How to Cook From Scraps

by Higher Read

With more than 50 recipes and lots of tips, How to Cook from Scraps is the perfect book for anyone who wants to go beyond meals that come out of a box or the freezer aisle. Learning to cook from scraps is about cooking efficiently and throwing away less. Sometimes cooking from scraps is learning to reinvent leftovers. Sometimes it is making your own broth. Cooking from scraps is always about making the food you already have in your house go further.Cooking efficiently means saving money, creating less waste, and making meals entirely at home. Using the recipes and advice in How to Cook from Scraps, you will utilize every part of your food (even vegetable peels) and run your kitchen in a way that caters to this kind of efficiency. This book focuses on the recipes that are both from scraps and from scratch, but you will find as you make the meals that the tips for cooking this way will make you think differently about how your kitchen is organized.If you don’t do any cooking from scraps or scratch yet, don’t be daunted. We will take you through the steps you need to change from a throw-away kind of kitchen, to a kitchen that makes wholesome and “whole” foods.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, How To

120 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 10, 2013

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Reviews

[Richard Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mediocre cookbook with a veneer of ideas on how to use leftovers and scraps. The expectation was that it would be a book about using leftovers and scraps with a few recipes thrown in. It felt like a bait and switch while I was reading. None of the recipes looked interesting enough to use or were recipes a cook would be about to fix without a recipe.

[Sarah Jean · Rating 2 out of 5]

I was expecting much more creative ideas than the usual make stock, soup, fried rice, etc with your leftovers

[Lis - The Indigo Quill · Rating 5 out of 5]

You can see the actual review and a recipe we tested out for this product here: http://theindigoquill.blogspot.com/20...

Although my husband is a chef and can make anything taste good, I didn't add anything special to these recipes...except some cilantro. :) I had to be sure I really put this book to the test by following the recipe the way it was written. In order to achieve this, we also had to use exactly what the title says: scraps! We did not purchase anything new for these recipes and just grabbed things that were getting dusty in our cupboards...or garden!

Well that sounds easy, huh? Let me just point out that this book is for those looking for simple recipes to use things lying around your kitchen, or for the very beginner (I kind of wish I had this in college). If you are worthy of being a participant on the Iron Chef, this book will most likely bore you. If you are like me and had to marry a guy who went to the same college as Emeril Lagasse because you can't even make mac & cheese right, then this is perfect for you.

The recipe we chose (Leftover Vegetable Soup) actually turned out to be really delicious. I found it especially good when mixed with crackers for a wholesome flavor, or *tortilla chips* for a fiesta taste!

I really like this book. It has recipes that make me feel like I'm contributing to my husband's gourmet cooking. Now, thanks to Higher Read, I feel a little more confident volunteering to make dinner! These are easy recipes that taste good, don't cause waste, and allow you to play with them a little bit. Add a few spices or hor d'oeuvres and you've got yourself a delectable concoction!

[Kathy · Rating 5 out of 5]

As I read this book, my own mother, who passed away many years ago, came to mine because she cooked like this book specifies. The recipes contained within were a lot like the ones she used, as far as I can remember, and I am grateful to have found so many in one place. In particular, I found the conversion section most interesting and will probably return to it as I cook many times in the future. In addition, I found the recipes and ingredients in the meal accessories section interesting and very useful for anyone who enjoys cooking and wants to make things from scratch. Today, just about no one cooks from scratch, and this is a welcome tool for anyone missing that part of cooking or wishing to go in this direction. This book should be a must read for new cooks, regardless what age. One thing did bother me. Most of the items presented in the book are not really made from “scraps”, as I interpret the word, but rather from leftovers, which may or may not be “scraps”. Still, this is a good starter for anyone or a valuable resource for cooks. I received this book free to read and review.

[Beryl Fishbone · Rating 5 out of 5]

More week than groceries solutions

Great starter book for the inexperienced budgeter. How do you pull the takeouts and the leftovers into something impressive enough for family, friends,potential in-laws! This book gets you past the fear of combining leftovers before they become alive and come looking for you. This is for the new graduate, the bride, the newly divorced, the instant Mom, the widowed, everyone who has faced hunger.

[Maria Miaoulis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I always feel so guilty if I have to throw food away considering there are so many hungry people in the world. With this book, you'll learn how to cook efficiently and stretch your meals so that nothing winds up in the garbage.

[Regina Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great cookbook!

I think this book will come in handy. I can't wait to try some of the recipes especially the soups .