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- Hey health nuts, welcome back to my channel.
My name is Nikole and today we are talking about
some food waste hacks.
I actually did this, a few of the examples
I'm gonna share on today's video on live TV
Sunday morning, super early, I was on air at like 8:30,
and I basically was sharing my hacks for preventing
food waste at home, in your kitchen.
There's some really easy, fun hacks that you can do
that can help use up leftovers that you probably
would've just thrown out or put into the compost.
I'm gonna share my favorite current food waste hacks.
Hopefully you guys enjoy them.
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Also I'm gonna have the full TV segment link
linked down below if you guys wanna check me out,
how I did on live TV.
It was a lot of fun.
So I'll have that down below.
Without further ado, let's hop right into the video.
Hack number one is to use juice pulp for baking.
In the morning or whenever you're making your juice,
this one here is carrot, apple, and ginger,
all you're gonna do is save that leftover pulp
and you're gonna use it for baking.
Of course you can drink up that delicious juice,
save it for later,
but we're gonna use that pulp in some carrot cake muffins.
You basically want to juice certain types of vegetables
and fruits that are gonna go well with that baked good.
So of course I chose carrot, apple, and ginger.
I just added that to my carrot cake muffin recipe.
I will link that down below.
And I'm telling you, they are honestly better
when I use the juice pulp.
I fed these to my family, and I kid you not,
they couldn't believe that there was pulp in them.
They thought they would probably be dry
or too fibery, but they were not.
They were so moist.
My brother said that they were the best muffins
he's ever had, and they were just using leftover pulp.
So I'm gonna pop these into some muffin liners,
get them in the oven to bake up,
and this is what they look like.
I added some coconut sugar and walnuts on top.
Like I said, the full recipe is on the blog.
But they will be delicious.
Hack number two is to turn stale bread into croutons.
This is something my mom actually used to do growing up.
Although she didn't really use stale bread,
she just liked to make them homemade.
So I'm using the ends of the loaf
as well as the middle slices, and I'm just cubing that up.
In a bowl, add in some olive oil, mix it up,
and then you can add in your seasoning.
You can really customize this however you like.
I personally love Italian seasoning,
garlic powder, paprika, and some black pepper and sea salt.
Just toss this all together so it's evenly coated
and you're gonna spread this on a baking sheet lined,
I'm using one of our silicone liners
from the health nut shop.
I love them, they're reusable.
Just spread them out evenly with your fingers,
and pop that into the oven to bake and get crispy,
and they are honestly the best croutons ever.
And you're just using bread that you already have at home.
I mean, even Cashew approves.
Honestly, the struggle filming with a new pup is real.
And then when you're ready to enjoy them,
just top them onto your salad.
I love to eat these on Caesar salad, and enjoy.
My next hack is about storing fresh herbs.
Now, I don't know about you but when I buy fresh herbs
they last like a couple of days
before they get all wilty, so one of my hacks
is to put them into a mason jar
with some water, and then cover them.
You can use a produce bag that comes with them
at the grocery store, or if you wanna eliminate plastic
altogether, use one of these large silicone bags.
I will link one down below.
Pop them into the fridge and they will stay fresh for weeks.
It's magic.
Next, we are using fruit ends for infused water.
I personally love drinking water.
I know not everyone does so this is a fun hack
to get yourself drinking more water.
So we're using the tops of strawberries,
cucumber peel, orange or citrus peels,
and you're just gonna use that to infuse into your water.
Leave it overnight in the fridge
or just refill it during the day,
and it just has the perfect hint of citrus and fruit,
and it really helps you drink more water, in my opinion.
It also looks really cool, too.
Next up, this is one of my favorites.
We are making peanut butter jar overnight oats.
So next time you've hit the bottom of a peanut butter jar,
I want you to save it and you're gonna actually
repurpose it to make your overnight oats in.
I'm adding in some rolled oats,
almond or oat milk, chia seeds, some yogurt,
I'm using some leftover raspberry one I had
so it's kind of like a peanut butter and jam flavor,
a little bit of maple syrup for sweetness,
cinnamon, and some sea salt.
Give it a good stir, pop the lid on,
and then just store this in the fridge overnight
and basically in the morning,
all you're gonna do is stir it and all that peanut butter
that was leftover on the side of the jar
is gonna melt right in and it's gonna be delicious
and you're gonna use that peanut butter.
No peanut butter is gonna go to waste in this video.
I also love to serve it with some fresh fruit on top
and you have a hearty, delicious breakfast.
Next up we have veggie scrap stock.
When you're preparing your meals, your dinner,
and you're peeling your carrots, you're peeling your onions,
and you have all of those leftover veggie scraps,
I want you to save those.
You can just pop them into a container
or reusable silicone bag like this one.
Keep it in the freezer and once you kind of
compiled about three to four cups worth,
you are gonna make some veggie scrap stock.
In a large pot, I'm gonna just saute some onions,
and garlic, the typical things you would make stock with.
I'm also adding in some fresh celery.
This one was actually already getting wilty,
and a chopped up carrot,
and this is just gonna help kinda bring
more life to your stock.
Add in those saved ends that you had
waiting to make the stock.
Fill it up with water until it covers the vegetables.
You really can't mess this up.
It's gonna be delicious.
I like to add some seasoning as well,
like some tumeric, paprika, chili flakes,
'cause I love a little heat,
and then of course some black pepper and sea salt.
I'm gonna have the full recipe and directions
over on the blog, a link will be down below.
You're just gonna give it a stir and basically just
bring this to a boil and then simmer with the lid on
for really as long as you want.
I like to do about 45 minutes to an hour,
or you can do this in your Crock-Pot all day
and then once it's done, just ladle it
into a strainer or pour it, which I eventually just did.
And then look at that beautiful colored broth.
It's so delicious, full of nutrients,
and then now you're gonna go ahead
and compost those veggie ends.
But this veggie broth is perfect for soups, stews,
adding to really anything when you're cooking.
Last but not least may seem like an obvious one,
but I think it's such a great hack
and I think more people need to take advantage of it,
and it is to freeze your ripened fruit,
your nuts, your seeds, even your ginger root
to keep it lasting longer.
When my zucchini is about to go bad,
I'll steam it and freeze it for smoothies.
I always freeze my ripened bananas.
Even my ginger.
It's awesome just to have frozen ginger on hand
to easily grate into stir fries or soups
or even ginger tea,
and that way it lasts longer, and then with my nuts
and seeds, the oils in them will actually stay fresher
longer if you keep them in the freezer.
There you have it, those are my seven food waste hacks.
If you guys like this style of video
I actually have two other videos
sharing some meal prep hacks,
so I will link that down below,
as well as a playlist in the top right hand corner.
And I'm definitely gonna do more hack videos like this.
You guys seem to really enjoy them,
so let me know what kind of hack video
you would like to see next.
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