Day 4: April 10th

Lazy Sunday, what a fantastic day, great weather, good company and a good book!

Simple food day after yesterday, with some great tastes, a few minor dilemmas, including controlling the munchies and 4 double espressos – need to make it with less coffee beans, that’s over 1kg of carbon (CO2e): but for the first day didn’t feel as though I’d under-eaten.

Are tomatoes from Israel acceptable if I’m trying to avoid airfreight and take the ethics high road? - must think that just 2 of them and 1 sweet red pepper added another 0.71kgs of carbon, even more if airfreighted. Still overall a good target day: just over 4kgs carbon, less than 2000 calories and low o salt – plus over 12 portions of fruit and vegetables – 14 if I include potatoes.  

Too many oranges in the fridge, so juicing a little and baked Kate two whole orange & almond cakes to take to work, non for me.......

Wholemeal bread in the machine, no more bought stuff – disappointed Waitrose organic wholemeal flour is sourced from “various countries”

 Morning (1.971carbon, 485cals, 125sodium, 3.25F&V)

1. 220ml fresh OJ (0.2carbon, 104cals, sodium)
2. 2 rounds toast (circa120g Vogals from freezer) (0.12carbon , 172cals, 28mg sodium)
3. Large eggs poached: organic (0.2carbon, 72 Cals, 97 Sodium)
4. 90g tomato, (0.21carbon, 15cals, Sodium) –Israel???
5. 90g organic Worcestershire mushrooms (0.09carbon, 29cals)
6. Griddle in 3ml oilseed rape OSR oil (carbon 0.006, cals 27)
   
7. 2 Moka espressos: 18g of coffee beans (0.56 carbon, 8cals)
   
8. 2 Beechwood Deli espressos (0.56 carbon, 8cals)
9. 2 bite size shortbread biscuits (0.025 carbon, 50cals)
   
   Lunch (0.737carbon, 531cals, 380sodium, 5.375F&V)
10. Roasted & caramelised vegetables (uncooked weights)
11. 10ml oilseed rape (OSR) oil (carbon 0.037, cals 90) – from Simon Mead’s farm just around the corner
12. 100g red onion: UK (0.059carbon, 38cals, sodium)
13. 100g carrot: organic UK (0.035carbon, 41cals, 60mg sodium)
14. 100g potato: M. Peer W Sussex (0.02carbon, 70cals, 10mg sodium)
15. 40g celery: organic (est 0.02carbon, 3cals, 80mg sodium)
16. 50g sweet red peppers: Ramiro Spain (0.294carbon, 16cals, sodium)
17. 100g butternut squash: organic Argentina (0.222carbon, 37cals, 60mg sodium)
    
18. Loads of Tring’s best tap water
19. 50g fruit & nuts, organic (0.05carbon, 236cals, 170mg sodium) Supper (1.454 carbon, 759cals, 703sodium, 4.125f&V)
20. 300ml homemade roasted vegetable soup: 7 veg + homemade chicken stock (est 0.6carbon, 300 calories, 200mg sodium- based on vegetable ingredients & other data sources) (assume 2 portions vegetables) 
21. 50g of 2*Great Taste Cheese Awards Cheese – they would tell us what, but it’s great (0.5 carbon, 202cals, 100mg sodium)
22. 4(50g) Bath Olivers (0.125carbon, 200cals)
23. 90g tomato, (0.21carbon, 15cals, Sodium) –Israel???
    
24. 80g Stewed Rhubarb from the garden (0.01 carbon, 17cals, sodium)
25. 10g fair trade demerara sugar (0.0087 carbon, 40cals, sodium) 
26. 1g salt (0.0001carbon, 0cals, 1000mg 388mg sodium) 
27. Loads of tap water (nil)

The targets:

• Calories 2300 - actual 1775
• Carbon 5kgs - actual 4.162kgs
• Salt 6g (2.4g sodium) - actual sodium 1208mg
• Meat 54g - actual guess 10g equivalent in soup (weekly cumulative 160g)
• Fruit and veg portions 5-8 - actual circa 12.75
• Fish 2 portion per week - actual 0 (weekly cumulative 1 + half oily)
• Cheese and butter below 50g - actual 50g cheese (weekly cumulative 100g)

Notes: to carry forward

1. Has anyone done any work on mushroom footprints and Check they are counted as vegetables?
2. Can I have tomatoes from Israel when I’m trying to avoid air freight and take the ethics high road?
3. Only counting OJ as 1 fruit portion: is that correct under Livewell?
4. Need to add proxies for non recorded items footprints and should add Otarian’s dishes and comparisons as proxies
5. I’m going to have to add black pepper & sea salt at end of week? plus breath freshener mints
6. I’m assuming potatoes aren't in the WWF Livewell Fruit & Veg portions, must check, must also check on eggs limit if relevant.
7. The carbon footprint data I’m using often includes preparation and wastage allowances, this I don’t believe was included in the WWF Livewell numbers?
8. http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Business-News/Cadbury-furthers-carbon-footprint-debate 49g bar Cadbury Dairy Milk has 169g C02e – need to add this to the database, and decide if it’s better than the ludicrously high DEFRA numbers.