My pineapple scrap vinegar grew a mother of vinegar, which I then used to brew wine vinegar with leftover wine to prevent all kinds of waste.
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Easy 2-Ingredient No-Cook Cultured Tomato Paste and Juice
This cultured tomato paste and bonus tomato juice requires zero energy to make and won’t heat up your kitchen on a hot day.
How to Make Homemade Paneer (from Rescued Milk)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 (Literal) Ins and Outs of Curbside Composting
Curbside composting bins divert organic materials from overburdened landfills. But what should go in them? And what should stay out?
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!
Sourdough Discard Vegan Pumpkin (or Squash) Ginger Cake
If you started baking sourdough bread, bake this sourdough pumpkin ginger cake to use up discard left over from feeding your pet starter.
Book Excerpt! The Freshest Pumpkin Pie: Full Recipe
Full recipe reveal from my book! Once you taste this pumpkin pie, made with fresh pumpkin and fresh ginger, you can never go back.
Avoid Shopping a Bit Longer During Covid
Food shopping during Covid is stressful. These ideas will help you avoid the store for a bit longer between shopping trips.
Shop-the-Fridge Soup
Reduced food waste can play a major role in addressing the climate crisis. A pot of soup is the easiest way to ensure we eat the food we buy.