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My daughter got a bushel of apple seconds cheap from the farm stand where she used to work and we made applesauce. And since I‘ve been reading zero waste cookbooks for the past few years, we made apple syrup from the cooking water and are attempting to make ACV from the apple cores. Oughta be interesting!

#mountcookbook

This book is a combination zero-waste manual and cookbook. I‘ve read most of the first part before (on the author‘s blog and Instagram) but I still liked it. I appreciate how she puts a big emphasis on making small changes, not that you have to overhaul everything at once. Somehow this book is what finally inspired me to get a composter! I didn‘t get a chance to really try the recipes but there are several that really intrigue me. (Continued…)

I wanted to make this Swiss chard recipe. But then I found that I had no chard, so I chose kale. I ended up basically following this recipe but also cooking the kale in the exact same way I always cook kale 😆 It is yummy! I still need to try it with chard. Hopefully we‘ll get more chard in next week‘s CSA share and I can do that.

I‘ve been making apple scrap vinegar (this recipe, along with many others, is available on zerowastechef.com) for a couple of years now, saving the cores from the apples my family and I eat. We love apples! 🍎😋

JARS JARS JARS

#libraryhaul! First of all, my library is now open for regular hold pickups instead of having to schedule a contactless pickup, which is really cool 😁 Second of all, the Zero-Waste Chef got me into sourdough baking before it was cool, so I‘m excited to read her book! Pictured beside the most recent spawn of Bunhilde, my sourdough starter.