FSWR: Personal Reflection Activity

Food Smarts Waste Reduction
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I use a compost pile and I’d like to try making veggie stock with veggie scraps

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  1. Currently, I freeze foods like tomato paste and bananas.
  2. One thing I’d like to try is roasting cauliflower leaves
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  1. I currently begin making my meal plan and grocery list by writing out all the ingredients I have on hand at home for each food group. This helps me plan out meals to use up items I have and reduces the amount of food items I am purchasing.
  2. I would love to try some of the suggested recipes for using components typically considered as food waste and using them as edible foods (i.e. broccoli stems).
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  1. One way I reduce food waste is by using most of the parts of my fruits and vegetables. I remind myself that for example, broccoli stems are thrown away by some people, but I can use the stems in my recipes because they are edible. Another way I reduce food waste is to freeze my easily perishable foods before they go bad so I can preserve them use them at a later time.

  2. I would like to explore the recipes on eatfresh.org because I often find myself not knowing what to make for dinner on certain days. The recipes on eatfresh.org are not only quick but also affordable and nutritious

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  1. Create a weekly meal plan and buy only what is needed for that week’s meals.
  2. I think doing the taste test with adults and children would be fun to do.
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  1. Buy only what I need & compost heavily compost what goes bad via green waste and my own compost pile.
  2. I’d like to try freezing more things, especially in summer when my garden is at peak performance.
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  1. We usually have a catch-all dinner one day/week where we use leftover veggies- like a fried rice, a noddle dish, or a soup/stew.

  2. Making the creamy avocado dressing recipe!

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  1. I chop and freeze extra fruits and veggies.
  2. I would like to try making vegetable stock with my food scraps.
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  1. Currently, I am trying to plan meals that share most of their ingredients to reduce food waste. For example, the same week I plan a spaghetti with ground beef, I also make ground beef tacos with a tomato salsa.
  2. One thing I’d like to try at home is composting my food scraps.
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  1. One way I currently reduce food waste is by meal planning for the entire week. I make sure to go through my food in the fridge and pantry and try to plan meals for the week that use up my current ingredients.
  2. I would like to try reorganizing my fridge based off the recommendations in this course. I think it will help me to know what’s in my fridge to ensure I actually eat it and it doesn’t get lost behind other things.
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To reduce food waste we meal plan, that way we are only purchasing what is needed. We have never composted and I am interesting in trying this, also vermiculture composting sounds fun. This is something we do in our office and I have been wanting to try at home.

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  1. I plan for the week with my fruits & Vegetables. At the end of the week, the left over fresh vegetables are used in stir-fry, baked or into a soup. Many of the leftover fruits get eaten, go into a fruit salad or get frozen.
  2. Would you believe, I want to try the recipe for pickling onions. I have had pickled onions on meals at restaurants, but never thought to try this myself. Love onions this way as I normally don’t like raw onions.
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  1. Currently we just began composting through our local waste management company. By doing this we are not throwing food scraps into the garbage anymore. It is nice because our local waste management is taking all food scarps.
  2. I would like to try freezing fruit and vegetables that are not appealing to eat but still edible in a smoothie, or broth.
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  1. When I cook, many of the leftover ingredients from one meal will be used to prepare a separate dish.

  2. I would like to freeze more of the fruits I do not eat immediately so that they can be used at a later time.

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  1. I have noticed what foods go bad and I buy less quantities of that.
  2. I want to try composting.
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  1. One way I currently reduce food waste in my home is by freezing my bread and extra vegetables to keep them fresh for longer.
  2. I would like to try and start saving food scraps and making stocks out of them.
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  1. My fiancé and I make a grocery list when we go shopping. We will write down each recipe name and the ingredients needed right below.

  2. One thing I would like to try at home would be composting. I recently got into gardening and would like to use the compost in my garden.

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  1. What is one way that you currently reduce food waste in your home?
    I currently have chickens and also raise red worms, so I give all of my food scraps to them.

  2. What is one thing you’d like to try at home from the curriculum?
    One thing that i would really like to try would be making more recipes from my food scraps.

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  1. One way I currently reduced food waste is planning meals ahead of time.
  2. One thing I like to try at home is to store my produce correctly.
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  1. I make sure to incorporate left over veggies in other meals like breakfast burritos or omelettes.
  2. I’d like to use my vegetable scraps to make my own vegetable stock.
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