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
Sourdough discard cakes
Any parent of a sourdough starter deals with the discomfort of occasionally having to "discard" some of their growing, microbial, floury mass so it doesn't take
Six ways to make fresh treats from melted ice cream
Back in college a friend of mine once found himself stuck in his apartment with his roommates. The remnants of a hurricane raged outside. The power was out.
Muffins, quick breads and scones: fast uses for sourdough discard
While you probably maintain a sourdough starter in your fridge for use in the long, long process of sourdough bread making, sometimes you need to find a use for
Overripe banana cookies
Banana bread is a great “solution” to the “problem” of overripe bananas (and here’s our absolute favorite recipe). But what if you don’t have the time for all
I have found the Platonic ideal of banana bread and this is it
Back before there were food scrap cookbooks, movements like SaveTheFood and, oh, I don't know, websites like EatOrToss, there was one food-waste avoiding recipe
Overripe bananas make for overachieving ice cream
Ok, so not only does this recipe help use up overripe bananas, but it also may be one of the healthiest desserts ever. Seriously. Nearly everything* in this is
