How To Eat Less Water Podcast

In this episode get ready to plan your next summer gathering or party Eat Less Water style. I will introduce the first tip from the FREE 14-page Eat Less Water Summer Party Planning Guide: Plan your Menu and Incorporate more Plant-Based Dishes. 

Writing a menu plan for parties both large and small is something you likely do already. But what makes it an eat less water menu plan different is the three following steps:

Episode 5- Drops of Water

EPISODE SUMMARY

Drops of water saved my father’s life. This episode is dedicated to all the fathers, especially mine. I will read to you the prologue from my book, Drops of Water, which is based on the true story of the first days of my father's life.

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Consider this one glass of white wine is equivalent to 29 gallons of water. And one glass of red wine is 32 gallons of water. 

If you look at the entire wine region area in the U S wine grapes sipped a little over 1 trillion gallons of water from wells and rivers in one year alone.

Climate change is going to increase the need for irrigation. We're already beginning to see that as summers become longer and hotter, and the winter...

Build meals on the food you already have in your kitchen.  This seems like a no-brainer, but I know that unless I'm intentional about building my meals based around the things that I have, I don't do it.  Create a night every week for a catch-all recipe, a recipe to use up all the must eats in your refrigerator, especially the produce drawer. Every culture has these recipes like quiche, tacos, and pizza. These meal ideas ...

We each eat on average between 500-1300 gallons of water every day. Understanding the virtual water footprint of our food is a great starting point to begin Eating Less Water.

Water footprint totals of some popular foods:

1 almond = 1 gallon of water

1 slice of bread- 11 gallons of water

1 pound of lettuce = 10 gallons of water

1 orange = 21 gallons of water

1 apple =33 gallons of water

1 dozen eggs = 276 gall...

Why a HOW TO EAT LESS WATER podcast? In this first episode I share with you how I came to move my water conservation from the shower after selling 80K shower timers to the kitchen.   Every drought we are told to focus on the water we can see like the water from our sprinkler heads, our showers, and water hose. Those actions are important but a drop in the bucket in comparison to the water stored in our refrigerators and pantries. S...