Ocean Protection Through Plastic-Free Living
It’s time to gather, enjoy the company of those we love, watch football and of course, eat! Unfortunately, along with holiday cheer, Thanksgiving can also bring a lot of plastic waste. Use this simple guide to help you avoid all the extra plastic.
During Thanksgiving it’s estimated about 200 million pounds of turkey, 400 million pounds of mashed potatoes, and 300 million pounds of stuffing will be thrown away. Consider some of these 10 ways to reduce food waste during the holidays.
During Thanksgiving about 200 million pounds of turkey, 400 million pounds of mashed potatoes, and 300 million pounds of stuffing will be thrown away. As I’ve mentioned before, food that’s thrown away and rots in the landfill is terrible for the environment. When food rots in an airless environment, such as a landfill, it releases methane which is 25 times more potent a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. So, to prevent your leftovers from heading to the landfill, use some of these ideas instead.
I’m pretty sure you can add poached or scrambled eggs to anything and it’d make a delicious breakfast. For a Thanksgiving Benedict put these times together:
Here are a few more ideas for a Thanksgiving leftovers Benedict:
If you don’t have the patience for poached eggs, try a hash with fried or scrambled eggs:
Better yet, hash it out and then wrap it in a tortilla to make a Thanksgiving Breakfast Burrito!
Throw everything in a casserole dish, give it a stir and bake it with cheese! I mean, who can resist a gooey-cheesy casserole?
A few variations would be to add tortillas for leftover enchiladas or pasta for a leftover lasagna!
I’m sure this might seem old and boring to you, but hear me out. My mother-in-law makes a bomb-ass cheese ball and my sister-in-law makes fresh Parker House Rolls. So, what I look forward to the day after Thanksgiving is a Parker House Roll, Turkey, and Cheese Ball Spread sandwich. Sometimes I throw on some cranberry sauce. It’s delicious. I wait all year for this!
Take the turkey bones to make a broth or just add some canned broth to potatoes and turkey to make a delicious soup!
Take some turkey, vegetables, add cream of chicken and bake with a crust for some turkey pot pie!
If all else fails, please compost your leftovers if you can’t use them before they spoil. By composting them, they can decompose in an air-filled environment and put nutrients back into the earth.
What do you think? Can you use one of these recipes for your Thanksgiving leftovers? Tell me your favorite uses for leftovers!
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