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Jun 29, 2017 Sheri rated it liked it

I wouldn't say this is a zero-waste book, but it will help you to reduce waste in your kitchen. Not an in-depth book, more of a pretty introduction to the three R's -- reduce, reuse, recycle. Might be the book that motivates someone to think more about their consumption and waste, and to take steps towards a more sustainable life. I wouldn't say this is a zero-waste book, but it will help you to reduce waste in your kitchen. Not an in-depth book, more of a pretty introduction to the three R's -- reduce, reuse, recycle. Might be the book that motivates someone to think more about their consumption and waste, and to take steps towards a more sustainable life. ...more

I love it when books are useful, practical and provide simple but great ideas 🙌

Jul 19, 2017 Marta rated it it was ok

Small, with lots of pictures, this book is easy to zip through and see if there is anything useful. I found the unoriginal: make soups!, the intriguing: replant romaine heart bottoms, and the questionable: many ways to use unwanted cake. Is this a problem for people? Also, isn't obesity a more pressing national concern than cake entering the waste stream? Small, with lots of pictures, this book is easy to zip through and see if there is anything useful. I found the unoriginal: make soups!, the intriguing: replant romaine heart bottoms, and the questionable: many ways to use unwanted cake. Is this a problem for people? Also, isn't obesity a more pressing national concern than cake entering the waste stream? ...more

There are some tips on using food scraps in here, but this book isn't really about zero waste. There are some simple recipes and advice on when foods go bad, but the author often advises storing things in plastic and other wasteful practices. This reads more like a series of life hacks from Pinterest strung together. I have read more nuanced and thorough approaches to the zero waste kitchen on blogs, which is disappointing because I was hoping for something more comprehensive and well organized. There are some tips on using food scraps in here, but this book isn't really about zero waste. There are some simple recipes and advice on when foods go bad, but the author often advises storing things in plastic and other wasteful practices. This reads more like a series of life hacks from Pinterest strung together. I have read more nuanced and thorough approaches to the zero waste kitchen on blogs, which is disappointing because I was hoping for something more comprehensive and well organized. ...more

Great mini guide

Great little book full of lots of easy tips, tricks and things to switch! As I vegan a was concerned about the recipes but most of them are animal product free or have easy alternatives! And there's only a few pages on meat, eggs, etc!
Really handy, and a good quick read. I'll definitely be trying a few things soon

Great mini guide

Great little book full of lots of easy tips, tricks and things to switch! As I vegan a was concerned about the recipes but most of them are animal product free or have easy alternatives! And there's only a few pages on meat, eggs, etc!
Really handy, and a good quick read. I'll definitely be trying a few things soon

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This was a pretty good book. Easy to understand and read, great pictures and drawings, interesting ideas (although some didn't really sound appetizing to me) and good hints and tips on saving money and waste. Good for a toe-dip into the pool. I don't really think I would use a lot of this and some of it I have already heard/read about, but there were some I didn't and some good info on how/when your food can't be used. I'd say this is good for beginning and doesn't go way into detail. Start with This was a pretty good book. Easy to understand and read, great pictures and drawings, interesting ideas (although some didn't really sound appetizing to me) and good hints and tips on saving money and waste. Good for a toe-dip into the pool. I don't really think I would use a lot of this and some of it I have already heard/read about, but there were some I didn't and some good info on how/when your food can't be used. I'd say this is good for beginning and doesn't go way into detail. Start with the basics. Good luck ...more

Mar 28, 2018 Dna rated it it was amazing

There are some GREAT tips and unknown (to me) facts about food, food storage and preparation. DK Publishing does it again! What a cool little book! My only complaint is that it's not massive and full of information. There are some GREAT tips and unknown (to me) facts about food, food storage and preparation. DK Publishing does it again! What a cool little book! My only complaint is that it's not massive and full of information. ...more

Jan 27, 2019 Krista D. rated it really liked it

A short, but colourful refresher on cleaning out your fridge.

Jul 01, 2018 Tina L rated it liked it

Came by this book at a book sale, the cover looked promising but the tips given were not particularly practical. The recipes did not seem very appealing as they made use of uncommon ingredients in Western countries, e.g. banana peels, which are is the only thing that comes to mind. Perhaps it would have been beneficial to add some facts about the nutritional benefits of such an ingredient, where it is eaten and how to safely prepare it within recipes considering the mainstream use of pesticides. Came by this book at a book sale, the cover looked promising but the tips given were not particularly practical. The recipes did not seem very appealing as they made use of uncommon ingredients in Western countries, e.g. banana peels, which are is the only thing that comes to mind. Perhaps it would have been beneficial to add some facts about the nutritional benefits of such an ingredient, where it is eaten and how to safely prepare it within recipes considering the mainstream use of pesticides.

One section I could take away from was about home composting, detailing which foods to avoid in order to deter unwanted guests in the garden. Otherwise, this book would be more suitable for those as a beginner to recycling, reducing and reusing in the household.

