Vegan Snacks and a Sustainably Shorn Lawn
Tomorrow is #VeganVednesday again, and here are a couple vegan snack ideas for you:
1. Guacamole! I used to flip open Bittman's "How to Cook Everything" for the proportions, but now I just wing it: a couple of mashed avocados, a tablespoon or so of minced jalapeño, a tablespoon or two of minced onion, a healthy squeeze of lime juice, and salt.
2. Tapenade! I tried a recipe tonight from The Spruce Eats and it was intensely garlicky, but other than that it was good. I mean, I liked it garlicky, but have mercy on the people around you.
I thought I would also take this opportunity to brag about mowing my own back yard with a reel mower, which I started doing a few years ago. It takes me about 2 hours, every 10 days or so.
It might take you less time than me if you mow your own lawn, because we have a fairly large yard with a lot of trees, so I spend the first hour is cleaning up twigs that do jam up the darned mower, plus removing deer poop and weirdly large fungi and the occasional horrifying small animal carcass.
A lawn of green grass is not an inherently environmentally friendly thing, I recognize, and I also turn over the (smaller) front yard to a lawn service because it has a steep hill that is too much for me. But if you're going to have a lawn, mowing it with a non-motorized mower is a way to minimize the negative environmental impact. It is also good exercise, and not loud like a gas mower. Your neighbors might appreciate that! You can listen to a podcast while you do it. And I'd say 6-8 hours a month from May through October is not an unreasonable commitment for your home.
As a final environmental thought for tonight, read about these elementary school Cafeteria Rangers who are working to reduce the food and container waste that goes into landfills: https://www.wnyc.org/story/cafeteria-rangers-are-learning-how-reduce-school-waste/
1. Guacamole! I used to flip open Bittman's "How to Cook Everything" for the proportions, but now I just wing it: a couple of mashed avocados, a tablespoon or so of minced jalapeño, a tablespoon or two of minced onion, a healthy squeeze of lime juice, and salt.
2. Tapenade! I tried a recipe tonight from The Spruce Eats and it was intensely garlicky, but other than that it was good. I mean, I liked it garlicky, but have mercy on the people around you.
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| In the food processor bowl |
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| I don't really know what effect I was going for with this photo. |
I thought I would also take this opportunity to brag about mowing my own back yard with a reel mower, which I started doing a few years ago. It takes me about 2 hours, every 10 days or so.
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| Plus you can look super-sexy while mowing, like me. |
It might take you less time than me if you mow your own lawn, because we have a fairly large yard with a lot of trees, so I spend the first hour is cleaning up twigs that do jam up the darned mower, plus removing deer poop and weirdly large fungi and the occasional horrifying small animal carcass.
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| I'm not going to make this picture bigger, because it will give you nightmares. |
A lawn of green grass is not an inherently environmentally friendly thing, I recognize, and I also turn over the (smaller) front yard to a lawn service because it has a steep hill that is too much for me. But if you're going to have a lawn, mowing it with a non-motorized mower is a way to minimize the negative environmental impact. It is also good exercise, and not loud like a gas mower. Your neighbors might appreciate that! You can listen to a podcast while you do it. And I'd say 6-8 hours a month from May through October is not an unreasonable commitment for your home.
As a final environmental thought for tonight, read about these elementary school Cafeteria Rangers who are working to reduce the food and container waste that goes into landfills: https://www.wnyc.org/story/cafeteria-rangers-are-learning-how-reduce-school-waste/
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