Similar to green onions, you can save the rooty ends, place them in a glass with a couple inches of water and wait for your favourite Thai flavouring to regrow.

Next time you're whipping up a crisp Caesar salad, leave the base of your lettuce intact. Place it in a shallow dish with a bit of water and set in a spot with lots of sunlight, and it will start to sprout lettuce leaves. It may not grown into a full head of lettuce, but you’ll get enough for a light salad or a hearty BLT.

Forget about trying to find bok choy at your local grocery store. Create your own home supply by using the same method as lettuce. When you go to harvest, take the outer leaves first and let the inner, smaller ones grow bigger.

Similarly, you can regrow celery from the bottom two inches of the base. It loves the same set-up as lettuce: shallow pan, a little water and direct sunlight. You’ll have crisp stalks to snack on in no time!

This one can take two to three years of growing, but if you're looking for a tropical house plant that will eventually bear fruit, this one is for you. Slice off the leafy green top of the pineapple and remove all the fruit until you see the root bud. Place in a glass of water and let it rest in a sunny place until the roots grow, then transplant to a pot with soil. You’ll have the beginnings of your own tropical oasis.

If you live for fresh ginger, try growing your own supply. Start by soaking a piece of ginger overnight in a glass of water, then plant it in a wide, shallow pot about two inches into the soil. Water it well and set it in a place where it can get indirect sunlight. After a couple weeks, you’ll see the plant begin to sprout, and in three to four months, you can harvest. Replant a piece for never-ending ginger!

There’s more than one way to turn one clove of sprouting garlic into even more. If you love garlic sprouts, you can set the clove in an inch of water and place in a sunny window. As the sprouts grow, snip and sauté them for a fragrant side dish. You can also pop that garlic clove into a pot of soil and in a few months, it will grow into a whole head.

Instead of toasting or tossing those pumpkin seeds from your gourds, rinse them and then soak them in warm water for a few hours. Plant them about an inch deep in a pot of soil and wait for your pumpkin plants to grow.

Make a summer’s supply of basil or cilantro from your store-bought scraps. Take one long stem and strip the leaves from the bottom, leaving some at the top. Place the stem in a glass of water and set in a sunny spot, changing the water every few days until roots start grow. Plant your them in a pot with soil and watch as it grows into a bush of pesto-worthy basil in no time.