food Category
July 12th, 2010 by ecojoe in food, health, projects
Veggie burgers. Black bean burgers. Even the elusive Santa Fe burger. Veggie burgers have many names (and lots o’ recipes), yet I had never tried one.
So I decided to take the veggie burger plunge and use my humble cooking “skills” to craft a mouth-watering black bean burger. But first, an eco-footnote…
It takes a LOT more resources to get a pound of hamburger meat than to make a vegetarian bean burger. GoVeg (a completely unbiased website) had this to say on the matter…
It takes 5,000 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of meat, while growing 1 pound of wheat only requires 25 gallons. A totally vegetarian diet requires only 300 gallons of water per day, while a meat-eating diet requires more than 4,000 gallons of water per day. You save more water by not eating a pound of beef than you do by not showering for an entire year.
Gadzooks! Even if those numbers are skewed some, getting meat uses a heck of a lot of water.
Alright, enough with the eco-footprint lesson. Moving on to the…
Black Bean Burger Recipe
This simple veggie burger recipe (which makes 4 servings) calls for…
- 2 peppers (jalapeño, cayenne, or banana)
- About 8 teaspoons of olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 shallots
- 2 cups of cooked, drained black beans (a 29oz. can is a just about right)
- 2/3 cup quick-cooking oats
- 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
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May 4th, 2009 by ecojoe in food, free, reusing
I saw this and got all excited. Who wouldn’t want to use a free tote bag instead of flimsy plastic bags?! Then I saw that it’s not exactly free, but still pretty dang close. Here’s how to get a “free” tote bag from some woman named Rachel Ray:
1. Buy a Kraft Foods brand product from this list.
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April 21st, 2009 by ecojoe in food, green living, organic, plants, projects
Kick off Earth Day by starting a neighborhood garden. Gather around a bunch of neighbors and locals, find a vacant lot, and help “green” it by cleaning it up and turning it into a majestic garden. Here are some great tips for community gardens…
Hopefully those tips will aid you on your journey to your very own community garden.
From the incomparable Onion.
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April 8th, 2009 by ecojoe in food, green business, reusing, save money
To make a long story short, I won’t have internet at my house ’til Friday, so yesterday I went to Swift Creek Coffee House to leech off their wireless internet.
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March 29th, 2009 by ecojoe in food, free, plants
Here’s a quick way to get free tomato seeds from Campbell’s soup.
Grab a can of condensed soup from Campbell’s, and head over to this site.
Enter in the code it asks for, fill in your address, and voila, your free tomato seeds are on their way!
ALSO, while you’re there, click on the GROW button to donate.
That’s it for today; check back tomorrow for the Carnival of the Green, hosted by yours truly.
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March 1st, 2009 by ecojoe in food, projects
Granola. You love it, I love it, everybody loves it. It’s all healthy and natural and mess. But how can you make your own granola?
Welp, it turns out there’s about a million ways to do it; here’s just one way to make your very own homemade granola.
Easy Homemade Granola Recipe
Here’s what you’ll need to make some scrumptious granola.
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February 18th, 2009 by ecojoe in eco footprint, food, paper, water
You know those lil’ paper cups of latte that you get from coffee shops? Think about how many people get one of those lattes every day. How much water does that take?
Welp, it turns out that to make each cup o’ latte, it takes 200 liters of water. That’s over 50 gallons of water for each latte!! Hot dang!
Besides just the water you see, lots of water is also used for the coffee production, milk, disposable cup and sleeve, lid, and sugar. Check out this here video from WWF for more information…
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