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aproveitamento total de alimentos

English translation: letting nothing go to waste

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Portuguese term or phrase:aproveitamento total de alimentos
English translation:letting nothing go to waste
Entered by: Luiza Modesto

12:06 Jun 20, 2009
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Nutrition
Portuguese term or phrase: aproveitamento total de alimentos
For example, using banana peels to make cakes or old bread to make pies. The only thing that occurs to me is "making the most of foods." Thank you. :)
Luiza Modesto
Brazil
Local time: 16:08
letting nothing go to waste
Explanation:
I think in English this idea is usually expressed in the reverse: letting nothing go to waste. "Making the most of..." is ambiguous and could also refer to using something to its best effect.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-06-20 15:15:17 GMT)
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"Nothing goes to waste in a thrifty chef's kitchen"...Especially in today's lean times, resourceful chefs look for ways to reroute scraps and leftovers into desirable new dishes.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/02/27/...

"Nothing goes to waste
I had some zucchini that was going bad, so I stuck it in the freezer. I pulled it out last night and made some quick bread"
http://culinarybarbie.blogspot.com/2009/03/nothing-goes-to-w...

"I have a Sunset Magazine recipe for giblet gravy that is incredibly good- I never liked giblets much until I started making this. Now absolutely nothing goes to waste when I cook chicken or turkey!"
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/08/19/the-frugal-whole-c...
Selected response from:

Kathryn Litherland
United States
Local time: 15:08
Grading comment
Awesome Kathryn, ty so much for your help. Ty too Marlene but i had a gut feeling there was a better way of saying this in English. Ty Michael for the effort. :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4letting nothing go to waste
Kathryn Litherland
4 +1complete use/utilization of foods
Michael Powers (PhD)
4 +1making the most of food
Marlene Curtis


  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
complete use/utilization of foods


Explanation:
It's not only most; it is "complete". We are talking banana peels, old bread, etc.

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DeCS Server - List Exact Term
Synonyms English: Complete Use of Foods Complete Utilization of Foods. Tree Number: SP6.056.257. Record Number: 50340. Occurrence in VHL: ...
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DeCS Server - List Exact Term
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Sinónimos Inglés: Complete Use of Foods Complete Utilization of Foods. Categoría: SP6.056.257. Número del Registro: 50340. Ocurrencia en la BVS: ...
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Deep-feeling development gives autistics abstractions: When a ...
Examples of physical abstractions that may not be present in autism are getting mercury out of body, making complete use of foods that have gluten or casein ...
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DeCS/2008 Inglês
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LILACS e MDL, Conceitos DeCS em LILACS Regional. Whole Utilization of Foods . Complete Use of Foods . Complete Utilization of Foods . 1.00 ...
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Complete Use of Foods . Complete Utilization of Foods . 0.49. 0, 0. /fisiologia . Diabetes Mellitus . /dietoterapia . Dieta para Diabéticos . ...
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Programa Mesa São Paulo
She also holds cookery workshops to teach how to prepare them focusing on the complete use of foods. When there are new donations, she makes up different ...
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DeCS Server - List Exact Term
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Sinónimos Inglés: Complete Use of Foods Complete Utilization of Foods. Categoría: SP6.056.257. Número del Registro: 50340.
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Sinônimos Inglês: Complete Use of Foods Complete Utilization of Foods. Categoria: SP6.056.257. Número do Registro: 50340.
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Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Local time: 15:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: All the references you provided are still Brazilian. :)


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, kashew - Mike :)
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
making the most of food


Explanation:
I totally agree with you. Please, see below.

BBC - Food - Recipes Making the most of summer food (Image: Ainsley Harriot's Thai prawn satay with griddled ... Get the most flavour out of these beautiful but delicate fruits ...
www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/mostof_index.shtml -

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 19

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Katarina Peters
16 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Mary Palmer
49 mins
  -> Thanks!
disagree  kashew: I don't think it goes far enough, sorry.
1 hr
  -> Thank you for your valuable opinion...
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
letting nothing go to waste


Explanation:
I think in English this idea is usually expressed in the reverse: letting nothing go to waste. "Making the most of..." is ambiguous and could also refer to using something to its best effect.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 hrs (2009-06-20 15:15:17 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

"Nothing goes to waste in a thrifty chef's kitchen"...Especially in today's lean times, resourceful chefs look for ways to reroute scraps and leftovers into desirable new dishes.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/02/27/...

"Nothing goes to waste
I had some zucchini that was going bad, so I stuck it in the freezer. I pulled it out last night and made some quick bread"
http://culinarybarbie.blogspot.com/2009/03/nothing-goes-to-w...

"I have a Sunset Magazine recipe for giblet gravy that is incredibly good- I never liked giblets much until I started making this. Now absolutely nothing goes to waste when I cook chicken or turkey!"
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/08/19/the-frugal-whole-c...

Kathryn Litherland
United States
Local time: 15:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Awesome Kathryn, ty so much for your help. Ty too Marlene but i had a gut feeling there was a better way of saying this in English. Ty Michael for the effort. :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew
9 mins
agree  Michael Powers (PhD): nicely done, Kathryn, and very idiomatic also - Mike :)
19 mins
agree  Susy Ordaz
1 hr
agree  T o b i a s
1 hr
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