Did you know ultra processed foods (around 50% of all supermarket food) are linked to #stroke #heart disease, obesity, #dementia and #mentalhealth problems. Stay #healthy by avoiding #palmoil and other processed #food #Boycottpalmoil @palmoildetect

http://palmoildetectives.com/2024/03/31/cutting-down-on-ultra-processed-foods-could-save-lives-research-reveals/

Cutting Ultra-Processed Foods Could Save Lives

Recently, the CEO of breakfast giant Kelloggs Gary Pilnick promoted the benefits eating breakfast cereal for dinner as a way for people to cope with the increased cost of living and food: “Ce…

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Zo's Good Burger, Detroit, MI.

Pretzel bun, double halal beef patty, one slice yellow cheese, one slice Swiss cheese, raw onions, tomato, ketchup, mustard. Onion rings on the side.

#food #hamburger #detroit #Detroitfood

This photo was sent my way by someone who knows I work in #food security. I don’t know where it was taken or who deserves credit. (The tickets appear to name a pub).

But I’d sure love to see this kindness replicated. Widely. It’s critically needed & warms my heart. ❤️

It’s #EarthDay & I’m giving a talk all about the global food system & its impact on the environment.

The agricultural sector is one of the most significant + immediately scalable places to have impact.

Since my talk isn’t public, here’s a great piece from @globalecoguy & the good folks at Project Drawdown. https://drawdown.org/news/insights/how-food-and-farming-will-determine-the-fate-of-planet-earth
#climatechange #science #food

How food and farming will determine the fate of planet Earth

Agriculture has disrupted the planet more than anything we have ever done, including burning fossil fuels. A sustainable future depends on recognizing this fact – and radically changing how we farm and eat.

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Latest comic on microplastics and PFAS getting into food. Yum!

#food #cartoon #environment #pollution #pfas #farming #gardening

There are massive differences in the GHG emissions of different foods & "local" isn't always best for the environment.

This chart continues to be a great reference I return to in my work. Source: https://ourworldindata.org/food-choice-vs-eating-local #science #climate #food

Latest comic on prison labor in the US food supply chain

#prison #labor #work #humanrights #food #comic #cartoon

New research challenges hunter-gatherer narrative

"Analysis of the remains of 24 individuals from the Wilamaya Patjxa and Soro Mik'aya Patjxa burial sites in Peru shows that early human diets in the Andes Mountains were composed of 80 percent plant matter and 20 percent meat." #AnimalRights #nutrition #plantbased #food #diet #GoVegan https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/01/240124164559.htm

New research challenges hunter-gatherer narrative

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Ever wonder how pickling works? https://youtu.be/gw6YpN2oRog?si=Bv8DW9o6iqcBaW29

Four years ago our PBS team created this fun explainer on all different types of pickles! And it's still one of my favorite episodes. #food #science

How Does Pickling Work? | Serving Up Science

Pickling! It's that salty, briny process that makes foods taste so strangely good. The pickle garnishes our favorite foods, from burgers & hotdogs to turkey ...

^YouTube

lol, guess the weird #recipe... 1/2

I started a mug of hibiscus tea steeping.
Rinsed a tin of butter beans under water in a sieve.

Put 2 heaped teaspoons of cacao powder, some vanilla stick, a generous shake of cinnamon (& also below real flavour impact, a quarter teaspoon tumeric, 6 grams fenugreek seeds & maybe 1/8th teaspoon pepper) in to a grinding pot.

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@nealcurtis@mas.to
Sure, here's a closer look. Hibiscus tea is literally dried hibiscus flowers. It's actually a very common ingredient in almost every fruit tea you might buy. Partly because of the tart cherry berry taste, partly of the deep red colour.

It's an incredibly antioxidant rich tea, probably the highest. But variety in everything is best. Drink lots of different teas & mix them up. We haven't researched a fraction of what every different tea does.

#Tea as medicine in nearly every culture, that's probably for a reason.

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#NoteToSelf.
My restock shopping and fridge should look more like this when I want to feel really fit & healthy and have good weight goals.

#cooking#cook#food#vegan#plantBased#bearFodder#WFPB@vegan@a.gup.pe@cooking@chirp.social@cooking@lemmy.world@vegancooking@a.gup.pe@wfpb@a.gup.pe

Marinating some tofu, probably for a stir-fry later. I often don't bother marinating and just spice during cooking, but this tofu hit date & needs using up, and I had the rest on some wraps.

Tamari, chilli spices. Bosh in the fridge for later.
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#cooking#cook#food#vegan#plantBased#bearFodder#WFPB

Obviously I need quick solution meals sometimes.

I find wraps can be a way of getting leaves out of the fridge and eaten, getting some greens / veg in along with some saucy stuff like hummus / salsa + then some falafel or beans or tofu etc.

Everything is a balance of time and effort.
#cooking#cook#food#vegan#plantBased

Leftover baked sweet potatoes. Sliced them up. Made dough bases. Blended chickpeas with spices & nutritional yeast in to a hummus (no need for oil), which I spread thickly across. Toppings were sweet potato cherry tomato red onion and peppers, grilled / baked. The result roasted veg hummus pizzas.

The nutriY hummus baked has a really quite cheesy spicy tasty effect, the veg caramelised for sticky yum and it's massively healthier than pizza while tasting superb as it's own thing.
#cooking#cook#food#vegan#plantBased#bearFodder#WFPB

Asian cooking, I love the different styles & so much of it is plantbased already.

Ginger & garlic Seitan noodles with grilled peppers, red onions & chillies.
#cooking#cook#food#vegan#plantBased#WFPB

Another one for my self-motivation thread.

