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How Upcycled Product Innovation Can Help Grocers Address Their Sustainability Priorities In 2023

Upcycled LifestyleMarch 23, 2023

How upcycled product innovation can help grocers address their sustainability priorities in 2023 As sustainability becomes an increasingly important focus for consumers and businesses alike, grocery retailers are looking for ways to reduce waste and make their operations more sustainable. According to a recent study by Supermarket News, 71% grocers listed sustainability as a key…

Wasting Less Food This Holiday Season

Food WasteDecember 21, 2021

The holiday season and 2022 is upon us! Here are five easy tips to waste less and reduce your own food waste footprint now and into the coming year. (SPOILER ALERT: #5 of them is to eat upcycled. Shocking, we know!) Let's get started... 1) Your Meal Plan Is Shopping List Decide which recipes you’ll cook for the week before heading…

How To Make Upcycled Vegetable Broth At Home

RecipesDecember 7, 2021

The tops of carrots, stems of kale, ends or celery, and skins of onions and garlic are all parts that we would normally throw away or compost. Making soup broth instead is one of the easiest and time-honored ways to upcycle food at home. With so many convenient packaged options available at the grocery store,…

A Zero-Waste Thanksgiving with Kathryn Kellogg

Food WasteNovember 23, 2021

It has been estimated that $277 million worth of uneaten food will be prepared this Thanksgiving. All that butter, hard work, and more butter - just tossed out! We know that many of you will be smashing your leftovers between two slices of bread before hitting the trail on Black Friday (#OptOutside). And although…

ReGrained’s Guide to a Waste-Free Thanksgiving (and Friendsgiving too!)

Food WasteNovember 19, 2021

Thanksgiving is just around the corner, a time when most of us deliberately make more food than it is humanly possible to eat. The potential for food waste is great, and defending against this risk should be a top priority -- right up there with not overcooking the turkey. That’s why ReGrained’s here with some…

Upcycled Soup Series: One Pot Black Bean Soup With ReGrained Mexican Street Corn Flavored Puffs

RecipesFebruary 19, 2021

This black bean soup is a one pot, easy dish that can be made in advance of when you want it. It stores well frozen and can easily be reheated. The beans are cooked from dry so that the liquid they are cooked in becomes the flavorful broth of the soup. This also…

Butternut Squash Coconut Milk Soup With Vegetable Scrap Stock

RecipesFebruary 2, 2021

You've probably heard it over and over again, but there really is no match for homemade stock. Store bought broth can't compare to the robust, simmering flavors offered by fresh stock using real ingredients. The tops of carrots, stems of kale, ends or celery, and skins of onions are all parts that we would normally throw away…

ReGrained’s Guide to Eating Responsibly in 2021

Upcycled LifestyleJanuary 11, 2021

2020 tested all of us. We faced both personal and collective challenges. However, 2020 also revealed incredible moments of humanity, of reaching beyond ourselves to help others. In that spirit, we were inspired to craft some New Year’s Resolutions to "Eat Responsibly" and share them with you! #1 Prepare a Plan Eating healthfully and sustainably starts before even stepping…

Upcycled Tomato & Red Pepper Soup with Urban Garden Puffs

RecipesDecember 22, 2020

Do you ever have a few carrots leftover from a dish you made a week or two ago? Or a few roasted red peppers floating in a jar, hiding in the back of the fridge? We'd be impressed if you didn't. The occasion is a perfect opportunity to upcycle food at home and use all those leftover…

Happy Planet, Healthy You

Upcycled Food MovementNovember 20, 2020

We are often presented with questions and choices that seem to offer us very few options, either we choose our individual health and well-being or the health of the planet. We are being told that these options are mutually exclusive. Perhaps this is no surprise as much of industry insists that profit must come at…