More Sustainable Living Than Ever

After reading Mark Bittman’s latest – Food Matters – Sue has put us all on a steady diet of Bulgar wheat and organic spinach.

Just kidding, the Bulgar wheat is pretty good and the spinach adds some much needed texture.

But seriously, the whole exercise, along with the garden and other steps towards eating better, has us thinking about our impact on the Planet. According to Bittman, “serving a typical family-of-four steak dinner is the rough equivalent of driving around in an SUV for three hours while leaving all the lights on at home.” And even if all the cows destined for the table were grass fed organic, there still wouldn’t be enough room on the planet for all that grass.

Yes folks, something has to give.

I’m really enjoying our new dining habits. It’s a blast to fill the kitchen with things I never saw or heard of growing up (leaks? what the hell are leaks?) and the chopping and slicing and cooking is something the whole family can join in. The food is great and I feel great and I really love the expression on the kids faces right before they taste it and realize it isn’t so bad after all.

Related articles by Zemanta

• Mark Bittman: Food Matters
• New from Mark Bittman: How to Cook…Something
• Mark Bittman’s “applied Pollan”

Related Posts:

• We Are Loving Paris
• Fresh Herbs!