Ways To Waste Less Food
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21. Make frittatas with your leftover vegetables
Don t worry about what the recipe calls for Just throw in last night s spinach and call it a win.
22. Turn day old rice into fried rice
Last night s leftover takeout is tonight s trip to Beijing.
23. Save your dried out mushrooms
Don t be fooled by their shriveling exterior Dried up mushrooms can reconstitute and cook up just fine. (To be clear Dried up is fine. Slimy is not.)
24. Pickle or preserve whatever you ve got
You can pickle pretty much anything, so if you re wondering what to do with all that kohlrabi your CSA keeps giving to you, or even your watermelon rinds, this might just be the answer. (Pro tip Save your pickle brine and use it again.)
25. Turn leftover bread into croutons
Just about the only requirement for making banana bread is that you use ripe bananas. Once the skins start to develop freckles and the fruits .
26. Use brown bananas to make banana bread
In a recipe, very ripe is code for almost rotten.
27. Add cheese rinds to soups and sauces for extra flavor
Cheese Is there anything it can t do? Store old rinds in the freezer and then break them out when you want to add extra flavor to your soup or sauce.
28. Save leftover wine in the freezer
Another new use for your ice trays Pour leftover wine and freeze. Next time a recipe calls for wine, use these.
29. Dont confuse sell by best by or use by with toss by
Not all expiration dates were created equally and very few of them will actually tell you if a food has gone bad. Sell by means it has to be sold, not eaten, by a given date. Best by means it will be at its peak of freshness, not safety, by a certain date. And Use By indicates when the quality will start to go down.
30. Donate what you don t want
No longer interested in all those pinto beans you bought on sale two months ago? Donate them to an organization that is. Find a local food bank here.
