Elizabeth Mullen

Minneapolis Health Department

Points Total

0 Today
0 This Week
90 Total

Participant Impact

up to

2.0

pounds

food waste prevented
up to

4.0

zero-waste meals

consumed
up to

5.9

pounds of CO2

have been saved
up to

2.0

conversations

with people

Elizabeth's Actions

Planning

Plan a Leftovers Day

I will plan an Eat the Leftovers night by creating a tasty “smorgasbord" or using a recipe that repurposes leftovers. I will eat 4 meals using leftovers.

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DAILY ACTION

Planning

Plan to Use My Garden or CSA Produce

I will check to see what will be ready to eat in my garden or CSA box this week and plan recipes that use these ingredients.

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DAILY ACTION

Kids

Use Kids' Lunch Leftovers

I will have my 2 child/children save their unopened snacks or uneaten fruits and veggies to eat later or incorporate into a new meal.

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DAILY ACTION

Community

Send it Down the Grape Vine

I will talk to 5 family members or friends about my experience with this challenge, food waste, and what I have learned.

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One-Time Action

Community

Get Social

I will share a Save The Food social media post or other information about food waste and the actions I am taking.

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One-Time Action

Cooking

Reimagine Leftovers

I will learn about how to repurpose my leftovers into new meals and then try it.

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DAILY ACTION

Cooking

Make Soup Broth

I will store vegetable scraps or bones in my freezer and use them to make veggie stock or bone broth. I will make 1 batches.

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One-Time Action

Kids

Talk About Wasting Food

I will have a discussion with my 2 children about the importance of not wasting food.

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One-Time Action

Feed

Reflection Question
Kids Use Kids' Lunch Leftovers

What foods commonly go uneaten in your children's lunches, and what have you done to ensure they are eaten later? Have you replaced these foods with something that is more likely to be eaten?

Elizabeth Mullen 8/06/2022 6:46 AM

Bits of fruits and veggies mostly.
Using leftover carrots, celery and veggies for dinners. Freezing leftover fruit that has gone mushy to use for smoothies. Having my kids empty their lunches and talking about what we save and what we can do with it. Hoping someday my kids will also like hot lunch :) Brings me to the question of how much is leftover at school??

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