scraps
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Air Fry Some Store-Bought Bacon Bits
As a prolific eater of wedge salads, macaroni and cheese, and other things that taste better with a bit of bacon, I tend to keep a bag of real but store-bought bacon bits on hand. They’re serviceable — after all, they are bacon — but they come out of the bag gummy and lacklustre, without…
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Render Poultry Scraps For Delicious Cooking Fat
We all know to save bird bones to make stock, but the excess skin and fat you find yourself with after butchering a piece of poultry is just as valuable. With very little effort on your part, you can render out some of the tastiest cooking fat around.
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How To Cook With Leftover Feta Brine
The best feta cheese comes packed in a salty, funky brine, and that stuff is pure liquid wonderment. Just as any brine can be used to flavour food, leftover feta brine can be used to whip up cheesy rice; moist, flavorful pork chops; and a crazy tasty pan sauce. (It also freezes very well, which…
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Make A Tropical Gin Out Of Pineapple Peels
Video: Welcome back to Eating Trash With Claire, the Lifehacker series where I convince you to transform your kitchen scraps into something edible and delicious. In this episode, I show you how to use spiky, seemingly useless pineapple peels to make a tasty, tropical gin.