Food waste is out, 'scrappy cooking' is in as grocery prices rise and budgets tighten

In 2021, Carleigh Bodrug posted a video online of herself using leftover orange peels, sugar and water to make candy that — in her words — "literally tastes like gummy worms."

She reminded people that citrus peels are edible and don't have to be tossed in the garbage, stuck the label "scrappy cooking" on her video and walked away.

The response was electrifying.

"I came back an hour later, and that video had been viewed by millions of people," said the Barrie, Ont., cookbook author and food blogger.