No meat or dairy here...
Attentive readers of this blog may have noticed that Harrison and I are eating an entirely vegan diet: vegetables, fruit, beans and pulses with a touch of spice here and there. It’s a simple diet, but highly nutritious – as Harrison pointed out yesterday in his blog. For example, the yellow split peas for our Dreamy Pea Soup have 25g protien per 100g, only one gram less than beef. We’re also getting a well-rounded vitamin and mineral intake.
But we have to admit, we only realised we’d planned an entirely vegan week after we’d bought the goods and brainstormed our meals!
To be honest, I think we did it subconsiously because of the price of local meat and dairy products, but it has certainly made us think…
Personally, I’m still unsure of my stance on meat/dairy consumption. I suppose in the ideal world, I’d grow my own vegetables and raise my own meat, but that isn’t really a realistic lifestyle option for a student with minimal spare time! So where should someone with a view to minimising their damage to the environment stand in such a situation?
At first I went for the nihilist approach – strictly vegan. But then the question of soy ethics raised it’s ugly head… Are there no guilt-free food choices?
Possibly not. But Harrison has now taken up the cause, after a book recommendation from Bev “Meat – A Benign Extravagance” by Simon Fairlie. She also gave us some handy tips on “zero-carbon meat” such as local rabbit and pigeon, which are interesting alternatives to explore… So we might be planning a whole different set of meals for our second challenge in October!
Posted by Heather