When it comes to cooking with onions, chances are you throw away or compost the thin, translucent onion skin. However, the next time you're tempted to just toss those peels, you might want to give ...

There’s no denying that onion is an inseparable part of our day-to-day cooking, but in most households the peels of onion are often discarded after extracting the flesh. But you will be amazed to know ...

You might already be hoarding sweet potato peels to turn into crispy veggie chips, but did you know you should also be saving onion and garlic peels? That’s right, these papery scraps that usually end ...

There are a lot of tasty and nutritious uses for secondary plant parts that would otherwise be discarded or, at best, added to compost. Waste not, want not! When I roast beets – homegrown or otherwise ...

Two items that many householders may regard as kitchen waste could actually help plants in your garden. Fertilisers are essential for plant growth as they provide nutrients that allow them to thrive.