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While the title and design made it somewhat unclear what age group this was aimed at, it was appealing to read and full of useful, practical, and realistic tips and ideas.

Jan 23, 2022 Melly rated it it was ok

If you have absolutely no idea about reducing food waste this could totally be a place to start. It's short and has lots of pictures to engage the reader. However if you're well versed in attempts to deduce your food waste you probably will have heard it all before and find it lacking.

Things I like about it: It briefly touches on a lot of parts of the topic (Composting, meal planning, storage, ways to use up common foods) I like the tips on labeling when you open something or make homemade food

If you have absolutely no idea about reducing food waste this could totally be a place to start. It's short and has lots of pictures to engage the reader. However if you're well versed in attempts to deduce your food waste you probably will have heard it all before and find it lacking.

Things I like about it: It briefly touches on a lot of parts of the topic (Composting, meal planning, storage, ways to use up common foods) I like the tips on labeling when you open something or make homemade food with that date, making biscotti from cake, and growing your own plants from food scraps.

Small nitpicks that bothered me: the cover had "freeze avocados" on it but I couldn't find anything about that in the book! They claim that any gum can be composted which makes me uneasy because some gums are made from plastic. In the "use up bread" part there are ways to use the bread that unnecessarily involve cutting the crust off but no ways to use up the crusts. One recipe brags about using up asparagus spears and I just thought "In what world do people eat asparagus but not the stalks? I mean the vegetable is basically all stalk." then I was like "maybe they mean the dry light colored part that people cut off" but no the recipe calls for cutting that part off. So what recipe calls only for the very top of the asparagus? I've never seen one. I would rather more vague recipes like "this muffin recipe uses a puree, you can use any fruit or sweet vegetable puree" instead of: "recipe for muffins using carrot or swap out carrot for tired sweet potato, tired beet, or tired zucchini". I also dont know what makes a vegetable "tired"

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For more of my bookish opinions, see my blog: Craft-Cycle

A nice intro with various tips for reducing food waste. This book covers quite a bit of ground in a short amount of time. Includes ideas on cooking with and regrowing from food scraps. Also includes some basic information on storage, meal planning, composting, and guidelines for judging freshness.

Note, this is more of a reducing-food-waste book than a zero-waste book. It goes a little bit into reusing items and utilizing reusables, but i

For more of my bookish opinions, see my blog: Craft-Cycle

A nice intro with various tips for reducing food waste. This book covers quite a bit of ground in a short amount of time. Includes ideas on cooking with and regrowing from food scraps. Also includes some basic information on storage, meal planning, composting, and guidelines for judging freshness.

Note, this is more of a reducing-food-waste book than a zero-waste book. It goes a little bit into reusing items and utilizing reusables, but its more heavily focused on what to do with food scraps and leftovers.

There's a wide range of tips from the easy to implement (veggie scrap chips, freeze bananas for smoothies) to the more involved (egg shell powder) to the downright odd (I draw the line at bananas in my guac).

Includes fairly simple base recipes (soup, smoothie, hummus, muffins, etc.) that can be adapted based on what ingredients you have on hand to use up.

The index in the back in broken down by food item (tomatoes, basil, etc.) for easy reference.

Overall, a nice little starting point in a visually-appealing package.

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Jul 17, 2019 Olivia rated it it was amazing

I recently have been trying to decrease the amount of waste I am producing in order to do my part in saving the planet. I've always liked to cook and this book is an awesome resource on how to avoid food waste in the kitchen! This book is filled with tips, tricks, and recipes on how to decrease the amount of food you toss out every week! (As a college student, I think I do pretty well with eating everything I buy because I'm #broke, but even then, rinds, peels, and skins are things I didn't even I recently have been trying to decrease the amount of waste I am producing in order to do my part in saving the planet. I've always liked to cook and this book is an awesome resource on how to avoid food waste in the kitchen! This book is filled with tips, tricks, and recipes on how to decrease the amount of food you toss out every week! (As a college student, I think I do pretty well with eating everything I buy because I'm #broke, but even then, rinds, peels, and skins are things I didn't even know I could save!)

I will definitely return to this book as a resource when I have left over potato peels and no idea what to do with them! Pick this up if you want to decrease your food waste!!

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First of all, who has leftover cake that is drying out?? This is not a problem that I have ever heard of but I guess someone has this emergency. This book offers numerous suggestions to save the cake. You can turn it into a milkshake, slice it and make french toast and more.
I never peel potatoes because who has time for that? If you are the type who does, this book tells you what to do with the leftover peels. Make chips. Yep, chips.
There are a few gems in here but overall this is the same stu First of all, who has leftover cake that is drying out?? This is not a problem that I have ever heard of but I guess someone has this emergency. This book offers numerous suggestions to save the cake. You can turn it into a milkshake, slice it and make french toast and more.
I never peel potatoes because who has time for that? If you are the type who does, this book tells you what to do with the leftover peels. Make chips. Yep, chips.
There are a few gems in here but overall this is the same stuff we've heard time and time again. ...more

I definitely learned a few tips about composting and growing foods from scraps that I hadn't been aware of before. There were also some helpful charts about when foods can still be salvaged vs. when they need to be tossed.

