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Beet fusilli from @sfoglini with wild caught Alaskan salmon + lots of #leftover veggies made a solidly flavorful #nofoodwaste dinner
Greens were wilted, but a quick sauté with garlic brought them back to life. Made the tomato sauce with some pretty mushy tomatoes from the farmers market. Simply delicious!
Bread, Resurrected
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Stale bread is resurrected for croutons in this smoky kale salad.
#nofoodwaste
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DietID_TeamDietitians Nice! Lots of bakeries so the same thing. And croutons are the perfect topper to literally anything
Mixed fresh and almost spoiling ingredients such as peaches and camembert on sour-dough bread. Soooo yummy. #nofoodwaste
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PizzaCat I'll make sure to try it. Good idea!
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carpe_deli You're welcome @PizzaCat 😉
Wish you could call a hotline whenever you had a question related to food waste?
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You can! Jonathan Bloom – a thought leader, journalist, and consultant on food waste – recently began a column, “Dear Wasted Food Dude”, which runs in BioCycle’s bi-weekly “Food Recycling News” e-n...
Interested in learning more about how to recycle your inedible food scraps?
Sustainable America (www.sustainableamerica.org), BioCycle magazine (www.biocycle.net), and the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (www.ilsr.org) are three great resources for learning more about or...
Does the thought of misshapen apples and two-legged carrots rotting in a field make you sad?
Actively seek out “ugly” produce at your local retailer or farmers market, and if they don’t carry it, talk to them and share your sentiments. Also, there are a number of brands utilizing this prod...
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DietID_TeamDietitians Just had an amazing wtrmln drink made with @woodwardextractco birds eye chili extract. A perfect combo to make the best of typically imperfect produce
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PizzaCat Someone in France is a multibillionaire because they sold ugly fruits and vegetables as soups and smoothies.
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DietID_TeamDietitians Yes! @PizzaCat intermarché
Isn’t it a bummer to find food that perished in the back of your fridge, stuffed behind those fresh finds from the farmers market?
Make an “Eat First” box! It is easy. Take a shoebox without the lid, decorate it as you see fit, and place it in your fridge. Place all of the perishable items, or food that is close to expiration,...
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etsummer Awesome idea! I think there's an app out there too where you can catalogue what's in your fridge and it alerts you when things are approaching the end of their lifespan. I'll have to check back and...
Not sure what to do with your leftover herbs?
A fun way to utilize all of your herbs is to chop them up, put them in an ice tray with olive oil, and stick them in the freezer (yes, olive oil will freeze!). Next time you are making pasta, add t...
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BobDale This is brilliant @EvaLouise. I am going to try this.
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BethIsGreen
Girl after my own heart!
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etsummer
Similarly, hit the farmers market close to closing time!
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sugardetoxme
Or ask farmers for their culls!
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