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Love watching the Super Bowl? Love snacking? Consider yourself a greenie, veg-head, sustainability devotee? We have what you need.
Super Bowl XLIV | From Flickr user RMTip21
This Sunday, millions of people will sit down to watch the Colts and the Saints battle it out at Super Bowl XLIV. However, all the Boulderites out there are probably looking for a way to make their Super bowl parties a little lighter and a little greener.
From watching the game on a more environmentally friendly TV, to cooking with sustainable ingredients, to eating vegetarian, greening your Super bowl can be simple.
Here are a some guilt-free, game-appropriate recipes that will please any football enthusiast, whether they care about sustainability or not. Read more
Sustainable Super Bowl recipe: Jambalaya
Want to whip up a Super Bowl meal in the spirit of New Orleans? Try out this recipe from Boulder’s Jax Fish House for Jambalaya, which uses sustainable fish and wild-caught U.S. shrimp. Read more
Vegetarian Super Bowl recipe: Mexican chili
As part of Big Green Boulder’s Holistic Super Bowl Package, try a tasty vegetarian chili that knocks out the meat but keeps all of its hearty flavor with a secret ingredient — chocolate! Read more
Sustainable Super Bowl tip: Greening your TV for the big game
Watch the game on a smaller, LCD flat-screen if you wanna be green | from flickr user Rick
Thinking of getting a new tube to enhance your Super Bowl-watching pleasure?
If you do, remember that big isn’t always better, at least in terms of finding a green TV. Try to stay small — about 25 inches — and go with an LCD instead of a plasma. Energy Star rated products are good, too, but buying a 72-inch Energy Star TV still isn’t exactly what you could call environmentally friendly.
So it’s safe to say that generally the smaller the TV the less energy it will use.
Read more about green TVs or check out more sustainable Super Bowl tips.
