The Ethical Breakfast
One way to reduce the carbon footprint of your food choices is – as suggested by Sir Paul McCartney – to choose a vegetarian diet at least one day a week. Our alternative approach is to make small changes every day – and an easy time to do that is at breakfast.
We have created five easy breakfast dishes which you can substitute for your usual breakfast whenever you like. Changes like this can really have a positive effect on the environment – especially if lots of people join in.
For example, if you were to choose our muesli porridge one day instead of your usual recipe, you would cut your breakfast carbon emissions by over 200g based on using 200ml of soya instead of dairy milk*. Now multiply that by 7, or 31 or 365 to see how the savings mount up over time.
So enjoy the ethical breakfast recipes below.
- *Ecofys/Alpro calculations July 2009. Producing 200ml dairy milk produces 262g CO2-eq, while producing 200ml soya milk produces 55.6g CO2-eq.
Berry Pancakes
Granola with soya yogurt
Scrambled Eggs
Where to find ethical soya products
Because soya products are from plant origin and are a good source of protein, they can easily replace animal products in the diet while contributing to reducing the impact of our food consumption on the environment. Thanks to its nutritional value – rich in protein, naturally lactose-free, cholesterol-free, rich in unsaturated fats - soya is ideal as part of a healthy diet.
A wide variety of ethical and sustainable soya products to suit all tastes can be found in supermarkets, independent stores and health food shops.
There are many ways to consume soya. You can drink soya milk with your cereals for breakfast or prepare a creamy smoothie. When you feel like something savoury, tofu can be used to make all sorts of simple dishes such as courgettes stuffed with tofu, vegetable quiche with tofu, marinated tofu sautéed with shrimps, etc. The list is endless. All you need to do is start cooking! Finally, soya yogurts and deserts will bring a sweet conclusion to your meals.
You see, it’s really easy to introduce plant-based foods in your daily diet! To see what is available and where, visit the websites of two natural soya producers in the UK, Alpro and Provamel.
