While Thanksgiving is a holiday of excess, it doesn’t have to be one of waste. We’ve got our leftover game on lock, and love coming up with creative ways to use up all the extra food from dinner — but what about everything that gets tossed in the process of pulling together your feast? We think those Thanksgiving cooking scraps deserve a shoutout too.
Turning your Thanksgiving cooking scraps into something delicious can be a fun culinary puzzle and an amazing opportunity to practice reducing food waste. We can’t think of a better way to harness a sense of gratitude this season than putting a little more effort into living a low-waste lifestyle and learning to make the most of what we have — even if what we have is just a bunch of cranberry sauce and celery root bulbs.
11 Delicious Recipes For Those Thanksgiving Cooking Scraps
From veggie scrap dumplings to carrot top pesto, we’re showing you a few genius ways to transform your Thanksgiving cooking scraps…
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Carrot top pesto | (Shown at top) This bright and tangy carrot top pesto trumps the traditional version in every way. It’s free of cheese and pine nuts but is still loaded with flavor that pairs perfectly with roasted veggies. READ MORE
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