Foodwise

A kid’s guide to fighting food waste and saving the planet. Features 50 yummy recipes

Lucy Bell

Lucy Leonardi

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Published: 01/08/2023
ISBN: 9780648795353
Genre: Children's Non-fiction
Pages: 232
RRP: $32.99

Foodwise

A kid’s guide to fighting food waste and saving the planet. Features 50 yummy recipes

Lucy Bell

Lucy Leonardi

Did you know almost half of all fruit and vegetables produced end up as waste?

Each year in Australia, households throw away 3.1 million tonnes of food. That would fill almost 17,000 jumbo jets! But there are so many simple – and delicious – ways we can stop our food from ending up in landfill. All around the world, a new generation of food-waste warriors is fighting to keep their food on plates, in tummies, and out of the bin!

Learn to experience food in fun and exciting ways. Find out where it comes from, how it’s grown, how to buy and care for it, ways to cook it, and best of all, all the ways you can share it with your family and friends. You’ll be a food genius in no time – all while saving the planet!

Packed with awesome activities, fun facts and 50 delicious recipes with beautiful photos to match, Foodwise will show you how to:

  • Use up fruit and veggie scraps
  • Turn leftovers into meals fit for a feast
  • Make your own compost
  • Start a garden journal

Try these yummy recipes:

  • Spicy peanut butter noodles
  • Carrot top pesto
  • Spinach pasta cups
  • Leftover roast chicken rice paper rolls
  • Banana and strawberry popsicles
  • Zucchini apple chocolate loaf

Ages: 8+

‘Not just great recipes, but a great message too. Reducing food waste has never looked so mouthwatering.’ Craig Reucassel

‘This book is an essential ingredient for any budding cook or eco warrior. Stuffed with wisdom and wonderful recipes, it’s precisely the sort of cookbook the world needs right now. This is the food book I wish I had when I was younger.’ Tori Haschka

 

Lucy Bell

Lucy Bell

Lucy Bell

Lucy Bell is a book editor and music teacher on a journey to live a more ethical, sustainable and mindful life.

After getting her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Sydney with majors in English and Ancient History, Lucy studied a Master of Publishing. Now she works for a social-purpose publishing house making big differences and helping fund not-for-profits and charities to close the literacy gap.

Lucy grew up on the NSW Central Coast surrounded by four siblings, a cat, two dogs, two sheep, a lizard, lots of guinea pigs and thirteen chickens. She now lives in Sydney and while watering her balcony garden, dreams of one day owning her own country farmhouse.

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Lucy Leonardi

Lucy Leonardi

Lucy Leonardi

Lucy Leonardi is a prolific photographer with over a decade of experience, Lucy finds joy in all aspects of her creative pursuits, from her popular food blog Who Does the Dishes – a visual documentary of home cooks – to her most recent project of creating waste free recipes for OzHarvest social media’s Fight Food Waste campaign, where she takes charge of cooking the dishes, writing the recipes, styling and photographing them. She is passionate about promoting a practical and healthy eating approach for a better environment.

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