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EARTH DAY recipeS: EAT GREEN
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than to eat environmentally friendly, healthy and green!
Our Lady of weight loss's Earth Day recipes feature seasonal fruit, veggies and heaps of good energy! Not your usual salads! These ARE exciting! Woo Hoo!
Salacious Strawberry & Fabulous Feta Salad
Ingredients:
1 cup slivered almonds
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 cup fig balsamic vinegar
1 head romaine lettuce, torn
1 pint fresh strawberries, sliced
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
We mentioned in our last article how important it is for those who care about our environment to look at the impact their food choices have on the Earths limited resources.
Here are five suggestions for those wishing to include more plant-based foods in their diet as a way to go green.
1. Go Slowly. It took years for you to develop your current eating habits. Most people are not willing or able to make radical changes overnight. Many times when people do make drastic changes, they find themselves falling back to old ways when the going gets tough. (Some people are of course ready to go cold Tofurky " only you can decide!)
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How to Go Vegan for Earth Day and a Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
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When did eating become so complicated? How do we sort our way through hundred mile diets and the dilemmas of omnivores? Should I feel terrible for eating California lemons in Canada?
Everyone needs to eat but the act has evolved from necessity to complexity. Humans have developed an unhealthy relationship with food. As we struggle to embrace environmentally-responsible lifestyles, that relationship with food becomes even more complex.
Its enough stress to give anyone heartburn, but here are some simple suggestions to nurture your inner green foodie:
1.) Seek the local advantage.
If you can get fresh local produce in your community you are doing yourself and the planet a world of good — minimal transportation, minimal greenhouse gas emissions, minimal preservatives (and probably pesticides) and maximum flavor and nutrition.
