Scrappy Cooking: How to Make the Most of Your Groceries and Reduce Food Waste with Carleigh Bodrug of Plant You

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Nutrition, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 4 April 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

We welcome Carleigh Bodrug in this wonderful episode, a passionate advocate for reducing food waste and the author of the new cookbook, "Scrappy Cooking." Carleigh shares her eye-opening journey into the world of food waste and its surprising connection to climate change, as well as practical tips for minimizing waste and saving money on groceries. Key Topics Covered:
- The shocking statistics on food waste and its environmental impact
- Simple, delicious recipes for using commonly wasted foods
- Carleigh's "Scrappy Cooking" philosophy and how it can benefit your health and wallet
- The most commonly wasted foods and creative ways to use them
- Meal planning strategies for reducing food waste and simplifying your life
- Proper food storage techniques to keep your produce fresh longer
- Composting 101: How to turn your food scraps into nutrient-rich soil
- Batch cooking and food prep tips for busy families
- The role of mindset and intention in reducing food waste
- Real-life success stories from people who have embraced "Scrappy Cooking"

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0:00.0	Because I want to empower people. I think the beauty of plant-based cooking is that the stakes are really low.
0:05.2	And 99% of the time you can make these substitutions. And I want to empower people to do that so that they're not having to go to the grocery store and buy a bunch okay, there's a clean-out-the-fridge curry. I can add the half
0:21.3	of bell pepper, the wilting spinach in the back of my fridge, and this half an onion to that curry.
0:46.0	Welcome to the Mastering Diabetes Audio Experience, where we teach you how to sit in the driver's seat of your diabetes health for the rest of your life.
0:56.5	We'll teach you how to reverse insulin resistance, achieve your ideal body weight, gain energy, and get your best A1C following more than 85 years of evidence-based research in the Mastering Diabetes Program.
1:00.3	Our program teaches you how to reverse pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes, and how to simplify
1:06.4	your life with type 1 diabetes by maximizing your insulin sensitivity using food as medicine.
1:13.1	We're on a bold mission to reverse insulin resistance in one million people. We're glad to have
1:19.0	you joining us. Welcome to the mastering diabetes Diabetes Audio Experience.
1:29.5	We have a very special guest today.
1:35.1	Carly from Plant You is making her third appearance on the podcast.
1:38.8	In today's show, we get right into it.
1:42.6	So if you want to learn more about Carly and her origin story,
1:45.2	then definitely go ahead and click the links below this show so you can hear more about her story in our other interviews.
1:49.1	But today's show, we really focus on practical tips for reducing your food waste and how
1:55.0	you can be more efficient in the kitchen.
1:57.8	It's a great show with insights from her incredible new book. I have a copy
2:02.6	myself and it truly is spectacular. Oftentimes, people say there is nothing new under the sun.
2:09.4	But in this case, there really is something new under the sun. Reducing food waste is a topic
2:15.3	she has really mastered and I can't recommend this book enough.
2:19.4	So for a quick bio here, Carly Bodrug is the CEO and founder of Plant U, a New York Times best-selling
2:28.3	cookbook author and self-taught plant-based chef, famous for her simple take on low-waste and vegan recipes.
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