Recipes to help you eat sustainably : NPR

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is spending a week Stories and conversations about finding solutions.

Deciding what to make for dinner can be stressful, especially when you’re short on time. Finding meals that are good for you, your wallet, and the environment, on the other hand, is another problem entirely.

But we’re here to help you: We’ve rounded up some recipes to make making sustainable choices even easier.

Chile on a weekday

this America’s Test Kitchen This recipe fills in the protein gap by adding red kidney beans. Morning Edition I have already tried it and shared my impressions.

➡️Full recipe: Weekday Meaty Chili

Vegetable pot pie

Are you aiming for Meatless Monday or want to add some veggie-packed meals to your rotation? Life Kit Related Tracy McCarterThe public health nutritionist and author recommends this hearty meal, which can be stored in the freezer for up to three months.

➡️Full recipe: Veggie Pot Pie

A new interpretation of “fish and chips”

Tamika R. Francis introduced a sustainable alternative to traditional fish and chips: Her local station, WBUR Boston.

During her time in St. Lucia, Francis explains, “I worked with a women’s fishmongers’ cooperative and learned that fish can be eaten, from the guts to the skin, and that the consumption of shark meat and other unsuitable seafood is rooted in pre-commercial artisanal practices. With education, we can find more sustainable options, so I learned about shark as a sustainable whitefish alternative to the over-consumption of mako sharks and other shark species.”

The Atlantic has a wide variety so it’s a great alternative if you’re near the East Coast.

➡️Full recipe: Shima-style fried Cape Shark

Easy to eat seasonal roasted root vegetable salad

One way to develop eating habits that are more sensitive to the demands of the climate is to eat what is in season (tomatoes in summer, apples in fall, greens in spring). Here and NowPrivate chef Kathy Gunst I’ve shared recipes for winter vegetable based meals that can be made in advance and are useful for busy evenings.

➡️Full recipe: Roasted Cabbage with Chive, Mustard and Caper Vinaigrette

plus: Three recipes to make the most of tomato season

plus: Enjoy the end of summer while using up all the seasonal vegetables

plus: 3 Pumpkin Recipes to Get Infatuated With This Fall