30 Sustainable Earth Day Recipes to Enjoy All Month

| WRITTEN BY: Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN
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Dive right into a sustainable lifestyle with these easy, delicious Earth Day recipes that will better your health and the planet. Happy Earth Month!

You’ve likely heard of Earth Day on April 22, but did you know that the whole month of April is considered Earth Month? Earth Month is a time of year when people rally together to discuss (and raise awareness for) important global environmental issues, such as pollution, climate change, and industrialization. While these issues are vital to understand and share, they can also be overwhelming, which often brings people to ask the question “what can I do to help?”

In addition to recycling and food composting, what you put on your plate matters to both you and the earth. When you fuel your body with plant-based foods and sustainable seafood, you can reduce the risk of chronic disease and obesity, as well as reduce your carbon footprint.

To help make it easier, I asked some of my nutrition colleagues for their best earth-friendly recipes for Earth Day and Earth Month, and they were more than happy to deliver. 

Earth Day Recipes to Enjoy All Month

This list of 30 Earth Day recipes can be enjoyed all throughout Earth Month. Keep scrolling for images of these delicious recipes, and the names of the dietitians who created them!

  1. Rainbow Veggie Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce
  2. Turmeric and Cumin Infused Veggies
  3. Vegan Green Goddess Dressing
  4. Creamy Broccoli and Avocado Soup
  5. Root Vegetable and Bean Soup
  6. Orange Quinoa Salad with Pomegranate and Tangy Turmeric Dressing
  7. Vegan Mediterranean Prune Salad with Beets, Almonds, and Edamame
  8. Thai Tofu Veggie Noodle Bowl
  9. One Pot Loaded Veggie Pasta
  10. Roasted Cauliflower Fettuccine
  11. Chickpea and Vegetable Moroccan Tagine
  12. Lentil Tacos
  13. Cashew & Chickpea Korma
  14. Roasted Beet Pesto and Greens Pasta Toss
  15. Vegetarian Rice and Bean Casserole
  16. Vegan Stuffed Peppers
  17. Harissa Glazed Alaska Salmon with Lemon Mint Quinoa
  18. Easy Baked Salmon: Sweet, Spicy, Orange-y and Delicious
  19. Scallop & Shrimp Soup
  20. Super Grains Salmon Burger
  21. How to Make Vegetable Broth from Food Scraps
  22. Kitchen Scraps Vegetable Stock
  23. Crock Pot Vegetable Broth
  24. Low Waste Broccoli Stem Stir-Fry
  25. Broccoli Salad with Honey-Tahini Dressing
  26. Parsley Stem Pesto over Roasted Asparagus
  27. Broccoli Slaw with Pistachios and Cranberries
  28. Simple Stir-Fry
  29. Veggie Breakfast Casserole
  30. Zero-Waste Vegetable Skin Crisps

Earth Day Vegetarian/Vegan Appetizers, Soups, and Salads

Rainbow Veggie Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce, Amanda Hernandez, MS, RDN, The Nutritionist Reviews (shown above)
Turmeric and Cumin Infused Veggies, Gauri Junnarkar Chaudhuri, RDN, Ayur Nutrition

Vegan Green Goddess Dressing, Kara Lydon, RDN, The Foodie Dietitian(shown above)
Creamy Broccoli and Avocado Soup, Kathy Siegel Nutrition
Root Vegetable and Bean Soup, Toby Amidor, MS, RDN, Toby Amidor Nutrition

Orange Quinoa Salad with Pomegranate and Tangy Turmeric Dressing, Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN (shown above)
Vegan Mediterranean Prune Salad with Beets, Almonds, and Edamame, Amy Gorin, MS, RDN, Amy Gorin Nutrition

Earth Day Vegetarian/Vegan Entrees

Thai Tofu Veggie Noodle Bowl, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
One Pot Loaded Veggie Pasta, Megan Byrd, RDN, The Oregon Dietitian
Roasted Cauliflower Fettuccine, Judy Barbe, RDN, Live Best

Chickpea and Vegetable Moroccan Tagine, Edwina Clark, RDN (shown above)
Lentil Tacos, Kelly Jones, MS, RD, CSSD, Kelly Jones Nutrition
Cashew & Chickpea Korma, Adrienne Raimo, RDN, One Bite Wellness

Roasted Beet Pesto and Greens Pasta Toss, Katie Pfeffer-Scanlan, RDN, One Hungry Bunny (shown above)
Vegetarian Rice and Bean Casserole, Jenna Braddock, RDN, Make Healthy Easy
Vegan Stuffed Peppers, Allegra Gast, RDN, Aloha Nutrition

Earth Day Sustainable Seafood

Harissa Glazed Alaska Salmon with Lemon Mint Quinoa, Kaleigh McMordie, RDN, Lively Table (shown above)
Easy Baked Salmon: Sweet, Spicy, Orange-y and Delicious, Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, Food and Nutrition Solutions by Jill

Scallop & Shrimp Soup, Karman Meyer, RDN, The Nutrition Adventure (shown above)
Super Grains Salmon Burger, Patricia Bannan, MS, RDN

Earth Day Vegetable Broth

How to Make Vegetable Broth from Food Scraps, Kristina Todini, RDN, Fork in the Road (shown above)
Kitchen Scraps Vegetable Stock, Judith Scharman Draughon, Foods with Judes
Crock Pot Vegetable Broth, Meme Inge, RDN

Earth Day Recipes that Use Up Vegetable Scraps

Low Waste Broccoli Stem Stir-Fry, Stephanie McKertcher, RDN, Grateful Grazer (shown above)
Broccoli Salad with Honey-Tahini Dressing, Marisa Moore, RDN, Marisa Moore Nutrition

Parsley Stem Pesto over Roasted Asparagus, Julie Harrington, RDN (shown above)
Broccoli Slaw with Pistachios and Cranberries, Jean LaMantia, RDN



Simple Stir-Fry, Tara Rochford, RDN, Tara Rochford Nutrition (shown above)
Veggie Breakfast Casserole, Alyssa Ashmore, MS, RDN, CSSD, LD
Zero-Waste Vegetable Skin Crisps, Laura Yautz, RDN, Being Nutritious

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