Becca David
8/28/2024 4:31 PM
Well, some produce could be revived but I found a couple of rats of corn in the back of the drawer that I completely forgot about… reality has set in 🙄😪
August 1 - August 31, 2024
Becca David
"I will be mindful about my food preparation and storage and share my thoughts and reflections with others."
POINTS TOTAL
- 0 TODAY
- 0 THIS WEEK
- 810 TOTAL
participant impact
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UP TO41pounds of CO2have been saved
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UP TO7.0locally sourced mealsconsumed
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UP TO18poundsfood waste prevented
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UP TO3.0conversationswith people
Becca's actions
Shopping
Source Local Foods
I will buy locally grown food from my grocery store and make 1 meal(s).
Cooking
Revive Limp Produce
I will rescue limp produce like leafy greens or carrots by soaking them in cold water or using them in recipes where appearance doesn't matter.
Shopping
Skip the Cart
Bigger carts make us feel like we need to fill them! Use a hand basket to improve grocery store discipline and prevent over-purchasing.
Planning
Create a Household Cookbook
I will create a cookbook or recipe collection of go-to meals for my household to make meal planning easier.
Planning
Keep a Food Inventory
I will take a fridge and pantry inventory to stay up to date with what I have at home before I go grocery shopping.
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.
Storage
Be Smart About Food Labels
I will learn about food labels and not throw food out just based on the date on the package, but instead check the smell and color to see if it has gone bad.
Storage
Befriend My Freezer
I will freeze leftover food items or meals for later. The freezer is my food-waste-reduction friend!
Participant Feed
Reflection, encouragement, and relationship building are all important aspects of getting a new habit to stick.
Share thoughts, encourage others, and reinforce positive new habits on the Feed.
To get started, share “your why.” Why did you join the challenge and choose the actions you did?
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Becca David 8/31/2024 1:29 PMIt’s hard to believe today is the last day of a challenge. It went really quickly! It’s also the last day of my current apartment complex, where I’ve been for two years, a little bit, bittersweet leaving, however, in the context of food waste challenge. It was sort of satisfying that when I emptied my freezer, I was able to give my neighbor blueberries and a pastry pie crust, knowing that she loves baking and would make good use of it.
and what I brought with me was some pulverized greens to make smoothies, frozen, homemade soup, homemade pasta sauce, chopped onions, and I felt really successful in my personal endeavors in this challenge.
However, the biggest success was looking at the ACW climate action team with seven members coming in at number five in the teams and Margo also coming in in the top five at least at this point in a day bravo to everyone who participated I think we did a great job built Community And had fun engaging with some new folks. Online was a lot of fun!-
Layl McDill 8/31/2024 5:48 PMYay team! Thanks for all the work you did on this Becca!
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REFLECTION QUESTIONCooking Revive Limp ProduceWhat successes have you had in reviving limp produce? What can you do so that your produce doesn't go limp in the future?
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Becca David 8/26/2024 7:05 AM
I attended a lovely 2 day wedding event where the fruit from the post-ceremony reception was taken to a lakeside celebration the next day to where young and old alike enjoyed freshly made smoothies. A creative and purposeful way to avoid food waste by planning ahead!-
Margo Ashmore 8/27/2024 12:17 AMI love this! Would be interesting to hear more about food conservation in the catering and events field.
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Becca David 8/18/2024 6:26 AMI hope you all have Instagram because this guy is great😂
I’ve never seen anyone so happy about produce!
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Becca David 8/17/2024 10:40 AMI’m moving soon… and food management has become a new focus. I’m packing up my kitchen and trying to use perishables, pack grains and pasta in an extra layer of airtight protection and NOT eat out…. Oh the challenges!
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REFLECTION QUESTIONPlanning Create a Household CookbookWas it hard or easy to create a list of recipes that everyone in your household will eat? How did it work best for you to organize them?
Becca David 8/12/2024 8:52 AMI’m working on this- my mom hand wrote a bit of my favorite foods for me when I left home or as they said back in her youth, “set up housekeeping”.
It’s harder than I thought it would be because with a few exceptions, I’m a lot like the women in my family- I don’t measure anything! -
Becca David 8/10/2024 2:30 PMI’m finally inventorying the fridge. Ugh. It’s not as bad as I expected but I’ll admit I found a couple not so great surprises! I was thinking that maybe a condiment party is in order!
Get a bunch of hotdogs or whatever it is you like to grill I’m actually not a big hotdog eater but then ask everyone to bring a different condiment close to expiration… along with veggies and fruits… I seem to have a collection of ranch dressing, which I eat on potatoes and vegetables!
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Margo Ashmore 8/11/2024 3:25 PMGreat idea, condiment party! Builds community. I've taken to incorporating condiments into other clean-out-the-fridge meals. -
Becca David 8/11/2024 6:17 AMNope, not really! I think I buy whatever is on sale! -
H McCrillis 8/11/2024 2:14 AMOoh, any particular flavor(s) of ranch that you prefer? :)
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Becca David 8/08/2024 9:14 AMToday is soup day I’m using up produce in the fridge and chicken drumsticks from the freezer.
A good soup takes time so no pictures yet! There will be onions, peppers, lots of seasoning, spinach, and whatever else I round up!-
Gabrielle Jirik 8/23/2024 10:25 AMI love soup
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Becca David 8/07/2024 7:53 AMYesterday our team met at the magnificent Mojo Coffee Gallery in the California Building in NE Minneapolis for a fun art making activity.
We used a toilet paper tubes, ceramic test tiles, empty cans, bottle caps and more.
We talked about the Foodwaste Ecochallenge, had some hands on tutorials and a lot of laughs!
Pictured are “Giali” Becca, Dr. Barbara Bridges, Layl, Margo.
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Gabrielle Jirik 8/23/2024 10:24 AMWow! I love this! -
Margo Ashmore 8/08/2024 2:42 PMThis was so much fun! The more tech-savvy Becca helped another team member get this challenge coming into her phone, we talked about food conservation habits learned from our parents of different backgrounds. Now to actually see if I can make this label thing work in my deliberately small refrigerator! I'm having some success turning over my pantry to being not a collection of wierd food I thought I might try, to being what I actually like to use.
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REFLECTION QUESTIONStorage Befriend My FreezerDo a bit of research about foods that freeze and revive well. What can you put in the freezer that you didn't know you could?
Becca David 8/06/2024 11:39 AMAsparagus!!!! I love asparagus, but have never grown it and now that I’m in an apartment world I have to purchase until I find a Community Garden again… check this out!
To freeze asparagus for later use, select young tender spears, then thoroughly wash and sort them by size. Trim the scales from the stalks and trim spears so they are even lengths. Small spears should be water blanched for 2 minutes, medium spears for 3 minutes, and large spears for 4 minutes. After blanching, cool the spears quickly in cool water, drain them and package the product into a container for freezing—being sure to leave no headspace after the container is sealed.
I also read it as best to lay it out flat and freeze it on parchment paper or a baking tray first before bundling it into a bag or container. I will definitely be trying this if I have any left after cooking; which I usually don’t.
How much do I love fresh asparagus for you may ask I’ll show you! I wear a pin on my denim jacket!
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Gabrielle Jirik 8/23/2024 10:24 AMI love asparagus! -
< Courtyard > 8/07/2024 6:34 AMLove the pin ♡
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