Cooking With Leftovers
When you refuse to waste food, the food you make gets really weird...
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Smoked Trout Slaw
I was never a tuna fish fan. Too fishy? But that is not the right word.. There is a kind of strange canned tuna flavor to it that I don’t like....
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Injera Chips
Hi 2021. We were celebrating with some Ethiopian takeout. Where you get these glorious piles of perfectly spiced foods and huge pieces of injera to...
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Coconut Cauliflower Cheese
I have decided that coconut milk is my new best friend. And that this dish is the ultimate in comfort food.. It even gets that crust on the outside...
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Fizzy Cranberry Gin
We are a canned-cranberry-sliced-gelatin-blob-holiday-side family.. I don’t eat it. I don’t understand it. Or desire it. This year, we...
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Grilled Beach Nacho Packets
Grilled Beach Nachos! Do you know about my annual beach camping trip, where we are the most minimalist we can be, so no camp stove, no fancy gadgets,...
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Eggplant Tomato Cheese Stackers
I have been making these all summer. Mostly on the grill! But you can do them in the oven too, no problem. Healthy, delicious, and super super easy....
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Tater Tot Spanish Tortilla
I did not make this up but it is brilliant.. I found it in the new bon appetite magazine (Tater Tot Egg Bake by Hetty McKinnon), and I immediately...
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Grilled Celery & Feta Salad
I hate raw celery. There it is. I can sauté it for stuffing or casseroles. Pureed for soup? Yum. But it is grilling season, and I am anxious about...
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Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Poblanos
AHHH. I make these with cheese filling all the time, but I had some turkey chili leftover, so I added a bit inside and it really ‘beefed’...
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Turkey Chili
I have been grilling a lot in this gorgeous weather, but sometimes you just need food to be ready when you are hungry. Minimal work involved. Enter...
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Mushroom (Caviar) Stuffed Chicken Breast
So, I did turn on my oven to make this. Oh, and the stove.. But it was worth it to just pound out the chicken breast into a sheet. Pound it with all...
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Mushroom Caviar
I found this recipe in a book, Mushrooms: A Book of Recipes. I have no idea why I have this book or where it came from, but there it was in my little...
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Grilled Celery & Feta Salad
I hate raw celery. There it is. I can sauté it for stuffing or casseroles. Pureed for soup? Yum. But it is grilling season, and I am anxious about...
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Romaine Chicken Wrap
It is the middle of summer heat and I just returned from a family carb holiday, so I gave up bread for a few weeks. Just a reset. And then I craved...
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Weck Gravlax
Gravlax. I can’t believe I have never made this before. It is easy and helps slow your life down. And it is a great way to use up the odd...
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Canadian Breakfast Taco
Is this a thing? Also, how have I lived without this my whole life?? Basically, you fry an egg, drizzle on anything you want to the top, like...
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News, recipes, and other links related to the importance of using leftovers...
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Talkin’ Trash: A Guide to Food Waste
Cool ideas and fun graphics on preventing food waste.. on Fix.com...
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How to Use Leftover Fish
How to Use Leftover Fish on Food52.Kedgeree and Salpicon. These are new terms for me to play with.....
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Food Recovery Challenge
Managed by the EPA, they challenge you to reduce your food waste. TAKE THE CHALLENGE. Did you know...
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Leftover Swap
A new app will let you share your leftovers with strangers. @NPR. Take a photo and share your...
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Good and Cheap
A cookbook by Leanne Brown, available online and just dripping with good recipe ideas.....
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Foodsharing.de
Got Leftovers to Share? In Germany, there’s a website for that. Article @NPR. Germany has a...
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Squash Blossom Soup
Or Crema de Flor de Calabaza… @ Kitchen Konfidence. Great way to use up the squash blossoms!...
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Carrot-Top Pesto
Don’t waste your carrot tops!! Make pesto with them… I should do this with the radishes in my...
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Hummus Varieties
I’m mostly intrigued by this beet hummus.. 21 ways to make better hummus @ Huffington Post...
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65 Healthy Meals
65 Healthy Meals you can make from Leftovers @Greatist. Lots of strange things on this list. Like...
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Lovin Spoonfuls
A food waste rescue organization in Boston! Legitimizing local food rescue. Check. It. Out. Lovin...
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Reducing Food Waste Basics
@Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This is the most important website you will ever visit....
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Creative Recipes for Thanksgiving Leftovers
A list of recipes @PBS.. Don’t waste your leftovers.. I want to make Leftover Stuffing...
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Waste Not: The Ugly Truth about Food Waste in America
Each year, Americans waste 33 million tons of food. 33 MILLION. Listen to the story on Science...
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USDA and EPA Launch U.S. Food Waste Challenge
A news release from June 4, 2013. “Food waste in the United States is estimated at roughly...
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