Smart Meal Planning Best Way to Prevent Food Waste
Okanagan Rawsome’s mission is to awaken our taste buds to delicious raw, gluten-free goodness! Afke Zonderland, Chef & CEO shares how easy it is to live a whole-food, vegan, sprouted philosophy and make the healthiest choices for yourself and your family.
“No matter how sustainably our food is farmed, if it’s not being eaten, it is not a good use of resources.”
It is estimated that 40% of all the food produced in North America ends up in the landfill. Slightly stale dated grocery items, day old bread and wilted veggies are thrown in the waste bins behind stores. Uneaten food at restaurants that serve larger than life portions likewise end up in the garbage or are taken home to feed grateful puppies. Are you finding food, even cooked and lovingly prepared food in the back of the fridge that has gone bad? I dig to the bottom of our freezer every spring and generally find a few bags of last year’s asparagus or green beans all “burned” tough and stringy. The fact that at least this food ends up in our compost minimizes my chagrin, but it is a super stupid waste none the less.
Proper meal planning is one way to avoid food waste. It is a valuable practice for the inexperienced cooks and busy moms and dads to plan a week in advance and shop accordingly. You can sign up on line to have a personalized meal plan sent to you complete with a shopping list. (vegetarian, keto, paleo gluten or dairy free etc.) Perhaps you love to sit down with a few cookbooks one night a week and choose three or more new recipes to add to the family’s favorite standby’s.
QUICK TIPS
- Washing and storing your fresh produce as soon as you come home from your shopping trip is a great habit to get into. Chopping onions and carrots, grating cheese or juicing lemons in one mega pre-prep. You are much less likely to order take out when you have half the ingredients prepared.
- Keep your pantry well stocked with dried and canned staples.
- Make big batches and repurpose.
- Keep recipes simple.
Big Batch Gluten-Free Mini Frittatas
Freeze well. Makes 12 muffins.
Ingredients
- 1 TBSP butter
- ½ cup red onion, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper or asparagus chopped
- 2 cups chopped spinach
- 10 eggs
- ½ cup whipping cream
- ½ cup crumbled feta
- 1 cup grated cheese
- ¼ cup parsley, salt and pepper to taste.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease 12 muffin tins.
- Melt butter and cook onions, pepper until softened, add spinach and stir until wilted. Cool mixture slightly.
- Mix eggs, cream, salt and pepper with cheeses and add cooked veggies.
- Stir and spoon into muffin tins. Garnish with finely chopped parsley
- Bake for 30 minutes, until eggs fully set.
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Okanagan Rawsome is proud to source all the fruits and veggies in their crisps from their own garden in Grindrod, BC and from organic farmers in the Okanagan Valley. This year they decided to grow the leafy greens, kale, spinach and parsley for their new Okanagan Rawsome Garden Crisps.
100% Non-GMO • Soaked & Sprouted Seeds • Dehydrated at Low Temperatures • No Refined Sugars • Low-Glycemic
A source of pure plant energy, these living whole food snacks are low-glycemic, promote weight loss, reduce inflammation. Loaded with organic ingredients and local produce, Okanagan Rawsome is real food that nourishes your body – and soul!
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It doesn’t get any greener than this combination of spinach, kale and parsley made with local grown apples and zucchini. BC grown all the way!
- LOCAL Organic Veggies
- 99% ORGANIC Ingredients
Top these Garden Crisps with your favourite cheese and some sliced cucumber to create a perfect pairing.
- INGREDIENTS: *apples,*spinach,*kale,*parsley,*zucchini,*flax seeds,*coconut,*dates,*lemon juice,*sprouted pumpkin seeds,*chlorella, ginger powder, garlic powder, pure ocean aquifer sea salt. (*organic)
Onion-Herb Beet Crisps
Onion-Herb Beet Crisps • See how they are made!
Onion-Herb BEET CRISPS are packed with local organic beets, carrots and onions combined with sprouted seeds and a yummy blend of spices.
- LOCAL Organic Veggies
- 99% ORGANIC Ingredients
Onion-Herb Beet Crisps are delicious with your favourite cheese, hummus, or pesto. Make an open-faced sandwich using a Beet Crisp as a base!
- INGREDIENTS: *ground flaxseeds, *carrots, *sprouted buckwheat, *sprouted sunflower seeds, *beets *zucchini, *sprouted lentils, *onions, onion powder, oregano, garlic powder, *sea salt, cumin (*organic)
Spicy Chia-Hemp Carrot Crisps
Spicy Chia-Hemp Carrot Crisps • See how they are made!
Spicy Chia-Hemp CARROT CRISPS are spicy snacks made with locally grown carrots & zucchini, chia, hemp, and sprouted lentils to enhance nutrient bioavailability. The carrots provide a high-source of Vitamin A.
- LOCAL Organic Veggies
- 96% ORGANIC Ingredients
Chia-Hemp Carrot Crisps are delicious with your favorite cheese, hummus, and/or a slice of avocado. Make an open faced sandwich using a Carrot Crisp as a base!
- INGREDIENTS: *carrots, *ground flax seeds, *sprouted buckwheat, *zucchini, *sprouted lentils, hemp hearts, *chia seeds, *sea salt, cumin, cayenne, onion powder, oregano, garlic powder (*organic)
Orange Sesame Apple Crisps
Orange Sesame APPLE CRISPS light, flavour-packed zesty treat made with oranges and lemons. We grind whole flax seeds to preserve valuable Omega-3 fats. Dehydration happens at low temperatures, protecting valuable living enzymes!
- LOCAL Organic Apples
- 96% ORGANIC Ingredients
Delicious with a seed or nut butter. Visit the recipe section of our website for other suggested pairings and rawsome recipes!
- INGREDIENTS: *apples, *coconut, *ground flax seeds, *sesame seeds, *dates, hemp hearts, *oranges, *lemon juice, cinnamon, ground ginger, *sea salt (*organic)
Cran-Raisin APPLE CRISPS combine sprouted buckwheat with delicious organic cranberries, raisins, and organic Okanagan apples to create a naturally sweet and filling snack.
- LOCAL Organic Apples
- 99% ORGANIC Ingredients
Crumble a few pieces of Cran-Raisin Apple Crisps onto plain yogurt or sprinkle some on top of your morning cereal to add live enzymes and easy to digest protein to kick start your day!
- INGREDIENTS: *apples, *sprouted buckwheat, *ground flax, *dates, *sprouted sunflower seeds, *sprouted pumpkin seeds, *raisins, *cranberries, cinnamon, ground ginger, *orange zest, *sea salt (*organic)
Available in convenient single-sized portions.
Chocolate Ginger Apple Crisps
*Available exclusively online in Smaller Pieces or in Bulk
Chocolate Ginger APPLE CRISPS offer dark chocolate-coconut decadence in a delicious mixture of organic Okanagan apples, ginger, sprouted seeds, sprouted buckwheat, and dates.
- LOCAL Organic Produce
- 90% ORGANIC Ingredients
Choc-Ginger Apple Crisps are delicious on their own or with a serving of ice cream made with frozen bananas & vegan chocolate pudding.
- INGREDIENTS: *apples, *sprouted buckwheat, *ground flax, *dates, *sprouted sunflower seeds, *sprouted pumpkin seeds, ginger slices, dark chocolate (cocao, sugar, non-GMO soya lecithin, vanilla flavour), *coconut, ground ginger, *lemon juice, cinnamon, *sea salt (*organic)
- Available in convenient single-sized portions.
Farming runs in the family at Okanagan Rawsome
Meet Afke Zonderland, Founder Okanagan Rawsome
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