An apple syrup, made from boiling the peels and cores of apples with sugar and water, is drizzled over vanilla ice cream with walnuts.Broccoli Stalk SaladCut the stalk of broccoli off the heads.Peel off the thick outer layer of skin.Using a vegetable peeler, shave off strips of the stalk.Shave or thin-slice strips of other crunchy vegetables of choice, such as carrots, fennel, cucumber or celery.Add edamame or toasted nuts if desired.Toss with 1 tablespoon sesame oil and 2 tablespoons rice vinegar.Marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes before serving.
Food is wasted at an alarming rate.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, more that 34 million tons of food waste were generated in 2010, second only to paper.
“What’s happened here that we throw away food,” said Dr. Joel Kimmons, a nutrition scientist for the Centers for Disease Control. “I think there’s a moral decency issue here. How can we waste food? It’s a crisis, I think.”
Wasting food also wastes money, but there are plenty of ways to stretch both a dollar and natural resources by getting a little creative in the kitchen.