Low Waste Food Challenge
This week, I did a 'Low Waste Food Challenge' with Coco.
We challenges each other every other day, to make a dish with as little waste as possible, and each made three different meals.
This challenge was so much fun, I saved a lot of food waste AND money and I got so much tips and inspiration form Coco!
Did you miss our recipes on Coco's TikTok and my Insta Stories?
No worries, I made a little recap! ;)
Coco challenged me to make a low waste comfort food dish.
I challenged Coco to make a low waste dish with rhubarb (as I have so much rhubarb left in my fridge, I could use the inspiration! :)).
Coco challenged me to make a low waste dish with asparagus (it't to season to pee funny, falalalala, lala, la la ;)).
I challenged Coco to make a low waste picnic (it's summer and I live next to a park! )
Coco challenged me to make a low waste salad with dressing.
I challenged Coco to make a low waste pizza (Pizza is always a good idea!)
(scroll down for the ingredients, recipes and 'waste')
DAY 1
Low waste comfort food: home made tortilla's with chili sin carne!
Chili sin carne is my absolute number one comfort food (shared place with 'frietjes van de frituur', Belgian fries! ;)).
It's super easy to make and with home made tortilla's it's even more delicious. I made 6 tortilla's, but that was actually not enough for me and my teenage son... ;p
This is what I used:
olive oil (in glass jar)
soaked red beans (from the bulk store)
soaked yellow peas (from the bulk store)
lentils (from the bulk store)
tomato passata (in glass jar)
white flour (in paper bag)
pepper and salt (from the bulk store)
cumin spices and (hot) chili spices (from the bulk store)
home made veggie broth (reused jar from the freezer)
fresh garlic, onion and chili (without packaging from the grocery store)
How to make the tortilla's? (6 pieces)
1 cup flour
1/3 cup water
1 tbls olive oil
mix and make a dough
(add flower or water if needed)
separate in 6 pieces
rol out
bake for 30 seconds on each side
How to make the chili sin carne?
bake the onion, garlic and chili in some olive oil
add the red beans, yellow peas and lentils
add the tomato pasta and veggie broth
let it simmer for at least 20 minutes
add pepper, salt, cumin an hot chili spices
What about the 'waste'?
the peels and steels of the garlic, onion and chili go in a jar in the freezer, to make fresh veggie broth.
the glass jar from the pasta will be reused to store the left-over chili-sin-carne.
the seeds from the chili are dried on the windowsill and can be planted!
from my last meeting with Coco, I learned that you can rink the cooking water of beans, like a kind of tea. As it's to hot to drink warm tea for the moment, I made iced tea from the red beans and yellow peas cooking water, mixed with lemon juice and lots of ice cubes! delicious!
DAY 2
Low waste dish with rhubarb by @hellococoshin!
You can find Coco's rhubarb recipes on her TikTok!
DAY 3
Low waste dish with asparagus: asparagus pasta!
This' the season to pee funny! Falalalala lala lala! ;)
This is what I used:
two bundles of asparagus (no package, except for two elastic bands)
pasta (from the bulk store)
pepper, salt and chili spices (from the bul store)
olive oil (in glass jar)
fresh garlic and fresh tomato (without packaging, from the grocery store)
fresh parsley (from the plant on my windowsill)
How to make it?
cut the asparagus in half
boil the pasta (in unsalted water)
heat the garlic and the asparagus heads for a couple of minutes in olive oil in a baking pan.
add the garlic and asparagus to the boiled pasta.
add some fresh tomato and parsley (to make it more colorful :))
add a royal portion of olive oil, pepper, salt and chili
What about the 'waste'?
the peels and steels of the garlic, tomato and parsley are used to make veggie broth.
with the 'hard' half of the asparagus I made asparagus soup
the electric bands are being reused (I never buy new elastic bands).
the cooking water from the pasta is used to water the plants: apparently, pasta water is full of starch, which is rich in minerals and vitamins and very nutritious for plants.
sometimes, instead of giving it to the plants, I use the boiling water from the pasta to wash the dishes! The starch is a natural cleaning product and helps to dissolve dirt. Works like a charm!
DAY 4
Low waste picnic by @hellococoshin!
You can find Coco's picnic on her TikTok!
DAY 5
Low waste salad with dressing!
This is what I used:
a bundle of carrots with green (from the grocery store)
fresh garlic, chili and cucumber (without packaging from the grocery store)
tahini (from the bulk store)
pepper and salt (from the bulk store)
radicchio (from my plastic free Etepetete bio box)
'saved' Brazil nuts (from SirPlus)
How to make the salad?
the carrots go with lots of garlic and lots of olive oil in the oven for about 20 minutes
to 'build' the salad, I start with a layer of radicchio leaves (or any other type of greens)
I added some slices of cucumber (made with the potato peeler)
the delicious smelling oven roasted carrots on top of the cucumber
and finish with a good portion of the green dressing!
How to make the green dressing?
use the green of the carrots (not the steels)
3 cloves of garlic
7 brazil nuts
juice of 1/2 lemon
lots of olive oil
mix everything together in the blender
that's it! Enjoy!
What about the 'waste'?
the ends of the radicchio and the cucumber go in to compost bin.
the peel of the garlic and the steels of the carrot green go in a glass jar in the freezer, to make veggie broth
I dry the seeds of the chili, so I can plant them later
I use the lemon peel to do the dishes
I reuse the binder from the carrots
the white parts of the radicchio go in the soup
DAY 6
Low waste pizza by @hellococoshin!
You can find Coco's pizza on her TikTok!
You can find all Coco's recipes in one video on her YouTube Channel!
Enjoy your (low waste) meal(s)!
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