by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Nov 8, 2017 | Articles, Personal Paris Pledge
Climate change is a massive challenge facing humanity–16 of the 17 most recent years have been the hottest on record. Sea levels have risen, and intense storms have become more frequent. Yet, a year ago today, we elected an administration that has denied climate...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Sep 16, 2017 | Appetizers, Soups, Salads, and Sides
Hummus is a great staple food because it is delicious, filling, and high in protein. It will help you increase the amount of veggies you eat, b/c you can dip pretty much any veggie in it or make lettuce wraps. In addition to these benefits, hummus is easy on the...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Aug 18, 2017 | Main dishes
This meal is a great way to make a lot of people very happy (and healthy) with a low carbon footprint—it is ridiculously delicious and easy to throw together. You can lay out rice or noodles, steamed veggies, and peanut sauce in individual bowls so each person can...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Aug 8, 2017 | Breakfast
Oatmeal is a fabulous comfort food with a very low carbon footprint (it was mentioned twice in the Washington Post article about carbon footprint of food choices). Once you start adding seeds, fruits, and nuts, the possibilities are endless and it becomes a...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Aug 5, 2017 | Appetizers
Many of us are looking to decrease our carbon footprint, and there are so many great ways to do it! For some people, decreasing our footprint will have nothing to do with food. But for many people, food can be a low hanging fruit for decreasing our environmental...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Jul 28, 2017 | Breakfast, Desserts
This tasty, healthy, and satisfying recipe is by renowned Chef Chloe Coscarelli, who has kindly agreed to let us use her recipe and photo on this site. Please find the original recipe here. Bananas often get a bad rap because they are not local. However, the...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Jul 22, 2017 | Main dishes, Uncategorized
These delicious and planet-friendly tacos have a carbon footprint of 121 g CO2-equivalents per taco, compared to 277 and 818 g CO2-equivalents per taco for tacos made with chorizo and beef, respectively. A close friend and great chef, Alma Rafael, recently had us over...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Jul 20, 2017 | Appetizers, Soups, Salads, and Sides
Making this quick and easy guacamole from scratch can cut its carbon footprint in half relative to store-bought! Print Recipe Homemade guacamole Votes: 0 Rating: 0 You: Rate this recipe! This delicious, quick, and easy home made guacamole has about half the carbon...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Jul 9, 2017 | Main dishes, Uncategorized
This meal is hearty and delicious, and has a tiny carbon footprint compared to its counterpart. It’s from Forks Over Knives, one of my go-to websites for recipes. Click here for the full original recipe with portobello and porchini mushrooms. I made this dish...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Jun 28, 2017 | Soups, Salads, and Sides
This delicious and decadent dish has roughly half the carbon footprint of a traditional recipe, and it is so full of flavor you won’t miss anything! It uses summer produce and practically makes itself! It’s amazingly simple–you just throw some roughly chopped...
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