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Easy Yogourt and Granola Breakfast Parfaits A fast, easy, and light breakfast or snack made of granola, yogourt, and either fresh fruit, jam, or lemon curd. Make it even easier with all store-bought ingredients INGREDIENTS 1 cup (100 grams) granola, store-bought or homemade 1 cup (227 grams) yogourt, regular or greek 1/2 cup-3/4 cup fresh fruit or berries, jam, or lemon curd DIRECTIONS: 1. In 2 half-pint jars, glasses, or small bowls, alternately layer the granola, yogourt, and fruit, berries, or lemon curd. 2. Serve immediately. 18 | Truthmagazine
‘‘FoodRescue.ca makes it easy for food businesses to improve their environmental footprint by donating surplus food to local social service organizations that provide immediate hunger relief.” Food Rescue The Truth About Our Food Canadians throw away 40% (15 billion pounds) of food each year, most of which is perfectly edible. The value of this discarded food equates to $31 billion being tossed into landfills, resulting in a tremendous amount of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere which is not a sustainable situation for our environment. At the same time, there are single parents struggling to pay bills and feed their kids; seniors living on shrinking incomes, and youth unable to make ends meet. Every day we interact with these people – neighbours, co-workers, students, or retirees – who are experiencing hunger right in our own communities. MAKING A DIFFERENCE LOCALLY A great way to help stop food wastage in your community is to volunteer with a local charity or non-profit organization. These groups can take advantage of FoodRescue.ca to access fresh, nutritious food and you can be a volunteer rescuer! Offering 30 minutes a week to pickup a donation from a local business and drop it off at a shelter or school, can make all the difference to those in need. FoodRescue.ca is a free, online tool that gives food businesses with any amount of surplus a simple way to donate food to any type of local charity at any time. Grocery stores, retail outlets, restaurants, cafés, bakeries, butchers, caterers, hotels, producers, and growers can register to become food donors. Foods like perishable dairy, protein, prepared foods, and produce, as well as, any fresh, frozen, or shelf-stable items can be picked up by ‘rescuers’ to ensure this good food gets to those who need it most. HOW YOU CAN HELP AT HOME Reducing the amount of good food that is thrown away is everyone’s responsibility. We can all pay more attention to what we buy, consume, and put in the bin on garbage day. Try planning meals and shopping just for those needs, so that there is less spontaneous purchasing and the items bought are more likely to be used. Gather any older, limp produce items and store them in the freezer for making your own soup stock. When you are not sure what to make with excess food, search online for new recipes that incorporate those ingredients. In this way, we will all do our part to better our communities! Visit www.foodrescue.ca for more. Truthmagazine | 19
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