ALL this week HOAR’s Green Team is showing you how to help save the planet and save yourself money at the same time.
And in Day Three of our great eco-series it is time to stop and think about what we eat.
We have teamed up with global initiative Count Us In to urge readers to pledge to make small changes in their everyday lives that could add up to big cuts in carbon.
Go online at thesun.co.uk/pledge to sign up to as many of our Green Team commitments as you think you can manage.
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The Count Us In calculator will show how much carbon you and your family will save by following some simple steps.
Today we have tips to help you pledge to Eat More Plants and will show why cutting down on meat, even a little, reduces carbon emissions.
The average British carnivore eats more than 11,000 animals in their lifetime — and each animal requires vast amounts of land, fuel and water before they reach the plate.
‘£1 RECIPES’
We now eat around 230million tonnes of animals a year, twice as much as we did 30 years ago.
But cutting down on meat need not be boring or expensive — in fact, eating veggie meals a few times a week can help to restore your bank balance as well as the environment.
Miguel Barclay, the man behind best-selling budget recipe books One Pound Meals, says: “Cooking healthily doesn’t have to be expensive and my £1 recipes prove that.
“A lot of health foods have big marketing budgets to persuade you to spend that extra money, but fruit and veg is the best thing for you and it’s the cheapest thing on offer in the supermarket.
“You don’t need a company to process and repackage it for you and then charge you more. Simply do it yourself.
“When you cook on a budget it forces you to focus on cooking from scratch, which is always healthier and more sustainable.”
Here, Miguel shares a week’s worth of exclusive, healthy, zero-waste £1 recipes to show how cooking veggie meals for you and your family is the greenest way to go.
The UK and Ireland Mushroom Producers are working together with Miguel Barclay to create healthy, affordable meals.