Cooking Goddess
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With all of the discussions about the scary drought in CA, and the latest drought map I saw I thought I would share two articles from the LA Times. The first article has an interactive chart of food items you can click on to see how much water was used to produce your plate of food. I'm so glad we rarely eat beef, since it seems to demand the most water per ounce. On the other hand, it surprised me to find out that it takes less water per ounce of chicken than things like lentils, chickpeas or a soyburger! I only wish this chart let you pick two veggies and no starch.
How Much Water Goes into Your Meal?
The second article is a bubble graph showing which foods take more water to produce an ounce of food, and which take less. Something likes this makes me consider the importance of more veggies/less meat on our plates. I don't plan on going all vegetarian, but we have been reducing our meat intake...mostly because I'm cheap.
From Steak to Mangoes, here are some water-hogging foods.
How Much Water Goes into Your Meal?
The second article is a bubble graph showing which foods take more water to produce an ounce of food, and which take less. Something likes this makes me consider the importance of more veggies/less meat on our plates. I don't plan on going all vegetarian, but we have been reducing our meat intake...mostly because I'm cheap.
From Steak to Mangoes, here are some water-hogging foods.