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.
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”
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)
- 220ml fresh OJ (0.2carbon, 104cals, sodium)
- 2 rounds toast (circa120g Vogals from freezer) (0.12carbon , 172cals, 28mg sodium)
- Large eggs poached: organic (0.2carbon, 72 Cals, 97 Sodium)
- 90g tomato, (0.21carbon, 15cals, Sodium) –Israel???
- 90g organic Worcestershire mushrooms (0.09carbon, 29cals)
- Griddle in 3ml oilseed rape OSR oil (carbon 0.006, cals 27)
- 2 Moka espressos: 18g of coffee beans (0.56 carbon, 8cals)
- 2 Beechwood Deli espressos (0.56 carbon, 8cals)
- 2 bite size shortbread biscuits (0.025 carbon, 50cals)
Lunch (0.737carbon, 531cals, 380sodium, 5.375F&V) - Roasted & caramelised vegetables (uncooked weights)
- 10ml oilseed rape (OSR) oil (carbon 0.037, cals 90) – from Simon Mead’s farm just around the corner
- 100g red onion: UK (0.059carbon, 38cals, sodium)
- 100g carrot: organic UK (0.035carbon, 41cals, 60mg sodium)
- 100g potato: M. Peer W Sussex (0.02carbon, 70cals, 10mg sodium)
- 40g celery: organic (est 0.02carbon, 3cals, 80mg sodium)
- 50g sweet red peppers: Ramiro Spain (0.294carbon, 16cals, sodium)
- 100g butternut squash: organic Argentina (0.222carbon, 37cals, 60mg sodium)
- Loads of Tring’s best tap water
- 50g fruit & nuts, organic (0.05carbon, 236cals, 170mg sodium) Supper (1.454 carbon, 759cals, 703sodium, 4.125f&V)
- 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)
- 50g of 2*Great Taste Cheese Awards Cheese – they would tell us what, but it’s great (0.5 carbon, 202cals, 100mg sodium)
- 4(50g) Bath Olivers (0.125carbon, 200cals)
- 90g tomato, (0.21carbon, 15cals, Sodium) –Israel???
- 80g Stewed Rhubarb from the garden (0.01 carbon, 17cals, sodium)
- 10g fair trade demerara sugar (0.0087 carbon, 40cals, sodium)
- 1g salt (0.0001carbon, 0cals, 1000mg 388mg sodium)
- 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
- Has anyone done any work on mushroom footprints and Check they are counted as vegetables?
- Can I have tomatoes from Israel when I’m trying to avoid air freight and take the ethics high road?
- Only counting OJ as 1 fruit portion: is that correct under Livewell?
- Need to add proxies for non recorded items footprints and should add Otarian’s dishes and comparisons as proxies
- I’m going to have to add black pepper & sea salt at end of week? plus breath freshener mints
- I’m assuming potatoes aren't in the WWF Livewell Fruit & Veg portions, must check, must also check on eggs limit if relevant.
- 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?
- 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.
