147. How to Stop Food Waste and Lower Your Grocery Bill with Carleigh Bodrug

Financial Feminist

Her First $100K

Self-improvement, Education, How To, Business

4.7 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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The US throws away more food than any other country in the world - over 80 billion pounds per year, with each American throwing out an estimated 30% of the food they purchase. This alarming fact is what propelled today’s guest to create a cookbook & community dedicated to showing people how to transform commonly wasted foods into delicious recipes. Carleigh Bodrug is the CEO and Founder of PlantYou, a New York Times Bestselling cookbook author, and self-taught plant-based chef famous for her simple take on low-waste and vegan recipes. In this episode she and Tori dive into the topic of reducing food waste and saving money on groceries, with Carleigh sharing her expertise on how to make the most out of ingredients, minimize waste, and maximize flavor, all while sticking to a budget. From innovative recipe ideas to practical tips for utilizing kitchen scraps, this conversation offers valuable insights for anyone looking to eat more sustainably and economically. Read transcripts, learn more about our guests and sponsors, and get more resources at https://financialfeministpodcast.com. Not sure where to start on your financial journey? Take our FREE money personality quiz! https://herfirst100k.com/quiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Anytime I talk about food waste people make the assumption that it's the grocery stores and the restaurants that are wasting food
0:06.7	restaurants typically are very good about food waste because they can't afford to be wasting food
0:12.4	The largest percentage I think it's around 30 because they can't afford to be wasting food.
0:12.8	The largest percentage, I think it's around 30 to 40 percent,
0:15.9	is in consumer homes.
0:18.0	And when you really do think about it,
0:20.7	it's so easy to waste food. Hi Financial Feminist, welcome back to the show.
0:26.0	I'm so excited to see you.
0:27.0	If you're an oldie-bitty-goody, welcome back.
0:29.0	If you're new here, hi, my name is Tori.
0:31.0	I fight the patriarchy by making you rich.
0:32.0	I teach you how to be better with money while also... My name is Tori, I fight the patriarchy by making you rich.
0:32.6	I teach you how to be better with money
0:34.6	while also talking about the ways money affects women differently.
0:38.3	I'm a New York Times about selling author.
0:39.8	We have 4 million social media followers.
0:41.4	If you're not following us on Instagram already already you can go to Instagram and type in her first hundred K and
0:45.8	financial feminist podcast and follow us there and welcome back we took a week off
0:51.1	when you hear this we will be back from our yearly team retreat in Seattle,
0:55.3	which I'm manifesting went beautifully and lovely. We are a completely remote team.
1:00.2	Also fun fact, this is not just me. There's still a shocking amount of people who think that this
1:05.8	multi seven figure business with a podcast and a book and products and
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