Integrating fruits into your diet can be a challenge, especially during the fall and winter months when many of the farmers’ markets dry up. The good news is that there are many hearty fall fruits like apples, pears and grapes can serve as staples for your meal.
This installment of our Cooking for Compost series, we’ll take on the challenge of creating a healthy, low-waste salad. This fantastic autumn salad can be easily tweaked and combined with your meals throughout the day for a tasty, good-for-you burst of fruit.
Why Eat Waste-Free?
We all know why it’s good for us to eat fruits and vegetables, but what’s so important about low-waste cooking? Did you know that U.S. households toss out about 150 tons of food daily? Food waste has grown by 300% since the 1970s. The items most likely to be discarded are fruits and veggies, which can easily be composted.
First, of course, do your best to avoid food waste. All it takes is some planning, organization, and storage techniques. But even with the most careful shopping plans and creative recipes, you’ll still have trimmings, stems, and seeds that you can’t eat. That’s where compost comes in!
But I Don’t Have a Compost Pile
If you have a yard, you can easily start your own compost pile. There are even ways to compost if you live in an apartment or don’t have much room to compost. If you’re lucky enough to live in a community with curbside compost pickup, just follow the rules for what they accept in the bin. If you think it will be a while before you can get your scraps to someone who can compost them, just store them in the freezer in a closed container until you’re ready.
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