Crispy sweet potato skin chips
Sweet potato skin scraps get super crispy when fried and, with a bit of salt, make for great snacking.
Crispy cheese-chive baked potato skins
Baked potato skins topped with cheese and chives are even better than nachos.
Fromage fort
Use up leftover cheese ends and pieces to make this creamy French wine and cheese spread.
Red velvet cake bars
Save up your cake scraps whenever you bake, then make these cake bars. Mix a few flavors for extra fun.
Caramelized apple skin crisps
Cinnamon-sugar apple skins are a crispy, sweet treat once baked in the oven.
Infuse water with fruit scraps
From strawberry tops to apple peels and cucumber ends, use fruit scraps to make fresh, flavored water.
Fruit scrap vinegar
Ferment your fruit scraps with sugar to make your own flavored vinegars for dressings, shrubs and more.
Candied citrus peel
Make candy from leftover fruit peels — citrus is especially nice, but you could do apple or pear peels, too.
Apple scrap jelly
Save your apple peels and cores, then make this jelly. Low-cost holiday gifts, anyone?
Regrow veggie scraps
From ginger to scallions, lemongrass to sweet potato, you can regrow these vegetables from their scraps.
Parmesan rind broth
Save leftover parmesan rinds in the freezer, then use them to make ultra-rich veggie or chicken stock.
Make panzanella with stale bread
Lightly toast cubes of stale bread and make panzanella, a fresh and flavorful Italian tomato salad.
Make ribollita with stale bread
Thicken your veggie soup with bread à la ribollita, Italian stale bread soup.
Vegetarian trash hash
Save leftover veggie scraps (keep them in the freezer), then make this nutritious, flavorful hash.
No cook lemon syrup from rinds
Juiced, zested lemon rinds still have merit — toss them with sugar to make this citrusy syrup.
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