by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Jun 24, 2017 | Desserts
This recipe is simple, delicious, uses only one bowl, and is quick—it will only take about 15 minutes to prep and then 30 minutes to bake. It’s completely delicious and only has ¼ of the emissions of a traditional recipe! This recipe is only slightly modified from a...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Jun 3, 2017 | Main dishes
This meal is by far the simplest meal on the blog—it can literally take under five minutes to prep! If you are literally too tired to chop garlic, or even to call in for food delivery, this is the meal for you. Also, it can be made with just a few items you probably...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | May 26, 2017 | Appetizers, Main dishes
This beautiful main course (or starter) is planet friendly and soooo delicious! The recipe is called Hummus Pomodoro with Warm Pizza Crust, and it’s by the amazing Chef Chloe Coscarelli. You can find the recipe here. The spread is actually a white bean puree...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | May 18, 2017 | Appetizers, Main dishes, Soups, Salads, and Sides
Like buffalo sauce? You will love this recipe for baked buffalo bites of cauliflower, tofu, or tempeh, and the planet will be happy due to the low carbon footprint! Don’t be daunted by the directions, which sound a bit complicated. The prep is actually really fun...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | May 7, 2017 | Breakfast
This is a great, simple pancake recipe. Top it with lots of berries and nuts, or chocolate chips if you are feeling decadent. If you use white whole wheat flour, you get the benefits of whole grains (lots of fiber, more protein and vitamins), but still a lighter...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Apr 23, 2017 | Desserts, Uncategorized
This recipe makes a delicious, quintessential peanut butter cookie. It’s from a great cookbook by Alicia Simpson, which you can check out here. The author has graciously agreed to let us publish her recipe and the carbon footprint on this site. Print Recipe Peanut...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Apr 20, 2017 | Main dishes, Soups, Salads, and Sides
This recipe is crazy easy to throw together, and you won’t believe how great it tastes!! It is a staple in our house, serving as an excellent side dish for red lentil dahl (last post). Both dishes heat up well for lunches the next day. To make this dish a main...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Apr 5, 2017 | Main dishes, Soups, Salads, and Sides
This satisfying Indian soup is delicious, super healthy, and very easy on the planet. It makes a great side dish, and if you serve it with a salad and rice or naan, it can be the main dish. Beans and lentils have an especially low carbon footprint when compared to...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Mar 26, 2017 | Soups, Salads, and Sides, Uncategorized
Creamy vegetable soups can vary really widely in impact on the environment, because creaminess can come either from dairy (relatively high environmental impact), or from alternatives including potatoes, cashews, or soy milk (less greenhouse gas intensive). For this...
by Jenny Jay - Easy Meals For The Planet | Mar 17, 2017 | Appetizers, Uncategorized
Below is a recipe that the UCLA Public Health Nutrition Club and the Healthy Campus Initiative have been using in instruction food demos. Assuming 6 servings, the hummus results in 90 g CO2-equivalent emissions per serving. For comparison, a 1 oz slice of cheese...
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