What do you get when you bring chefs, large farmers, small farmers, farmers of the organic variety and those who farm conventionally, foodies, big Ag companies, students, professors, journalists, policy makers, and researchers together and put them all in the same room? Well, what you have ... READ the POST
A Quick Guide to Food Preservation – Part 2
Building upon what was prefaced last time, this Food Saver Friday we are going more in-depth on which foods are best suited for each preservation method and some simple techniques to set you up for preservation perfection. A Quick Guide to Food Preservation – Part 2 Preserving is really and truly ... READ the POST
A Quick Guide to Food Preservation – Part 1
This Food Saver Friday we are talking food preservation, which is like food storage but different. Preservation is food storage for the long-term, you know - canning, dehydrating, and freezing. A Quick Guide to Food Preservation - Part 1 My mom, and my Ball Blue Book® Guide to ... READ the POST
Persnickety Eaters to Plate Cleaners – How to Raise Food Frugal Kids
Remember those tricky children I mentioned last time? Well, I am still positive mine are not the only ones. So if you are also blessed to have sometimes persnickety and other times ravenous kids, you are in luck! In this installment of Food Saver Friday I am sharing some of the tried and almost ... READ the POST
Introducing – Food Saver Friday
If you will recall, I kicked off the year with a series entitled Diary of a Recovering Food Waster (DOARFW). I chronicled our struggles and successes in reducing our food waste diary style. And while I loved writing that series, I always felt like it was lacking – like something was missing. So I ... READ the POST
Diary of a Recovering Food Waster – Part 4
So… It has been a while since I last updated you on our journey to reduced food waste. And by “a while,” I mean an entire month. An entire month has gone by since I hit publish on the last installment of Diary of a Recovering Food Waster. The last month has not been great, and that’s putting it ... READ the POST