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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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.
How to Make Green Pasta with Radish or Turnip Tops
Reduce wasted food, eat delicious chewy pasta and prepare for St. Patrick’s Day next month, all with one simple recipe!
A Use-It-Up Challenge (or What We Ate Last Week)
Forgetting to bring your money before you head out shopping can provide a great opportunity to re-examine your shopping list—and in the case of grocery shopping, prevent food waste. The Sunday before last, I arrived at the farmers’ market late. Once there, before even opening my purse, I realized I had neither money nor my […]
15 Creative Ways to Use All the Food Scraps
Last week I rewatched Anthony Bourdain’s documentary Wasted! The Story of Food Waste in Berkeley on the big screen and spoke on a panel after the film. Anyone who eats should see it. (You can read my review of it here.) The chefs in the film came up with such creative dishes from food that […]