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How to dye your Easter eggs, naturally |
Used coffee grounds, onion skins, and carrot peels might sound like scraps bound for your compost pile, but they’re actually ingredients in our DIY Easter eggs. We’ll take any chance we can get to play with our food (and reduce waste while we’re at it!). |
What’s the deal with the crisper drawer?
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It turns out a well-organized crisper drawer is the key to keeping your fruit and veggies as fresh as can be. Our guide breaks it down into three easy-to-learn steps, so you can make sure none of that precious produce is needlessly going to waste. |
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Time to score all those Easter essentials |
Easter’s less than two weeks away, which means basket shopping begins now! Click below and scroll to “All Things Easter” for our roundup of festive chocolate eggs, brunch must-haves, and so much more. |
Misfit of the week: Not-so-orange turmeric shots |
This batch of turmeric-and-orange-juice shots came out tasting delicious, but were *slightly* browner than the bright orange shade our supplier had been hoping for. Color us delighted, because that means we can save ’em from the landfill and pass the savings along to you. |
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Sample produce week of 3/18 |
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• Asparagus
• Avocados
• Mini artichokes
• Bartlett and bosc pears
• Corn
• Cremini, white, lion’s mane, and shiitake mushrooms
• Portobello caps
• Blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries
• Jumbo blueberries
• Kiwi berries
• Broccoli, broccoli leaves, and broccoli florets
• Brussels sprouts
• Cantaloupe
• Orange, rainbow, and baby carrots
• Cauliflower
• Cucumbers
• English cucumbers and mini seedless cucumbers
• Grape, Purple Crush, heirloom, and beefsteak tomatoes
• Tomatoes on the vine
• Mixed mini tomato medley
• Red, orange, yellow, and green bell peppers
• Mini sweet pepper medley
• Jalapeños*
• Butter and iceberg lettuce
• Red and green seedless grapes
• Rockit, Pink Lady, Fuji, Cosmic Crisp, Granny Smith, Gala, and Honeycrisp apples
• Lemons and limes
• Snow and sugar snap peas
• Navel, mandarin, cara cara, and blood oranges
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• Yellow dragon fruit
• Kumquats
• Grapefruit
• Pineapples
• Kiwis
• Mangoes
• Dill, mint, and cilantro
• Flat-leaf parsley
• Thyme
• Swiss chard
• Red beets
• Red and watermelon radishes
• Butternut, delicata, kabocha, honeynut, and acorn squash
• Spaghetti squash
• Celery and celery hearts
• Tuscan and curly kale
• Collard greens
• Graffiti eggplant
• Fennel
• Arugula
• Baby spinach
• Green beans
• Garlic
• Ginger and turmeric roots
• Russet, red, and yellow potatoes
• Mixed baby potatoes
• Sweet potatoes
• Purple sweet potatoes
• Green and red cabbage
• Leeks
• Shallots
• Red and yellow onions
• Spring onions
• Scallions
• Romaine hearts
• Yellow summer squash
• Zucchini
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In addition to the list above, the visual produce page on our site is updated throughout the week. Click here for up-to-the-minute info about what we're rescuing! |
*Heads up: these spicy peppers can pack a punch. |
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