Meatless March

 Love eggplant? You go, sistah. I'm afraid I am simply not a fan of eggplant, but I'll zucchinify anything, and thus " Zucchini Parmesan " (NYT Cooking) was right up my alley as an alternative to eggplant parmesan ( cauliflower parmesan is also an option !). And zucchini parmesan was mighty tasty, and I recommend it. Pre-oven: Post-oven: I cooked the zucchini about 25 minutes, and found I needed more parmesan. I used a 3-quart dish and so only did two layers, not three. My backup dancers, especially the taller one, gave this one the thumbs-up. I've actually been doing a lot of cooking lately but not a lot of blogging, so following is a quick rundown of a few other noteworthy recipes: Savory Corn Fritters (NYT Cooking): as is my signature, I screwed these up, by halving only some of the ingredients (the corn, cheese, and scallions). By some miracle they still turned out not only edible, but pretty good! Tomato-Cream (Vodka) Sauce for Pasta (AllRecipes): I used th...

Obviously, unless you're a firefighter or someone in a position to throw money at solutions, you're not going to stop the fires that are currently burning on he United States' West Coast. But each of us can play a role in addressing climate change, which is a factor in wildfires and extreme weather events.  Reuters  reported, about the current wildfires, that "climate change has made matters worse by contributing to greater extremes in wet and dry seasons, scientists say. As a result, vegetation flourishes then dries out, leaving more abundant, volatile fuel for fires." Climate change "has doubled the number of large fires between 1984 and 2015 in the western United States," according to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions . This blog is about actions that individuals can take to address climate change. Policy action produces much greater impact (so please make a plan to vote on Nov. 3  if you're eligible in the US), but the actions of indiv...