Jordan Freitas

City of Brooklyn Park

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
509 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

18

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

9.0

locally sourced meals

consumed
UP TO

9.0

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

8.0

pounds

food waste prevented

Jordan's actions

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.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

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.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Storage

Preserve food

I will try a new method of food preservation, such as canning, pickling, drying or making jam. I will try 2 preservation techniques.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Planning

Make Time for Meal Prep

I will set aside time to prepare meals in advance.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

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.

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Kids

Get Involved in the Kitchen

I will involve my 1 children in meal planning, prepping and cooking activities.

COMPLETED 8
DAILY ACTIONS

Shopping

Glean or Forage

I will learn about the foods that grow locally and try gleaning or foraging.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Cooking

Save the Peels

When life gives me lemons (or other citrus peels), I will use the rinds to make a nontoxic cleaner.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Shopping

Source Local Foods

I will buy locally grown food from my grocery store and make 1 meal(s).

COMPLETED 9
DAILY ACTIONS

Planning

Plant a Garden

I will plant an herb or vegetable garden at my home or community garden.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Planning Create a Household Cookbook

Was 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?

Jordan Freitas 8/02/2024 12:17 PM

It has been fun coming up with our own cookbook.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Planning Plant a Garden

Besides having access to fresh herbs and vegetables, what benefits will you see from growing your own garden?

Jordan Freitas 8/02/2024 12:16 PM

The self satisfaction of growing your own

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Cooking Save the Peels

Which citrus do you have the most of and what kind of cleaning product will you make?

Jordan Freitas 8/02/2024 12:16 PM

Oranges, makes a great cleaner

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Shopping Source Local Foods

If you were to only eat what is in season locally, what would be the hardest food item for you to give up?

Jordan Freitas 8/01/2024 6:33 AM

As a Hawaiian hard to give up pinneaple

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Planning Keep a Food Inventory

Are there food items you have been better about using up and not wasting since you started keeping an inventory of what's in your fridge?

Jordan Freitas 8/01/2024 6:32 AM

Feels so much better to actually finish what is already in the fridge instead of having to throw it out.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Planning Make Time for Meal Prep

Do you have days when you don't have time to spend making food? How has meal prep helped one those days?

Jordan Freitas 8/01/2024 6:31 AM

So convenient having those meals ready to go on a busy day. Better than not eating.

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REFLECTION QUESTION
Kids Get Involved in the Kitchen

Share about a successful planning or cooking activity you have done as a family!

Jordan Freitas 8/01/2024 6:30 AM

We made home made pizzas the kid loved it.

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Jordan Freitas 8/01/2024 6:27 AM

woohoo lets save mother earth

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