Let's say you want to clear out your kitchen of various odds and ends AND you want cookies. Enter: Clear-out-the-kitchen oatmeal cookies. I also call these
How to use up the rest of the capers in the jar
If you’re not in the habit of cooking with them, capers are one of those ingredients that you might buy for a certain recipe (in my house it’s lox bagels) and
How to rescue leftover salad
Sautéed salad? Yep, sautéed salad. This grew out of my aversion to leftover salad. Once the greens, particularly delicate greens, are dressed, I just
Fondue Leftovers Soup
Today, I'm excited to feature a recipe from Teralyn Pilgrim, author of the excellent book, No Scrap Left Behind: My Life Without Food Waste. Read her book! It's
Winning Dishes from the Food Waste Prevention Week Cooking Challenge!
It was an honor to host and judge the first ever Food Waste Prevention Week Cooking Challenge! The challenge, a new addition to FWPW in 2024, invited home cooks
Use up stale donuts in this easy donut bread pudding
Stale donuts. They might seem unredeemable. But that’s only if you don’t know how to make donut bread pudding, which is one of the easiest, crowd-pleasing-est,
Clear-out-the-fridge dinners and lunches
If you're like me, you probably have some go-to meals that help you use up odds and ends. In my house that includes: But, it's always fun to add more ideas to
Leftover cheese platter grilled cheese
Behold the cheeseboard at the end of the party. Picked over. Sparse. A shadow of its former Instagram-worthy self. But, look closely and you’ll see that there’s
Five stuffing recipes that use up whatever bread you have
One place I like to look for Thanksgiving inspiration is my freezer. First, if I have something that's been hanging around unused, well it might just be the
Clean out the fridge salads (with appearances from pantry and freezer items too!)
Salads are great vehicles for using up odds and ends; you rarely need exact volumes of foods, you usually don't need heat and it's easy to adjust based on what
Soups to make when you need to clear out your fridge and cabinets
Soups are pros when it comes to gracefully transforming odds and ends into dinner. We've collected five recipes from popular food blogs that demonstrate just
What to make with broccoli stalks
Whenever I'm preparing fresh broccoli I try to incorporate the stalks into the recipe. They're perfectly edible and nutritious and using the florets and stalks
Improv Upma: A cozy meal that uses up all the things
I love cozy, mushy dishes. Especially the hot and savory kind. If mashed potatoes, grits, or even a nice risotto or stuffing are on offer, I may very well skip
Extra baby food peanut noodles
When I first started feeding my baby purees, I was prepared for food to be wasted. I imagined it smeared all over his face, his hands, the high chair, the
Bread Scrap Pumpkin Stuffing!
My husband and I rarely buy bread. Not because we’re cutting carbs or hate sandwiches, but because we often encounter orphaned bread—the final pieces in the
Broth from veggie scraps and bones
A number of years ago, I stopped buying broth. Instead, after an excellent tip from a co-worker (thanks, Mark!), we started saving all our veggie scraps and
