How to be an organic/sustainable athlete on a $55/week grocery budget
Everyone knows it is important to reduce carbon emissions (and if you are not please watch the above video and be prepared to be terrified). However, what does a good individual carbon footprint look like, and when are reductions enough? Because I am a sustainability nerd, I’m taking free green minded classes via Coursera….
I am good at arguing. Really, really good. Perhaps it is because I was raised by lawyers, or perhaps it is because I was an English major and perfected the art of making stupid arguments really, really well: I once wrote a whole 8-page paper about a single sentence I pulled out at random from…
A week or so back, my eyes were opened by Haitian cornmeal porridge. Holy crap, I remember thinking, this is good! Ever since then, I’ve been on a corn products kick. My kitchen has been the site of many batches of cornbread, corn cakes, corn tortillas, and crispy corn “fried” tofu. Lucky for me, corn…
It’s summer, and it is beautiful. Even here in smoldering Sacramento, at 95 degrees, us natives can get out and enjoy the sunshine. If you’re looking for something to do outside, may I suggest the humble picnic? Picnics used to be a summer staple, as American as apple pie, but recently they seem to have…
A while back Saturday Night Live did a funny and yet disturbing skit called Complicit. In it, Scarlett Johansson plays an Ivanka Trump who is merely a puppet for her father. By going along with his agenda, she herself is almost just as guilty as he is. The skit ends with the quote “For…
Guess who finally found an awesome vegan nutrition book at the library? This girl! I just love Becoming Vegan by Brenda Davis and Vesanto Melina. I have painstakingly been going through the whole thing, look for deficiencies that I may have. Lucky for me, I’ve already pinpointed a few. Through my years of vegetarianism, I…
There are so many excuses to not make your own food. Many people I talk to mention lack of time as their number one reason why they purchase processed food. I counter with, you don’t have the time NOT to make your own food. Cooking at home results in less preservatives and chemicals, making you…
Growing up, Memorial Day didn’t mean much more to me than an extra day off of school. I think that is what it means to a lot of people: sun, fun, being together with family and grilling out in the backyard. However, since joining the military, I’ve grown to care for and respect many…