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Quick Cheap Good: Grateful-for-What-I-Have Fried Rice

Posted on September 23, 2021September 24, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
A pot of rice and various vegetables arranged on a tabletop. These will go into fried rice, a very frugal and versatile dish.

Cooking dishes like fried rice with food I have on hand never fails to make me feel grateful. It also reduces food waste and saves money.

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How to Make Homemade Paneer (from Rescued Milk)

Posted on May 5, 2021May 11, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau

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.

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15 More Creative Ideas for Cooking with Food Scraps

Posted on April 28, 2021June 2, 2023by Anne-Marie Bonneau
a bin of free cauliflower leaves from the farmers' market

Think like Grandma, use every last bit of your food and elevate food scraps to their rightful status in your kitchen: ingredients.

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Limoncello Mixed-Nut Biscotti

Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
biscotti that use up food scraps

Determination to use every last peel from a near 30-pound haul of lemons culminated in this fabulous limoncello biscotti.

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Eat All the Food You Buy and Invest the Money You Save

Posted on April 7, 2021April 8, 2021by Anne-Marie Bonneau
fresh produce spread across a burlap background

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.

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When Life Hands You Lemon Peels, Make Limoncello

Posted on March 30, 2021December 16, 2024by Anne-Marie Bonneau
three bottles of limoncello made out of lemon peels to use up all the food scraps

If only life would give you whole lemons! If instead, life sees fit to give you mere lemon peels, make this limoncello and celebrate.

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How to Make Green Pasta with Radish or Turnip Tops

Posted on February 23, 2021August 24, 2022by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Green pasta noodles hang on a drying rack. The rack is sitting on a dark wooden table.

Reduce wasted food, eat delicious chewy pasta and prepare for St. Patrick’s Day next month, all with one simple recipe!

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Thanksgiving Dinner for One (or Two)

Posted on November 21, 2020November 21, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau

Stay home to reduce the spread of Covid-19 this Thanksgiving. Plan ahead to reduce food waste.

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Donate-What-You-Feel Cooking Workshop: Make Soup, Not Waste

Posted on September 21, 2020September 22, 2020by Anne-Marie Bonneau
Dutch oven with minestrone soup

Bring a pot and the random vegetables you find in your refrigerator and pantry. We’ll make soup together in this interactive workshop.

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