Simply Living

The benefits of agricultural diversity are very important to the local environment. Some of the benefits include supporting pollinators, reducing the carbon footprint (focus on planting more native plants and crops whose seeds don't travel hundreds of miles), and water and energy savings as many native, diverse plants do not require excess...

I assisted with rescuing food today from Giant Eagle. We reused banana boxes to place the donated baked goods totally 11 banana boxes that were stuffed and 3 bags. The car was stuffed full, trunk, back seat, floor and passenger seat. So happy to keep food out of the landfill and given to those in need.

While traveling for work in Minnesota I had the best meatless meal I can recall - it was a burrata ravioli! The ravioli had poppyseeds inside the pasta, and burrata mozzarella on the inside. The sauce was a light olive oil sauce with pine nuts and pickled rhubarb. It was amazing!

There are a lot of negative health consequences to spending so much time indoors and on screens. Decreased physical activity usually means increased weight, as some say.......sitting is the new smoking!  Staring at the screen for long periods of time can cause “computer vision syndrome” with symptoms of strained eyes, blurred vision, dry eyes...

I used an entire cabbage and the head (only part that I didn't eat myself) was eaten by my pet shrimp and snails in my fish tank! 

The ecochallenge is going well but I wish I had more time to dedicate to learning about the highlighted concepts and materials. 

I made Baked Ziti on Tuesday with ingredients in my kitchen from the previous night's dinner, and pasta from the pantry. The pasta was the only ingredient that generated waste (the bag). I used tomatoes from my garden, unpackaged cabbage, garlic, and onions, and parmesan cheese to make an easy baked ziti that we loved!

Today was a failed People's Ecochallenge day, but I am hoping for better results tomorrow.

I rescued food today from Lion Cub's Cookies, check out the photos. I took a friend with me and have now recruited another volunteer for Food Rescue-Columbus. Food that was kept out of the landfill and cheered up some folks in need. What a great day!