Smoky black bean burger
Charred at the edges, soft in the middle, with pickled beetroot and a lot of black pepper.
batch · lunch
Minestrone
Thick with beans and small pasta, better the next day, and it costs almost nothing to make a lot of it.
Under a tenth of the land of beef and vegetable soup.
One serving, against beef and vegetable soup
Computed from the ingredients we hold records for and one serving of what the dish stands in for. It is not a whole plate: rice, bread, oil and vegetables without records are not counted on either side.
| Measure | Minestrone | Beef and vegetable soup | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emissions | 0.24 | 14.9 | kg CO₂e per serving |
| Land | 2 | 48.9 | m² per serving |
| Water | 67.4 | 218 | litres per serving |
Once a week for a year, instead of beef and vegetable soup, saves: Roughly about 2.5 short-haul return flights (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 2024)
Once a week for a year, instead of beef and vegetable soup, saves: Roughly about 9.3 tennis courts (International Tennis Federation, 2024)
Once a week for a year, instead of beef and vegetable soup, saves: Roughly about 120 eight-minute showers (Energy Saving Trust, 2013)
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