This is the second part of Frannie’s dive into reducing food
waste at home. To read the first part,
click here.
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Do you like to cook? Frannie does!
There are ways to reduce food waste and save water even when
you’re preparing food and cooking food.
To make sure our food is clean, we should wash our fruits
and vegetables even if they come in a bag.
Before turning on the tap, put a bowl in sink to catch the dirty water. When you are done washing your food, you can
use the water on your houseplants or garden instead of letting it run down the
sink. You can also do this with the
water you have used to boil fruits, vegetables, and eggs after, of course, you
let it cool.
As pointed out last week, you can easily use vegetable
peelings to start your own compost pile, but did you know you can also some
vegetable food waste to make soup? Save
your carrot and celery ends and freeze them for up to six months and boil them
in water to make a delicious vegetable broth.
You can also do this with vegetables that are beginning to get old by
simply cutting away any bad parts and chopping them into large chunks.
Want a meat broth instead? Save bones and scraps leftover
from your pork chops or chicken and add them to boiling water or the veggie
broth.
When your bread goes stale, you can break it into pieces and
make homemade croutons or breadcrumbs using recipes like this one. If you want to try something a bit different, try these cornbread croutons!
Even cheese can be reused.
After cutting away the Parmesan rind, turn it into a nice cheesy broth
for a Wisconsin Cheese soup or a creamy pasta sauce for your next Italian
night.
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