Hawnuh Lee
How-to's
8 things you can do with a (clean) dish towel
Dish towels don’t get enough respect. A clean, absorbent cloth is one of the best, most versatile tools in the kitchen and is totally underrated.
November 20, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
How-to's
Tastiest toasted squash seeds
Easy, tasty toasted squash seeds that you can get wild flavoring! Perfect for snack, topping, and closing the squash loop.
November 13, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
Main Dish
Cauliflower and winter squash salad
A warm, fall salad full of hearty squash, cauliflower, and contrasted with bright acidic hits. Perfect for your Thanksgiving table.
November 6, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
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4 great ways to use strawberry tops
A little shared secret about strawberry tops – you can totally eat ‘em! They’ve got the same lovely strawberry flavor and the greens are packed with vitamins!
October 23, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
Dips + Spreads
Beet to stem spread
A root to stalk savory spread that makes the most of your produce and is the perfect topping!
October 16, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
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The Improvisational Kitchen
Improvisational cooking takes the seemingly random ingredients in your pantry / fridge and through resourcefulness, creativity, and trial + error transforms them into something edible.
October 11, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
How-to's
Apple scrap vinegar
I’ve read recipes of other fruit scraps turning out great results, like pineapple, but we haven’t made it quite that far. This is the perfect season to stock up on apple scrap vinegar and use up any fruit pieces before they make it to compost. All you need is a big jar, something to cover…
October 9, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
Snacks
Favorite fruit leather
At the Farmer’s Market, $5 lighter and 30 pounds heavier, I left with a box of imperfect pluots and apples. I realized I had quite a bit of fruit I didn’t know what to do with. But that’s the beauty of scrap cooking! It encourages your creative side to make the most out of whatever’s…
October 6, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
How-to's
Vegetable stock from scratch
A scrap friendly, easy as vegetable stock recipe! Make the most of what you have on hand and make extra!
September 29, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
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The Scrap Supper Series
I was inspired to call the series “Scrap Supper” to highlight unconventional ingredients used throughout the meal, to help capture our resourcefulness, and provide meaning to an often overlooked subject. This was more than just a meal, this was an occasion.
September 27, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
Breakfast
Zucchini top applesauce
After cleaning using this DIY low impact produce wash I got to work cutting. I had a few ideas in mind about how best to make use of this unexpected bounty, including cores and peels. While they weren’t particularly hot-to-trot I thought these apples would make a great apple cider vinegar and / or a…
September 11, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee
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5 easy swaps towards a low impact kitchen
Introducing manageable, low impact changes in the kitchen over time is much more effective than abrupt swaps that force you to quickly change your behavior.
September 8, 2018 | by Hawnuh Lee