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Week 4: Healthy Eating Contest: Scrap This For That

AARPTeri — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:32:35 GMT

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:

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

Re: Week 4: Healthy Eating Contest: Scrap This For That

c7867j — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 13:28:16 GMT

Yummy -Great for Lunch or Dinner

Boddy53 — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 21:45:58 GMT

This salad is my go to when I'm too busy

to cook: Lettuce,chicken cubes, sesame seeds,Artisan Kraut & dressing & chips Yummy

Re: Week 4: Healthy Eating Contest: Scrap This For That

EdmundA294687 — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:35:06 GMT

The same can be done with Romaine lettuce. You can see the growth in a few days.

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IrenkaJ699668 — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 20:41:16 GMT

Lemon Rosemary Olive Oil Cake made with Greek Yogurt

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Chris00721 — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 17:44:34 GMT

I make spaghetti bolognese but scrap half the pasta and use either chopped cauliflower or long thin green beans; if you add plenty of sauce and seasonings it tastes wonderful.

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rkosully66 — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 19:47:06 GMT

Backyard peaches
I love homegrown peaches! I'm now trying to grow more, from our peach scraps (pits). 😃

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Constantitan — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:34:03 GMT

Window sill gardening with left over seeds from last summer.Lemon Tree

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Constantitan — Thu, 18 Jun 2020 13:35:38 GMT

Scattered pepper seeds to see what would grow.

Sweet Peppers

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vd6349 — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 22:19:45 GMT

I am taking an avocado seed to start growing a plant.

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SarahB461096 — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:23:47 GMT

I'm trying to re-grow Romaine lettuce and celery.Regrowing Romaine and celery from ends.

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Veeks — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 20:18:16 GMT

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....

Re: Week 4: Healthy Eating Contest: Scrap This For That

CindyB323563 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 11:29:34 GMT

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

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

Re: Week 4: Healthy Eating Contest: Scrap This For That

AndrewZ479660 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 14:02:23 GMT

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 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:03:28 GMT

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

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pt51364320 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:05:40 GMT

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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newjessie — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:38:01 GMT

I tried the romaine base and they all just rotted! Does it take a two inch base to grow? Mine was about one inch.

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LolaA581418 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:40:58 GMT

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 — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 23:09:35 GMT

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.

Re: Week 4: Healthy Eating Contest: Scrap This For That

lindclaire — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 23:47:51 GMT

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!!!