episode 5. Put food waste on pause with your freezer

In our final (sniff) episode of Waste Watchers, we cover some super simple tips for using your freezer to make foods last way longer to help you eat healthier, waste less, and save more money for you and your family. We hope you've enjoyed the show; thanks for listening!

episode 4. Expirations dates are not what they seem

In episode 4, we dispel all the confusion about 'expiration dates' (and spoiler alert: they aren't even expiration dates!). We describe what 'sell by,' 'use by,' and other dates you see on the foods you buy in the grocery store. Finally, we give you simple tips to help you determine whether a food or beverage is still safe to eat or drink.

episode 3. Food storage is sexy!

In this episode, we discuss the very sexy topic of...food storage! We cover the types of containers that work best, how to store different types of food to retain freshness and make them last the longest, and other simple steps to make food storage easy and efficient.

In this episode, we cover some simple but really effective tools to help ensure your grocery shopping experience is well-organized, saves money, and helps to reduce food waste week in and week out. In particular, we discuss some innovations in...duh duh duh!!!...the grocery shopping list! We also cover a few tips that help you think about the ways we use different foods and how that could make it easier to avoid buying things you don't need. And we sum up with a few more ideas that make shopping for food just a little easier on the pocketbook (HINT: Don't shop hungry!).

episode 2. Let's go shopping!

Delicious recipes that top off your health and drop off your waste.

Welcome to Waste Watchers! On our first of five episodes, your hosts, Chris (an intrepid nutrition professor at Arizona State University and husband to Kelsey) and Kelsey (a pro podcaster, writer, and wife to Chris) chat about the surprisingly fascinating issue of food waste. We offer up great tools to lower your food waste, improve your health, and even be friendlier to your wallet by:<ul><li>using recipes to make good use of foods that might soon go bad.</li><li>stocking your kitchen with the basic essentials.</li><li>being smart about food purchases at the grocery store.</li><li>making strategic use of your freezer to improve shelf-life and make it easier to put dinner on the table throughout the busy week.</li></ul> On the show, we mention a few things:<ul><li>the Waste Watchers web site, which you can find here.</li><li>a recipe for <a href="https://www.thespruceeats.com/leftover-vegetable-soup-recipe-435758" target="_blank">Leftovers soup</a>.</li><li>a super-simple roasted broccoli recipe, <a href="https://www.rachelcooks.com/2013/09/20/roast-broccoli-best-broccoli-ever/" target="_blank">which you can find here along with a helpful video on prep</a>.</li><li>a sneaky delicious, veggie-filled <a href="https://www.yummytoddlerfood.com/recipes/dinner/easy-veggie-loaded-marinara-sauce/" target="_blank">pasta sauce recipe</a>.</li><li>smoothies...lots of <a href="https://www.abbeyskitchen.com/recipes-top-10-healthy-smoothies-dietitians-nutritionists/" target="_blank">smoothies</a>.</li></ul>

episode 1. Welcome to Waste Watchers!

Better eating while saving money and the planet

Waste Watchers is a show about how to eat a healthier diet while reducing food waste in your home. Your hosts are a married couple - a professional podcaster and a nutrition professor at Arizona State University - who love to talk healthy and delicious recipes, food storage, smart shopping, expiration dates, freezer use, and more.

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