I was disappointed in the recipes throughout the book. There weren't many and all of them required a base preparation which (in many cases) would require me to shop for ingredients before adding the 1/2 cup of "waste" add-in they were suggesting. I was expecting more whole rec

I definitely learned a few tips about composting and growing foods from scraps that I hadn't been aware of before. There were also some helpful charts about when foods can still be salvaged vs. when they need to be tossed.

I was disappointed in the recipes throughout the book. There weren't many and all of them required a base preparation which (in many cases) would require me to shop for ingredients before adding the 1/2 cup of "waste" add-in they were suggesting. I was expecting more whole recipes using misfit kitchen items.

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I liked the format of this book and the pictures were amazing. There were tons of tips on how to re-use food from your leftovers. There were also tons of recipes included. The only draw back was the recipes had tons of ingredients and steps. There was also tips on how to compost your left overs on things that you could not use elsewhere. If you did everything in this book, it would be too time consuming for me. Try to pick things that are doable for you.

~April

Jun 03, 2021 Lauryn rated it it was ok

My best friend Katelyn sent this to me because it made her think of me, which makes me happy. We both agree it focuses way too much on meat and dairy, so I'm not like in love with it. Some of the stuff seems obvious too, but what this book is a great reminder that reducing your waste is all about your mindset, and this book helps you start turning around your train of thought

Aug 13, 2022 Ava Falzerano rated it really liked it

It was a very quick easy read. I got it at five and below for like $4. The tips really will help to reduce waste in the kitchen. All the recipes actually sound good, and are not just a hodgepodge of ingredients put together in order to save food from going to waste. The recipes are well thought out and have simple add ins in order to reduce waste.

May 16, 2018 Elin rated it liked it

MISSION STATUS: SICK! You can make chips from vegetable skins??? Or crumble up toast to make soups thicker?? Make a cake from organic banana peels??? YOU CAN FREEZE AN EGG!!!
I'm gonna need a while to process all of this mind-blowing information. MISSION STATUS: SICK! You can make chips from vegetable skins??? Or crumble up toast to make soups thicker?? Make a cake from organic banana peels??? YOU CAN FREEZE AN EGG!!!
I'm gonna need a while to process all of this mind-blowing information. ...more

May 04, 2019 Rai rated it liked it

It's got some good ideas and recipes in it. I wish it gave a bit more explanation of certain things (when advising someone to eat an apple core it would be good to reassure readers that it won't poison them, haha). I wish the font had been bigger. It's got some good ideas and recipes in it. I wish it gave a bit more explanation of certain things (when advising someone to eat an apple core it would be good to reassure readers that it won't poison them, haha). I wish the font had been bigger. ...more

Good tips

Good layout for browsing when you have a few minutes here and there. I feel as though I have heard a lot of the tips from other sources throughout the years. However, it's a good refresh on them and nice to have it all in one place.

I'm not yet ready to start using banana peels in my smoothies or grinding up egg shells to add the powder to other food... this is above where I'm at and I'm unsure if I will ever go this intense with zero waste. However, it was a fine read I suppose. Nothing outlandish, just not for me. I'm not yet ready to start using banana peels in my smoothies or grinding up egg shells to add the powder to other food... this is above where I'm at and I'm unsure if I will ever go this intense with zero waste. However, it was a fine read I suppose. Nothing outlandish, just not for me. ...more

Pretty helpful

Gave a few more useful tips than I already had under my belt, but was more illustrated than I expected it to be. Reminds me more of a book for a teen interested in sustainability.

A great fun little book to keep reminding me of low-waste ideas in my kitchen. Apart from eating banana peels, most of these ideas I have tried at some time, some, like waste-not frittata and muffins are my go-to recipes with leftover ingredients. Almost nothing goes to waste in my kitchen!

MUST BUY NOW! I LOVED THIS!

Feb 08, 2018 Cheryl rated it really liked it

Good! Loads of great tips and I am glad to see we are doing most of them already. :)

Interesting start to support thinking in this direction but not as detailed as I wanted. I am looking for sources for hard core zero waste.

Jul 11, 2018 Nienke rated it really liked it

Good tips on to be zero waste and sustainable in the kitchen!

Aug 23, 2018 Crystal rated it really liked it

Text on some of the illustrations are hard to read in the ebook edition as they don't enlarge when tapped. That's the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars, as I found the information useful. Text on some of the illustrations are hard to read in the ebook edition as they don't enlarge when tapped. That's the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars, as I found the information useful. ...more

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