1. A DO-IT-YOURSELF GUIDE ON HOW TO MAKE AN EVERYDAY MEAL MORE SUSTAINABLE Sustainable Cooking... with Adam Yen and Matt Bui

2. The Conventional Meal For our guide on how to make a sustainable meal, we decided to plan out and simulate the cooking of a meal based off of one we eat commonly at our own dinner tables. This meal, chicken fettucine alfredo, is an Italian meal that we both have eaten and know as something utterly delicious. Often, when we both have eaten such a pasta, it has been accompanied with some sort of bread, such as a dinner roll, garlic bread, or even lazy bruschetta. And here are our changes—in an attempt to make this typical meal more sustainable.

5. A More Sustainable Side Dish SIDE DISH: - In an effort to make a more sustainable side dish, we decided to go with organic French baguettes from Trader Joe’s instead of dinner rolls from a conventional supermarket. We talked to an employee who said that the bread is only made with organic materials and thus serves as a more sustainable option than the dinner rolls. To add some flavor, we suggest dipping this aforementioned bread in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. To be more sustainable with these options, we recommend the organic forms of these foods. Furthermore, we suggest the Whole Foods’ “Whole Trade” version of olive oil, which is their equivalent of a Fair Trade product and ensures fair labor practices.

6. Food for Thought DRINKS: - As an interesting sustainable option for a beverage, we recommend the organic mango tea from Whole Foods, particularly the product offered by Santa Cruz Organic. This product that they sell is Fair Trade and organic, and 100% of the energy used in the production of the tea is offset by renewable energy certificates. DESSERT: - As an option for dessert, we recommend organic strawberries. We purchased our strawberries from a farmer’s market. The farmer was based in the San Fernando Valley and said that all of his foods were produced organically.