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Zero Waste Recipes - Vegetable Skin Crisps

Updated: Jul 19, 2022 · Published: Mar 5, 2019 by Laura Yautz · This post may contain affiliate links · 1 Comment

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Looking for zero waste recipes? These Vegetable Skin Crisps are a fun and delicious snack! Also a great way to get your kids to eat the skins! You can use whatever (edible) vegetable skins you have: potato, sweet potato, carrot, beet... They'll be delicious no matter what! A quick scrub before you peel your veggies is all you need.

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Food waste is a huge issue in this country. It is estimated that between 30-40 percent of our food supply ends up as waste. That adds up to about a pound of food waste per person, per day.

You know the usual culprits: an apple peel, a bag of spinach you had intentions of eating, half of an sandwich your kid wouldn't touch today, something unidentifiable from the back of the fridge from who-knows-when.

While some food waste is unavoidable, we can certainly take steps to reduce this number. And we should. All that loss adds up to roughly $680 billion annually. That's a number I can't quite wrap my head around, but I DO know that each of us is throwing an absurd amount of our own hard-earned paycheck right in the trash - or in my case, you put it in the refrigerator for a couple weeks until it wilts away and THEN you throw it in the trash!

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I do make efforts to avoid wasting food, or at least get an extra mile out of it, when I can. Here are a few of my favorite low or zero waste recipes you might also like:

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In general, I try not to peel my fruits and vegetables if the skins are edible. They provide some great nutrition, extra fiber, and they're delicious! But sometimes I don't want the peel - like when I'm making mashed potatoes or something.

So, that's why I love Vegetable Skin Crisps! They're crispy and delicious, and an ultra fun way to save your hard earned dollars from the trash! Just make sure you scrub the skins clean before peeling your veggies. It will help if they're dry before you start, too.

You'll want to watch these, starting around the 15 minute mark. Smaller pieces will be done and burning long before the bigger pieces are browning up!

If you try Vegetable Skin Crisps, or any other of our zero waste recipes, let me know in the comments!

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Vegetable skin crisps standing upright in a small cup

Vegetable Skin Crisps

Laura Yautz
A fun and delicious way to decrease your food waste, and save your hard-earned money from the trash!
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 25 minutes mins
Course Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 2
Calories 72 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups (roughly) clean and dry Vegetable Skin strips
  • 1 teaspoon Corn Starch
  • 1 teaspoon Everything Bagel Seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon Olive Oil

Instructions
 

To Prep the Vegetable Skins

  • Scrub all the vegetables to be peeled well, with a scrub brush if necessary. Allow the vegetables to dry, or blot them dry with a clean dish towel.
  • Peel the vegetables with a peeler into a clean bowl.

To Make the Vegetable Skin Crisps

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
  • Place the vegetable skins in a zipper seal bag (for truly zero waste, use a reusable zipper bag, or simply toss in a bowl with tongs), and add corn starch. Toss the bag around until all the corn starch is combined with the skins.
  • Add the Everything Bagel seasoning and olive oil to the bag and toss to combine.
  • Empty the bag onto a baking sheet lined with a reusable silicon liner (or parchment), into a single layer, and separate the strips as much as possible.
  • Bake 15-20 minutes, depending on the type of skins you have, until browned and crisp (they will crisp a little more as they cool). Carrot skins will take less time, potato skins more.

Nutrition

Calories: 72kcal (4%)Carbohydrates: 11.8g (4%)Protein: 1.5g (3%)Fat: 2.5g (4%)Saturated Fat: 0.4g (3%)Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 1.7gSodium: 146mg (6%)Potassium: 352.2mg (10%)Fiber: 2.7g (11%)Sugar: 2.9g (3%)Vitamin A: 509.4IU (10%)Vitamin C: 7.9mg (10%)Calcium: 31.6mg (3%)Iron: 1.4mg (8%)

*Nutrition information is an estimate, and will change based on the brand and individual ingredients and amounts you use. This is provided for your convenience only.

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