Fennel and Carrot Soup
This is a waste not, want not dish that uses vegetable scraps otherwise destined for the compost pile. Over the […]
Waste Not Want Not: Grapefruit Pomegranate Jelly
This started as a pile of scraps and turned into a bittersweet jewel. I had used the thin peel of […]
Fish Cakes
I’m not called the queen of the leftovers for nothing. After I simmered a giant fish carcass to make stock, […]
Waste Not, Want Not: White Fish Stock and Chowder
One of my favorite things to do is to walk away with an armload of “garbage” and turn it into […]
Waste Not Want Not: Mashed Potato Burgers
This is about leftovers. Then I promise I’m finished with Thanksgiving. From the time that I was a kid, an […]
Waste Not Want Not: Restocking the Bird, Turkey Rice Soup
The bird was barely warm when we stripped it. After the Thanksgiving feast, we quickly removed the turkey meat to […]
Waste Not Want Not: Beet Stem Broth for Summer Onion Soup, and Beet Soup with Tarragon Cream
I discovered a new vegetable broth, my latest “favorite.” Made with the red stems of beets and the greens of […]
Waste Not Want Not: Fennel Frond Broth for Cooking Beans and Making Soup
The first of a two-part series on ideas for using the whole fennel plant – bulb, stalks and fronds – […]
Waste Not Want Not: Pea Pod Soup
I used to weep at the bushels full of peas set before me as a kid tasked with shelling them. […]
Red Chard and Golden Raisins with Orecchiette
I was like one of my kids separating stew on his dinner plate into identifiable parts. A two-pound bag of […]
Waste Not Want Not: Pickled Chard Stems and a Bunch of Ways to Use Them
The weather turned reliably warm and my chard bolted. I don’t mean, found the door and vamoosed. I mean, developed […]
Waste Not Want Not: Baked Peppers with Tuna and Rice
During seasonal transitions like early spring, I find myself cooking warm comfort food and dreaming about summer food. There’s a […]
Waste Not Want Not: Cheese Rinds and a Celery Soup
The garden’s getting drenched with rain today, thankfully, so I stayed inside and made soup. Lovely celery and leek soup […]
Waste Not Want Not: Yellow Split Pea Soup with Corned Beef Stock
The spicy and aromatic stock left over from cooking homemade corned beef brisket was simply too good to pour down […]
Waste Not Want Not: Using Bean Broth
Stewing pots of dried beans and chickpeas and lentils all winter yields nutritious legume broth that is simply too good […]
Dark Days 8: Cabbage Stew with Spruce Needles, and Other Ideas for Recycling Your Christmas Tree
A continuing series on weekly meals that use sustainable, organic, local and ethical food during the challenging winter months. For […]
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