scraps

  • Air Fry Some Store-Bought Bacon Bits

    Air Fry Some Store-Bought Bacon Bits

    As a prolific eater of wedge salads, macaroni and cheese, and other things that taste better with a bit of bacon, I tend to keep a bag of real but store-bought bacon bits on hand. They’re serviceable — after all, they are bacon — but they come out of the bag gummy and lacklustre, without…


  • Render Poultry Scraps For Delicious Cooking Fat

    Render Poultry Scraps For Delicious Cooking Fat

    We all know to save bird bones to make stock, but the excess skin and fat you find yourself with after butchering a piece of poultry is just as valuable. With very little effort on your part, you can render out some of the tastiest cooking fat around.


  • How To Cook With Leftover Feta Brine

    The best feta cheese comes packed in a salty, funky brine, and that stuff is pure liquid wonderment. Just as any brine can be used to flavour food, leftover feta brine can be used to whip up cheesy rice; moist, flavorful pork chops; and a crazy tasty pan sauce. (It also freezes very well, which…


  • Make A Tropical Gin Out Of Pineapple Peels

    Make A Tropical Gin Out Of Pineapple Peels

    Video: Welcome back to Eating Trash With Claire, the Lifehacker series where I convince you to transform your kitchen scraps into something edible and delicious. In this episode, I show you how to use spiky, seemingly useless pineapple peels to make a tasty, tropical gin.