Thrill of the Chill – Part 1
by Linda Tom “Is it my imagination or has summer arrived early in Singapore?” I was thinking this a few days back while planning a casual lunch menu for my girlfriends. The intense afternoon heat was making me irritable and while I was excited about the prospect of having my buddies over – the last [...]
Is your lunch causing global warming?
April 26, 2009 by green team
Filed under Food
A novel way of getting an idea about how what we eats impacts our environment, the only question would be which country this is based in?, I dare say that tofu in the UK MAY have a higher carbon foot print than say tofu in Shanghai? Nads Did you know, the food system is responsible [...]
The Simple Joys of Granola
by Linda Tom Breakfast has long been my favorite meal of the day. As an Asian America growing up in the 60s, my mornings usually began with the sugary, enriched cereals of that era: Fruit Loops, Lucky Charms, Apple Jacks and – yikes – Cap’n Crunch. Every now and then, my mom would wake [...]
Becoming a Weekday Vegetarian
April 16, 2009 by green team
Filed under Food
So you love meat but have thought about quitting? Join the club. Besides the obvious health benefits of a vegetable diet, there are cost savings and environmental benefits to cutting back on meat consumption. Here’s an article from The Green Planet that delves into the dietary conundrum. To meat or not to meat? Answer: meat [...]
Organic Baby Food
April 6, 2009 by green team
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Feeding your baby green by the Singapore Environmental Council (www.sec.org) As custodians of children’s health, it is important for parents to start their baby on a nutritious and wholesome diet. It is thus not surprising that there is a growing trend towards organic baby food as more environmentally and health conscious parents embrace the benefits [...]
10 Weird Uses for Vodka
March 27, 2009 by green team
Filed under Food
On rainy days and Mondays, Vodka may be your best friend but you’ll never look at it the same way when you read about some of its curious benefits when not consumed. Vodka has a long history of use as medicine to cure everything from infertility to colic and even the plague. Below are few [...]
