic Marinara Sauce
2 Tbs. minced garlic
1 can diced fire roasted tomatoes
1 onion
1 yellow or orange organic pepper 1 lb Miyoko’s Cashew Mozzarella cheese,
¼ cup white wine grated
1 box organic rice lasagna noodles
½ cup chopped parsley
Directions
Make pesto according to directions below.
For sauce, sauté onion, garlic and pepper in olive oil in stock pot. When soft, add ¼ cup white wine. Cook
for 5 minutes, then add marinara sauce, can of diced tomatoes and ¼ cup chopped parsley.
Meanwhile, drain the cashews and pulse in food processor with 3 cups water, nutritional yeast, Salt and
pepper. Pulse until smooth. Taste and adjust S & P.
In a skillet, sauté the onion with garlic, until translucent. Defrost the spinach and squeeze out all excess
water. Add spinach to the onions and garlic, and sauté for a few minutes. Add ¾ cup pesto to the spinach
mixture. Save the remaining pesto for another time.
Assemble the Lasagna
Cover bottom of lasagna pan with sauce, Then add a single layer of dry lasagna noodles, right out of box.
Spread ½ of cashew ricotta filling over noodles. Add ½ of the spinach pesto over the cashew ricotta and
sprinkle with 1/3 of grated mozzarella cheese. Cover with a layer of sauce, and then repeat, with the
noodles, ricotta and spinach. Cover with sauce, add one more layer of noodles, cover with sauce, and the
remaining grated Miyoko’s mozzarella cheese. Cover with tin foil and bake for 40 minutes. Remove from
oven, uncover and cook for another 20 minutes, until a fork pierced into noodles are soft. Garnish with
remaining ¼ cup of fresh chopped parsley.
Vegan Pesto
4 cups Basil leaves
8 cloves garlic
¾ cups toasted pine nuts
1 cup Olive Oil
1 Tbs. nutritional yeast
¾ teaspoon salt
¼ t. pepper
In food processor, pulse the basil until finely chopped. Add garlic
cloves, salt, pepper and pine nuts. Pulse some more, scrapping down sides to incorporate all of the mixture.
When fully pureed, add the olive oil while the food processor is running. The mixture will become thick.
Add the nutritional yeast and mix.
Friday Jul 06, 2018
iEat Green - Raquel Jacquez- Sylvia Center - 07.06.18
Friday Jul 06, 2018
Friday Jul 06, 2018
Raquel is the Communications and Partnerships Manager at The Sylvia Center, a NY- based nonprofit that is focused on nutrition education and youth development. Raquel was born and raised in the Central Valley of California. Growing up in the rural town of Bakersfield provided her with unique insight into various layers of our food system, including agri-business, farmworkers’ rights, and the challenges around food education in public schools -- particularly in lower-income, rural communities. It is because of this upbringing that she is passionate about the intersections of food, education, health and the environment. Raquel started her career as a Chef Teacher at the Edible Schoolyard Berkeley, the country's first Edible Schoolyard project created by Alice Waters and the Chez Panisse Foundation. For the past eight years, she has worked with various organizations to create educational programming in the food space with the intent of providing further opportunities for children, youth and adults to have better health outcomes. She led teams of outdoor educators at the Buena Vista and Grimmway Academy Edible Schoolyards, both projects of the Grimm Family Education Foundation in her hometown. Her leadership was key in promoting school wellness policies and professional development for teachers in the Central Valley of CA. Raquel has also worked in restaurant media, research centers at UC Berkeley and the Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Columbia University, where her work was focused on the elevation of food and nutrition programs that can lead to better food environments and public health outcomes. Raquel has two bachelors degrees from the University of California, Berkeley (Philosophy and Ethnic Studies) and holds a Masters degree in Health Education from the department of Health and Behavior Studies, at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Carrot Cake Wedding Cake
with Cream Cheese Frosting
Serves 35-40 people
Makes 3 layers, 12-1/2”, 9-1/2”, and 6-1/2”
Preheat oven to 350*-
Prepare the pans: Spray with oil, Fit the bottom of each pan with a circle of
parchment paper and spray again. Dust with flour on bottom and sides, and
shake out excess flour.
Ingredients
10 cups shredded carrots
2 cup raisins
2 cups org. brown sugar
4 cups WW pastry Flour
4 cup white flour
8 tsp cinnamon
3 tsp. baking soda
3 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. salt
2 cup chopped walnuts
3 cups org. sugar
10 organic eggs
2 Tbs. vanilla
2 cups org. canola oil
2 cups apple sauce
Directions
In a large bowl, mix the shredded carrots with the brown sugar and raisins,
and set aside, letting it marinate while mixing everything else. In another
bowl, combine the flours, cinnamon, baking soda and powder, and salt
together. Mix well. Add the chopped walnuts. In a third bowl, whisk
together the eggs with the sugar until it’s a light yellow in color. Add the oil,
apple sauce and vanilla, and mix. Add the wet ingredients to the dry. Mix
well. Add in the carrots and raisins, and mix until evenly distributed.
Bake at 350 until done. The 2 smaller layers will take approximately 50
minutes, and the largest layer will take about 65 minutes, but keep checking.
The cake will pull away from the sides, as it gets done, and a knife inserted
into center will come out dry. Cool on racks for 10 minutes. Invert cakes and
remove from pan, let cool completely before frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
4 lbs cream cheese
¾ cup half and half
1 cup honey
2-3 cups confectioners sugar, depending on sweetness desired
4 Tbs. pure vanilla extract
Directions
In a stand-up mixer or food processor, combine all of the ingredients, until
smooth. Add more sweetener or vanilla, according to your taste.
To Assemble
Slice each layer horizontally, to create 2 layers of each size. Using a round
piece of clean cardboard, or improvise with a plate or large round spatula,
separate the two layers. Frost the middle, and put the layer back together.
Repeat with the other 2 layers.
Frost the top and sides of each layer.
Either stack the 3 layers together, decorate with flowers, and serve that way,
or you can purchase wedding cake infrastructure, complete with plastic
columns and dowels, and construct a wedding cake that has space between
each layer for decorating with flowers.