The waste parts of vegetables and fruit are a real resource in the kitchen and for the cultivation of the vegetable garden. You will find that the leaves, skins and green parts of many vegetables are perfectly edible and can be used for the preparation of truly appetizing recipes. Here are many ways to reuse the "waste" of vegetables, in the kitchen and in the garden. You will discover how precious are all those parts of the vegetables that are usually considered less noble and are thrown away without the slightest regard.
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Le scrap parts of the vegetables and some fruit are a real one resource in the kitchen and for the cultivation ofgarden. You will find that the leaves, skins and green parts of many vegetables are perfectly edible and can be used for the preparation of truly appetizing recipes.
Here are many ways to reuse the "waste" of vegetables, in the kitchen and in the garden. You will realize how precious are all those parts of the vegetables that are usually considered less noble and are thrown away without the slightest regard.
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Compost
When vegetable scraps are unsuitable to be reused in the kitchen for the preparation of your recipes, do not simply throw them in the waste bin, but use them for enrich your compost. You can chop them up before putting them in your composter, so that they degrade more quickly. You can place your compost bin in the vegetable garden or garden, or build one composer from balcony.
Vegetable garden
Did you know it is possible grow numerous vegetables starting from the scraps? Keep the base of the lettuce, spring onions, celery and leeks. You can bury them in pots or in the garden and witness the birth of new plants. You can do the same with the top of carrots, but in this case you will not get new vegetables, but some seeds useful for the next harvest.
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Pesto and cremine
Pesto, cremine e sauces for dressing the pasta. Do not throw away vegetable scraps. Chop them and blend them with a little extra virgin olive oil to obtain condiments for first courses or delicacies to spread on bread. A delicious sauce is prepared with broccoli leaves, to be steamed, sautéed in a pan and blended with the chilli and garlic. Sauces prepared with leftovers are also excellent for pinzimonio. You can use, for example, the threw a party leeks and fennel, asparagus and artichoke stalks, pea pods, carrot peels and garlic talons.
Peel chips
If you want to prepare crunchy chips and you have some organic vegetables, as potatoes e carrots, you can use their peels to prepare them. Always remember to wash and brush the vegetables well before peeling them. You can prepare them in a pan with quality oil or place them on a baking sheet, after having seasoned them with aromatic herbs, and cook them until they become crispy.
Infusions and herbal teas
To prepare infusions and herbal teas you can use some fruit waste, like the apple stalks and citrus peel. Set aside the peel of oranges, lemons and mandarins, let them dry and chop them in the kitchen mixer. You can add them to tea leaves to flavor your drinks or in the preparation of home herbal teas. You can do the same with the apple peels, to be allowed to dry, and with i cherry stalks.
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Juice with the extractor
Bits of waste of the carrots, the celery, fennel or cucumbers e edible leaves vegetables and salads: how many times have we thrown them in the garbage without thinking too much? You can try to collect them in a bowl (to be kept in the refrigerator if you have to wait a few hours before use) after the preparation of your vegetable dishes. You can add them to the ingredients you will use to prepare your own fresh fruit and vegetable juices with l 'extractor.
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Velvety
Vegetable waste can enrich your creams in a really unexpected way. That's why you should always keep the leaves, green and waste parts of vegetables such as fennel, leeks, celery, cauliflower, cabbage, asparagus and carrots. Chop the scraps, which will soften without problems with cooking.
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Compotes and jams
You can use the vegetable peels and fruit to enrich your compotes and your jams. The important thing is to always choose organic vegetables and fruit. You can enrich your homemade preparations with carrot peels, but also apples, apricots or pears, to obtain excellent preserves or chutneys.
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Gnocchi
You may never have thought about it, but you can get some great ones gnocchi not only using the main part of the vegetables, but also their waste. Among the most suitable ingredients to prepare ecological gnocchi we find the stalks of asparagus, carrot peels and the “waste” parts (to be boiled) of broccoli and cauliflower.
Omelettes, farinate and savory pies
Le omelettes they are one of the most classic "svuotafrigo" dishes when it comes to reusing the waste parts of vegetables or leftovers. You can use vegetable scraps both for classic egg-based omelettes and for farinate prepared in the oven or in a pan with chickpea flour. In this case, for example, you can add radish leaves, green parts of fennel and leeks, minced garlic thalli, parsley or basil leaf stems, etc. to your preparations. The same scraps, chopped and blanched, or sautéed in a pan, will enrich the fillings of your savory pies.
Finally, one last tip. Do not forget to finely chop the skins of carrots, onions and potatoes to enrich the preparation of yours homemade vegetable nut.
You know other ways per reuse waste some vegetables and fruit?
Marta Albè
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