For creamy hummus, spend a frustrating half-hour peeling individual chickpeas or simply make your hummus with chana dal.
easy recipes
Besan Chilla: Easy 5 Ingredient Gram Flour Pancakes
Besan chilla—savory Indian pancakes made with gram flour—are a rich delicious vehicle for using up vegetables on hand and reducing food waste.
5 Top Wasted Foods and Easy Recipes for Cooking Them
This big list of recipe ideas for five of the top tossed foods will help you reduce wasted food while eating well and saving money.
How to Cook Without Following Recipes or Buying More Food
Eating all the food we buy presents no downside. We shop less and save time and money, eat tastier food and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
5 Simple Zero-Waste Frugal Dinners Under $12
Each $12 frugal dinner in this post serves four people, thus proving that a zero-waste or low-waste lifestyle need not cost a fortune.
Simple Restaurant-Style Mexican Red Rice (Arroz Rojo)
The simple, fresh ingredients that go into this Mexican red rice elevate it from home-cooked side to tastes-as-good-as-a-restaurant dish.
Easy, No-Waste, Disappearing Irish-ish Soda Bread
St Patrick’s Day and a windfall of rescued, perfectly edible milk past its best-before date inspired this soda bread post.
Homemade Pita Bread
Make this pita bread dough in advance if you like, store it in the refrigerator and bake fresh, soft pitas whenever you crave them.
Sourdough Discard Vegan Carrot Cake
If you’ve adopted a pet sourdough, you’ll need to find recipes for the discard you accumulate from feedings. This carrot cake makes your discard disappear.
Sourdough Discard Vegan Chocolate Cake
Whether you’re new to sourdough or you’ve baked it for years, you can likely use another recipe for your discard, especially one for an easy chocolate cake.
9 Simple Foods to Make not Buy
These 9 easy-to-make staples will save you money and they taste delicious.
Don’t Toss Those Pumpkin Seeds, Roast Them!
Carving a pumpkin this Halloween? Save your pumpkin seeds and roast them in olive oil, salt and your favorite savory seasoning.
Mexican Hot Chocolate Made on Demand
Say no to plastic bottles of chocolate syrup and hot chocolate packets and yes to Mexican hot chocolate with a hint of cinnamon, nutmeg and cayenne pepper.
10 Zero-Waste Snacks for Kids (and Those Who Feed Them)
Fill little bellies, not big garbage bags, with these healthy and simple zero-waste snacks for kids.
Better Than Bought: Homemade Nutella Without Palm Oil or Plastic
Once you taste this homemade hazelnut-cocoa spread, you can never go back to store-bought Nutella. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.