Eight ways to reduce your food waste
posted in Recipes on 3/23/2014
1.Invest in a slow cooker
Inexpensive and simple to use, slow cookers are a great way to cut down on food waste. They turn your leftovers, along with any meat and fish that you have hanging around, into delicious soups or stews.Add your ingredients to the pot in the morning, then come home in evenin
Inexpensive and simple to use, slow cookers are a great way to cut down on food waste. They turn your leftovers, along with any meat and fish that you have hanging around, into delicious soups or stews.Add your ingredients to the pot in the morning, then come home in evenin
2.Turn leftovers into pies
Alternatively, I throw all my leftover or ageing vegetables into a pastry-lidded vegetable pie. I use a simple recipe from Delia’s Vegetarian Collection or draw inspiration from the Pieminster book. A superb recipe called Leftovers Pie is guaranteed to use up all the lefto
Alternatively, I throw all my leftover or ageing vegetables into a pastry-lidded vegetable pie. I use a simple recipe from Delia’s Vegetarian Collection or draw inspiration from the Pieminster book. A superb recipe called Leftovers Pie is guaranteed to use up all the lefto
Battle garden pests
Cucumber on the turn? If you have a plant under attack from slugs or other bugs, slice the cucumber and place it as close to the plant as you can, on an aluminium pie case or piece of tin foil. The cucumber reacts with the aluminium to create an undetectable odour that is krypton
Cucumber on the turn? If you have a plant under attack from slugs or other bugs, slice the cucumber and place it as close to the plant as you can, on an aluminium pie case or piece of tin foil. The cucumber reacts with the aluminium to create an undetectable odour that is krypton
Put a sponge in your salad drawer
Place a clean, dry sponge in your salad drawer, to absorb excess moisture. This simple idea means that foods that are prone to mould and mush, such as strawberries and tomatoes, stay fresher for longer.
Place a clean, dry sponge in your salad drawer, to absorb excess moisture. This simple idea means that foods that are prone to mould and mush, such as strawberries and tomatoes, stay fresher for longer.
Upcycle old fruit into cakes and jams
When bananas soften and blacken, turn them into delicious bread. When apples and berries soften, turn them into crumble or jam. Although it isn’t a fruit, it’s worth saying that old root ginger –
When bananas soften and blacken, turn them into delicious bread. When apples and berries soften, turn them into crumble or jam. Although it isn’t a fruit, it’s worth saying that old root ginger –
Your freezer is your friend
If you waste food because you can’t eat it all in time – say, if you live in a small household and always end up with half a loaf of mouldy bread, or if your favourite recipes fill the fridge with opened tins – don’t under-estimate what can be preserved in the deep freeze
If you waste food because you can’t eat it all in time – say, if you live in a small household and always end up with half a loaf of mouldy bread, or if your favourite recipes fill the fridge with opened tins – don’t under-estimate what can be preserved in the deep freeze
Use old bread around the house
Even if you didn’t pop bread into the freezer in time, don’t throw it out. Strange as it sounds, slightly stale bread is great for cleaning wallpaper: rub a slice down the wall, and it will pick up grime. As for hard croissants, or buns: turn them into a luxury version
Even if you didn’t pop bread into the freezer in time, don’t throw it out. Strange as it sounds, slightly stale bread is great for cleaning wallpaper: rub a slice down the wall, and it will pick up grime. As for hard croissants, or buns: turn them into a luxury version
Discover the joy of composting
Finally, if you have left it too late and your food really is too old and grotty to eat, all is not lost. Put it in a composter. If you grow your own fruit and vegetables you can think of this as food recycling, rather than food waste: the composter will turn your old
Finally, if you have left it too late and your food really is too old and grotty to eat, all is not lost. Put it in a composter. If you grow your own fruit and vegetables you can think of this as food recycling, rather than food waste: the composter will turn your old
