Happy Earth Day! Make Earth Day 2023 unique and sustainable with an Earth Day themed bowl featuring these sustainable low-impact food choices.
Earth Day can be a fun food education opportunity about the impact of everyday food choices. First, make food choices from a selection of both high-impact and low-impact foods. Then, calculate the sustainability impact with this guide, or scavenger hunt for information to fill in here.Discover more on theofficial Earth Day site.
Why You Should Make the Change this Earth Day
- Low-impact food are easily accessible, and your kitchen probably has these foods already.
- Sustainable foods reduce our carbon footprint and help preserve the planet for future generations.
- High-impact food such as beef, lamb, palm oil, and cane sugar take up a lot of land and create a lot of emissions from processing and transportation.
- Whole food plant-based dishes are eco-friendly and filled with nutrients and antioxidants.
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17 low-impact ingredients for your Earth Day Menu:
- Lentils
- Peas
- Chickpeas
- Kale
- Spinich
- Arugula
- Mushrooms
- Cereals
- Cereals
- Grains
- Quinoa
- Mung Beans
- Black Beans
- Walnuts
- Sesame
- Seaweed
- Sprouts
We hope that these ideas helped give you a salad and bowl entrée menu ideas for Earth Day.
Continue reading to learn how these ingredients can make your meals more sustainable.
Benefits to the Earth, nutrition, and your meals:
Lentils, Peas, Chickpeasplay a big role in the nitrogen cycle and are a great source for fiber, protein, and vitamin B. Plus, they’re free of the top eight allergens, gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, and vegan.
Kale, Spinach, and Arugulahave a low resource demand and high yield of both product and vitamins A, C, E, and K. In addition, spinach’s iron quantity is comparable to meat.
Mushroomshave low CO2 emissions, high adaptability, wide variety, low energy and water consumption, and are abundant in protein and fiber.
Cereals and Grainsare rich in fiber, minerals, vitamins, and antioxidants with an added benefit of low greenhouse gas emissions.
Quinoa and Mung Beansare satiating and nutritious. Check out this eco-friendly recipe for a Quinoa Mung Bean Salad.
Black Beans and Walnutsboast lower CO3 emissions and are a delicious choice to top off a dish.
Sesame and Seaweedare low-impact and bring a different kick to your meals. Seaweed is also a nutrient-rich plant that is rich in essential fatty acids, vitamin C, iodine, antioxidants, and packed with protein.
Sproutsare a common ingredient in Asian dishes.
Interested in more low-impact foods? Check out this list of 50 healthy, low-impact, and tasty foods that were selected based on nutritional value, environmental impact, flavor, accessibility, and affordability.
Thank you for reading. We hope that we helped give you a salad and bowl entrée menu ideas for Earth Day.
These low-impact foods can easily be included and assembled in an Edibowl®.Our durable cracker-tasting edible bowl makes a great pair with a variety of flavors, enhances plate appeal, and reduces labor. Eventually, with your amazing imagination and this ingredient list, a beautiful Earth Day themed dish will be born.
