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Top 5 Ways to Reduce Food Waste
- Make a compost and reduce food waste. This can be a quick, easy, and fun project for the family. (see below)
- Use leftovers to create recipes or as ingredients for other recipes. (see below)
- Make a list of exactly what you need before going grocery shopping.
- Buy only foods that you need when grocery shopping
- Donate to a local homeless shelter if the food is unopened.
How to make a compost–
Get a small wire fence to enclose an area off that you will designate to be your compost area, or simply use a large container. Dump any fruit and vegetable waste in there and wait for it to rot naturally. If you are putting other food waste in, make sure you layer it with fruit and vegetable waste so it does not get slimy and turn it occasionally to speed up decomposition. Add mulch from time to time if you desire.
Reuse leftovers for an entirely new recipe
Holidays are a perfect example of having a lot of food left over and not knowing what to do with it all. Here is a recipe created especially to reuse Holiday leftovers from The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati tm This recipe uses turkey, zucchini and potatoes but if you have other meats and veggies leftover feel free to substitute other meats for the turkey- like chicken, beef even vegetarian meats will do. And for the veggies almost any vegetables will work, the most important thing is to make use of and not waste good food!
Print Leftover Turkey, Potato and Zucchini Saute
Category: Entree
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb leftover turkey meat cut into cubes or small pieces
- 4 ounces zucchini cubed
- 4 potatoes peeled and cut into small cubes
- ½ onion
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 glass dry white wine
- baby spinach leaves
- balsamic vinegar
- pinch of salt
- pinch of pepper
Instructions
- Place olive oil in a large saute pan, add in finely chopped onion
- Heat till onion just turns golden
- Then add in zucchini that has been cut into small cubes
- Saute for 5 minutes then add in potato cubes
- Add in white wine
- Saute for 10 minutes
- When liquid is absorbed add in turkey meat (remove skin)
- Continue to saute till potatoes and pumpkin are cooked
- Add salt and pepper to taste
- Remove from heat and serve on a bed of shredded lettuce or fresh baby spinach
- Top with olive oil and balsamic vinegar and serve with a glass of sparkling, dry white wine
For more recipes get your copy of the Gourmand World Award winning book The Basic Art of Italian Cooking:Holidays and Special Occasions-2nd edition
Guest Contributor :Morgan Shearer
