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11 Clever Hacks To Stop Wasting Food!

posted in Other on 7/13/2014
1. Chocolate jars, like Nutella, have almost always a bit of chocolate left on the bottom which you can’t get out with a spoon. Instead of throwing it away, pour milk, stir and enjoy a tasty drink.
1. Chocolate jars, like Nutella, have almost always a bit of chocolate left on the bottom which you can’t get out with a spoon. Instead of throwing it away, pour milk, stir and enjoy a tasty drink.

2. We recommend you transform the bit of mayo left in the jar into a tasty and highly useful salad dressing. All you have to do is combine it with fresh herbs, some olive oil and spice, and shake it hard afterward.
2. We recommend you transform the bit of mayo left in the jar into a tasty and highly useful salad dressing. All you have to do is combine it with fresh herbs, some olive oil and spice, and shake it hard afterward.
3. Don’t throw bananas away anymore, but reuse them wisely. Overripe bananas are going to make a perfect material for a piece of delicious banana bread.
3. Don’t throw bananas away anymore, but reuse them wisely. Overripe bananas are going to make a perfect material for a piece of delicious banana bread.

4. Also, you can freeze herbs over the winter with olive oil to make them stay `fresh` over the season.
4. Also, you can freeze herbs over the winter with olive oil to make them stay `fresh` over the season.

5. Peanut butter can be enjoyed a whole lot more if your remember to store it upside down. This way, the oil line will be positioned at the bottom and so you won’t lose any bit of peanut butter whatsoever.
5. Peanut butter can be enjoyed a whole lot more if your remember to store it upside down. This way, the oil line will be positioned at the bottom and so you won’t lose any bit of peanut butter whatsoever.
6. Honey or maple syrup are delicious ingredients but will prove a real hassle, making everything sticky on the kitchen table when you prepare a dessert. To avoid this, use oil coated measuring cups before pouring the stuff in.
6. Honey or maple syrup are delicious ingredients but will prove a real hassle, making everything sticky on the kitchen table when you prepare a dessert. To avoid this, use oil coated measuring cups before pouring the stuff in.
7. Stale and hardened bread hasn’t got its place in the garbage bin, but in your kitchen. As the form of croutons! This is how restaurants do it, so use this method with trust.
7. Stale and hardened bread hasn’t got its place in the garbage bin, but in your kitchen. As the form of croutons! This is how restaurants do it, so use this method with trust.

8. Vinegar can be a handy little helper in the kitchen. Not only in salads but also in making berries not mold. Rinsing some with vinegar will not change the taste but will avoid molding.
8. Vinegar can be a handy little helper in the kitchen. Not only in salads but also in making berries not mold. Rinsing some with vinegar will not change the taste but will avoid molding.

9. The potato can be quite a picky vegetable. First, we advise you don’t store it next to onions. Second, if you want it to not sprout much early, place potatoes with an apple.
9. The potato can be quite a picky vegetable. First, we advise you don’t store it next to onions. Second, if you want it to not sprout much early, place potatoes with an apple.

10. Even if may come as a surprise, pantyhose are a great medium for storing onions. That’s if you want them to last for many months.
10. Even if may come as a surprise, pantyhose are a great medium for storing onions. That’s if you want them to last for many months.

11. Bananas will stay yellow longer if you put some plastic wrap around them.
11. Bananas will stay yellow longer if you put some plastic wrap around them.

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