This Buy Nothing Day—formerly known as Black Friday—protest by not participating in consumerism and enjoy some of these activities instead.
Thanksgiving
27 Easy No Waste Ways to Repurpose Thanksgiving Leftovers
Think of Thanksgiving leftovers as prepped ingredients, ready to become new dishes. Repurpose them with these 27 waste-busting ideas.
Easy, Adaptable, Sweet & Sour Apple-Cranberry Chutney
Have apples a wee past their prime? Make this sweet and sour apple-cranberry chutney. Or swap out the apples for pears. Make it your own.
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.
Unsure How to Eat Persimmons? Make Cultured Chutney
Not sure what to do with persimmons? Make this sweet, sour, spicy and slightly salty chutney to serve with cold-weather main dishes.
Thanksgiving Dinner for One (or Two)
Stay home to reduce the spread of Covid-19 this Thanksgiving. Plan ahead to reduce food waste.
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.
A Zero-Waste Vegan Thanksgiving Menu
Like all things zero waste, this menu requires a bit of planning but not that much. During a recent Instagram Live, I discussed tips for preventing waste at Thanksgiving—not just food waste but packaging waste also (read 18 waste-busting tips here). A few people asked for Thanksgiving dinner menu ideas, specifically for vegan dishes. I […]
Take Food Waste Off the Thanksgiving Menu
According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), over the 2016 Thanksgiving holiday in the US, “six million turkeys—a value of roughly $293 million—ended up in the trash.” Producing that much discarded turkey “requires an estimated more than 100 billion gallons of water (enough to supply New York City for 100 days). And when it […]