Don’t cry over wasted milk. Instead, make paneer—a soft, non-aged cheese similar to ricotta—and neither waste milk nor cry over it.
Author: The Zero-Waste Chef
15 More Creative Ideas for Food Scraps
Think like Grandma, use every last bit of your food and elevate food scraps to their rightful status in your kitchen: ingredients.
Do Individual Actions Matter?
You’ve no doubt heard the argument: Individual actions don’t matter, only collective action does. Must we choose one or the other?
Limoncello Mixed-Nut Biscotti
Determination to use every last peel from a near 30-pound haul of lemons culminated in this fabulous limoncello biscotti.
The Zero-Waste Chef Book Is Here
I’m excited to announce that my new book, The Zero-Waste Chef: Plant-Forward Recipes and Tips for a Sustainable Kitchen and Planet, is here!
Eat All the Food You Buy and Invest the Money You Save
If, yearly, you invested the dollar value of food the average American family of 4 buys but doesn’t eat, in 10 years you’d have piles of cash.
Turmeric Bug for Naturally Carbonated Sodas
A turmeric bug, like a ginger bug, is a starter you prepare and nurture. Once it has matured, use it to brew naturally carbonated drinks.
When Life Hands You Lemon Peels, Make Limoncello
If only life would give you whole lemons! If instead, life sees fit to give you mere lemon peels, make this limoncello and celebrate.
11 Sourdough Discard Recipes
Even if you never bake the bread, you may want to keep a sourdough starter alive to make these sourdough discard recipes.
No-Waste Irish-ish Soda Bread and Confusing “Best-Before” Dates
St Patrick’s Day and a windfall of rescued, perfectly edible milk past its best-before date inspired this soda bread post.
The Bonus Recipe Bundle Is Here!
As a thank you to everyone who has preordered my book, here is a bonus bundle of six new, exclusive recipes. Enjoy!
Save-All-the-Greens Turnip Top Pasta
Reduce wasted food, eat delicious chewy pasta and prepare for St. Patrick’s Day next month, all with one simple recipe!
Why I’m not Excited About Coca-Cola’s 100% Recycled Bottle
Coca-Cola is rolling out its new 100% recycled PET plastic bottle along with its old push for consumers to clean up after the company.
11 Kitchen Tools You Already Own
Need a new gadget to execute a kitchen task? With a bit of creativity, you may fashion a fix using stuff you already have on hand.
7 Zero-Waste Steps That Cost Zero Dollars
Living a lower waste lifestyle should save money, not bankrupt you. These seven zero-waste steps cost zero dollars.