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Low-Waste Holiday Gift Wrap

Posted on December 2, 2020December 6, 2020by The Zero-Waste Chef

homemade fabric bento bags and gift wrapping for zero waste and plastic free shopping and gift giving

Beautifully wrapped gifts need not produce a pile of waste. Choose fabric or recycled paper that you secure with homemade paper tape.

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The Julie to my Julia is giving away my book to tw

The Julie to my Julia is giving away my book to two people! You can enter here, or @labelle_eco_life.
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To enter, please follow @labelle_eco_life and me and tag two people who you think would love a copy of my book, The Zero-Waste Chef. Contest closes on Sunday, May 9th at 8:59pm PT/11:59pm ET. @labelle_eco_life will send a book anywhere in the world, so this is open to everyone! (Thank you, Monique 🙏)
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After the giveaway, on Tuesday, May 11th at 11am PT/2pm ET, Monique and I will chat on IG Live. Monique has been cooking one recipe a day from my book—Julie and Julia style—but has Mother’s Day off on Sunday, when her husband Dave will cook a recipe from the book for dinner. @labelle_eco_life says she has lots of questions she wants to ask me about the book, sourdough, fermentation and more.
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Good luck everyone. And I hope to see some of you on Tuesday 😊
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📷: @labelle_eco_life

When my friend @labelle_eco_life said she wanted t

When my friend @labelle_eco_life said she wanted to do a Julie & Julia of my book, I thought she was kidding. If you haven’t seen the movie, Julie cooked a recipe a day from Julia Child’s tome, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. But Monique was serious! Every day in her feed, I see my recipes come to life 🙏
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@labelle_eco_life started with some of the fermented staples. She can use these in later recipes—think Pick-Your-Peppers Hot Pepper Sauce and Preserved Lemons on the side of Potato-Cauliflower Dal along with the dosas.
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Monique already has a starter going—‘Lil Deb, a nudist from what I remember (my starter Eleanor has a capsule wardrobe). So does that mean @labelle_eco_life gets to take a day off since she’s making 74 recipes? 🤔 I’ll ask her when we go Live next Tuesday, May 11th at 11am PT/2pm ET to find out how she’s doing.

Earlier this year, my daughter MK rescued a few ca

IG Live with Carol Shattuck, CEO of @foodrescueus.

IG Live with Carol Shattuck, CEO of @foodrescueus. What a pleasure it was to speak with Carol Shattuck, CEO of @foodrescueUS.
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At the end of 2020, 54 million Americans faced food insecurity. That’s almost the population of England and is greater than the population of Canada. Meanwhile, millions of tons of edible food goes uneaten every year. Learn how @foodrescueus addresses these simultaneous crises and how you, your food business or the food business your work for can get involved.
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Homemade granola with homemade soy yogurt—great

Nearly 1 in 4. That’s the number of US household

Nearly 1 in 4. That’s the number of US households that experienced food insecurity in 2020—more than double pre-Covid numbers in 2019. Meanwhile, food makes up the largest component in US landfills—about 24 percent by weight.
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I’m very excited to speak tomorrow with Carol Shattuck, the CEO of @foodrescueus, an organization that tackles both food insecurity and food waste by getting surplus fresh food to those who need it. We’ll chat here on Instagram Live tomorrow, May 4th, at 11am PT/2pm ET. Find out how to help address food insecurity and food waste in your own community.
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What would you like me to ask Carol? Please let me know in the comments. See you tomorrow!

And now a Mother’s Day giveaway! 🌷 The winner

And now a Mother’s Day giveaway!
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The winner will receive two copies of my book, one to keep and one to share with their mother, a mother-like figure in their life or anyone else they think would appreciate a copy.
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If you’re starting out on the path to a more sustainable kitchen and home, you may find the journey easier—and more fun!—if you undertake that journey with someone. You can motivate each other, exchange information and share dilemmas and wins.
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In my book, I mention the first shopping trip my older daughter MK and I took after we decided we would cut plastic 10 years ago. I found that initial shopping foray incredibly frustrating! But slowly we figured out how to change our routine around (okay, mostly MK figured it out…) and started shopping and eating differently. I can tell you from experience, the trip down the rabbit hole is fun with a traveling companion!
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To enter, please make sure you’re following me @zerowastechef. Tag 3 friends in the comments and please tell us your favorite dish growing up.
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Because Mother’s Day is next weekend, this giveaway will end soon—Sunday, May 2nd, 11:59pm PT, so I can make sure the books arrive as close to Mother’s Day as possible. I’ll randomly pick a winner and DM them. No purchase necessary. Open to US and Canadian residents. Giveaway is in no way administered, sponsored or endorsed by Instagram.
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UPDATE: And the winner is ...🥁... @pushupitti. Thank you to everyone who entered.

On the last day of Earth Month, one more book give

On the last day of Earth Month, one more book giveaway, this time from @zerogrocery_
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Three winners will each get a copy of my new cookbook! Please head on over to @zerogrocery_ to enter the giveaway before May 5th. Thank you, Zero!

Remain calm... . @leparfaitworldwide is giving awa

Remain calm...
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@leparfaitworldwide is giving away my book and a pile of gorgeous jars that you can use to make many of the recipes. Two winners each will receive one copy of my book and a dozen (yes, 12!) Le Parfait jars—the Teslas of jars! Swipe to see which jar styles are up for grabs.
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To enter the giveaway, head over to @leparfaitworldwide. Open to residents in the US and Canada. Good luck fellow jar lovers!

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