Broccoli, shamrock cookies, peas, lime sherbet... oh wait, this article isn't about those types of green foods... it's about finding environmentally-friendly "green" foods and preparing "green" meals like the delicious ones shown on Supper Club!

The "greenest" foods of all are the ones found closest to your home and that require as little preparation as possible. In California, for example, an orange plucked from a neighborhood tree and eaten raw, whose rind is composted, is ten times greener than a Florida orange that was purchased from a grocery store five miles away, juiced using an electric juicer, and whose rind is trashed in a garbage can. While there are many factors to consider when trying to buy and consume green meals, the short-and-sweet version is as follows.