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May 29, 2020

Week 4: Healthy Eating Contest: Scrap This For That

  • May 29, 2020
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Week 4:  SCRAP THIS FOR THAT: Try regrowing one food from your scraps this week (June 22-30, 2020).

 

Some foods can be regrown in simply water and with exposure to sunlight. Try regrowing celery with the following easy steps:

  1. Cut off the end. Slice about 2 inches off the root end of a bunch of celery. 
  2. Place the celery in a shallow glass bowl or jar of water.
  3. Watch it grow. After a few days, you should start to see small leaves emerging from the very center of the top.
  4. Replant in soil.

 

Share your experience and a photo here for a chance to win a $100 gift card!

 

Official Rules: https://community.aarp.org/t5/AARP-Rewards-Connect/AARP-Rewards-Healthy-Eating-Contest-Rules-June-2020/m-p/2261122  

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    Veeks
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    June 21, 2020

    The next time I shop I'm going to pick up celery, lettuce, and some herbs to try to root!  Meanwhile, I'm experimenting with what I have on hand.

       The ever-popular avocado! Alas, this one split, maybe it'll still root. 

     A potato, though I probably won't grow potatoes the plant is attractive.

       Ginger. My neighbor claims you just put a knob in soil and it will root; not looking good so far, but....

     

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    CindyB323563
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    June 22, 2020

    Working on regrowing some iceberg lettuce. Week 1 and it's really starting to bloom.

    Regrowing Iceberg Lettuce - Week 0Regrowing Iceberg Lettuce - Week 1

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    AndrewZ479660
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    June 22, 2020

    Scallions regrow very easily in a little cool water. Change the water every other day and enjoy new growth from the center of the plants!  🌱

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      pt51364320
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      June 22, 2020

      This has been SO much fun! Who knew you could grow romaine from scrap???

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      pt51364320
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      June 22, 2020

      saw online how you could grow romaine from the stems of store bought, so I gave it a try. This is actually an older photo, they've gotten WAY taller, and I have 5 growing in that pot at the moment. Now, to keep the dratted bugs from chewing on it!

       

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      LolaA581418
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      June 22, 2020

      I had some particularly delicious cherry bomb tomatoes that were going bad and I was just about to toss them when I remembered I had a pot full of good soil with nothing planted in it.   I scraped off the top couple of layers of dirt, squeezed the seeds out of the tomatoes and continued to water it daily.  This is two weeks later.  I can't wait so see where this goes from here.

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      prsmith27
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      June 22, 2020

      I’m regrowing some beet leaves from the bottom small bulbs of a bunch of beet leaves I bought in early spring from a farmers’ market.

       

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      lindclaire
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      June 22, 2020

      I read on AARP that you could grow lettuce by cutting off the bottom of lettuce and letting it re-grow in water (and later plant).  It works!  My first two attempts were showing great promise but we're stolen by some sort of wildlife so now I am trying inside in a sunny window. I am amazed!  The picture is after only 3 days!!!

       

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      barkeep54
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      June 23, 2020

        Grew a new potato plant from an old cupboard spud.

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      barkeep54
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      June 23, 2020

      Used an old pantry potato to grow a new spud plant in Seattle!  

       

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      LindaK601488
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      June 23, 2020

      I was excited to see this topic as the healthy eating contest feature for this week. I have been using the scraps of several vegetables during the last couple of months to regrow them for reuse in my meals. I have celery, Romain lettuce, and cabbage. I am pleased with the results from each of those vegetables. I’ve also used the top of a pineapple and I’m waiting to see growth in that as well. 

       

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