Steaming mushrooms asparagus peppers & green beans. Making up a bowl of basil & chive dressing. Baking rolls to eat it on.
#cooking#cook#food#vegan#plantbased#WFPB

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One of the really nice things that makes #plantBased home cooking so easy you get so much more volume for the calories. You're really full, and that's great for weight & against hunger.

I should remember to make these again. The home baked bases are these sorta sourdough wholemeal flatbreads / pizza base hyrbid thingies and then lots of different toppings from spicy beans, marinara or salsa, salad stuff pepper onion bean sweetcorn etc.
#cooking#cook#food#vegan#plantbased#WFPB

Leftover potatoes and mixed bean & veg red curry (made with a little tahini rather than coconut milk).

I was hungry after workout and not wanting to do anything time consuming so I quickly bulked it up with a can of neutral 100% just pumpkin pie filling (i.e. pumpkin mash) that I stirred some apple cider vinegar, tamari and Togarishi spices through. I also added some of the beetroot sauerkraut I have open & then microwaved everything.
#cooking#cook#food#vegan#plantbased#bearFodder#WFPB

Burger craving yum.

Homemade Hummus, garden chives spicy (fries digging goodness)
Quartered a Kalamata olive loaf for the bun (toasted lightly)
tomato red onion ketchup mustard lettuce
a Gro burger (UK co-op plantbased brand) done in the air fryer resting on top of a portion of thick cut potato fries (chips UK) - the plantburger releases some juices, that go sticky on the fries.... heaven

Not rocket science, but very tasty!
#cook#cooking#vegan#plantBased#food#burger#veganuary

Then to finish this lentil base from post above to meal.
(This time it had tempeh in as well from the beginning).
I added more veg and herbs.
Courgettes
Aubergine/Eggplant which cooks down and makes the sauce thick
Broccoli
Another onion roughly cut
3 tins of chopped tomato in this case which will get partially absorbed by the lentils too.

I made wholemeal fusilli, as well, which is quite nice as the lentils will catch in the spirals.
#Vegan#Cooking#Food#Plantbased#Veganuary#Recipe#bearFodder#Pasta#WFPB

So I save a ton of money on making a big multi portion pasta dish by cooking with dried lentils which are cheap (and last pretty much forever in a cupboard) vs mince meat / ground beef or pork.

Meat shrinks, loses a lot of fluid, so you need a lot of it and it's much more expensive in comparison. Lentils actually absorb and expand so you need far less and they are massively cheaper.

I chop & cook some pepper garlic onions adding a little boiling water regularly as needed (kettle or pasta pan) and lots of herbs and spices, then add the lentils and tamari or soy sauce. The lentils hoover up the liquids (don't let them go dry), & also the herbs, spices and tastes making them really flavourful.

#Vegan#Cooking#Food#Plantbased#Veganuary#Recipe#bearFodder#Pasta#wfpb

Those times when I'm prepared in advance with batch salad, grains in fridge are super easy.

9 mins to steam kale=9minute meal because of pre-prep for when hungry/tired/busy.

Kale bags already cut in strips is an easy cheap buy UK. Steam/ microwave with splash water. Dash lemon juice. Optionally Nutritional Yeast Flakes add a cheesy taste. Any greens / cruciferous veg. works fine.

I fairly often keep a pot of grains in the fridge. Make with rice steamer/ instant pot etc. I tend to vary 3 or 4 grain types (eg Black Rice, Quinoa, Oat Groats) keeps it interesting.

Adding to the Kale some reheated Black rice & pre-prepared batch salad.

#Vegan#Cooking#Food#Plantbased#Veganuary#bearFodder#Salad#wfpb

@vegan@a.gup.pe@cooking@chirp.social@cooking@lemmy.worldSalad is cool. There is such a weight of marketing & media pushing less healthy, but high profit margin products.

It's ok to resist it. I think good salad is filling, satisfying and healthy, and is good rebellion.
#Plantbased#Vegan#Food

When I don't add the leaves, I can make a big lidded bowl of batch salad that will keep in the fridge for most of a week. Make it different each time with whatever is to hand. Some examples:

✅ soy sauce or tamari
✅ garlic (frozen or fresh pressed)
✅ some frozen chopped herbs (coriander here), or dried
✅ chilli flakes & spices
✅ Tumeric and fresh ground black pepper (in particular that 2combo is potent in med studies)
✅ Lemon juice or apple cider
✅ beans
✅ lentils
✅ Tofu
✅ Cucumber
✅ Peppers
✅ Onion (I like red)
#Food#cook#vegan#plantbased#wfpb#bearFodder#cooking#salad

@vegan@a.gup.pe@cooking@chirp.social@cooking@lemmy.world@algorithm@veganism.social@nm@veganism.socialSo, everyone knows blueberries are healthy right, lots of anti-carcinogens to help us with all the pollution in modern life & food.

Did you know black beans have more antioxidants than blueberries? Kidney beans have more too! garbanzo/chickpeas even higher levels! Lentils are above the lot!

Anyway this salad was yum😋Lots mixed leaves including arugala/rocket, lambs ear, romaine
Beetroot, carrot, red onion
Lentils, garbanzo
Tofu, kidney beans (I prefer them rinsed if canned)
Fresh cilantro/ coriander
Powdered red chili
Lemon juice
Tamari
Pomegranate balsamic
Tasty dried herb mix I have
#Food#cook#vegan#plantbased#wfpb#bearFodder#cooking#salad

Comfort food! 1 of first things I learnt to cook as a young kid was...
fish finger sandwiches!

Updated to veganise, with Veggy Fingers but still has a burst of associations. Description in Alt text.
#cook#cooking#recipes#vegan#wfpb#plantBased#bearFodder#food