Well Food Waste has hit the fan again, hasn't it!
Tesco has revealed it generated almost 30,000 tonnes of food waste in the first six months of 2013 in a report by the BBC and in accordance with their Every Little Helps Slogan they have issued an infographic about not wasting food at home which gives some useful info …
Tesco has revealed it generated almost 30,000 tonnes of food waste in the first six months of 2013 in a report by the BBC and in accordance with their Every Little Helps Slogan they have issued an infographic about not wasting food at home which gives some useful info …
… but not enough by a long thingy! I am not putting them down, really I’m not, but there is so very much more to be said!
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Well not us! I doubt we waste 700p on food each year. I have always been inspired when cooking by a little bit of this and a little bit of that and rarely waste a scrap.
It is because of this tendency
that I wrote my recently published book and as, apparently, October is National Self Promotion Month don’t blame me
for mentioning Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers several times in this post!
Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers could potentially save you £700
and not only that – my ideas are not just to save money they are also creative
and delicious. The book tackles food waste and the waste of good eating opportunities!
“Onions - Don’t keep Onions in the fridge. Store them in a brown paper bag in a cool and dark place.”
I have more to add to this including don’t store them with
potatoes as they make each other go off!
See here for The Best Way to Cook Onions, IMHO, and my leftovers cookbook for more info on storage plus ideas of what to do with
leftovers, obviously!
“Bread - 1/3 of the baguettes we buy go to
waste. Turn them into breadcrumbs and
store them in the freezer.”
Correct! At least 19 more ideas for leftover bread in my book! Here’s a recipe for Fried Bread Curry which, believe me, is delicious!
“Peppers - Leave the seeds and stalks connected and keep a half used pepper in the fridge. Alternatively chop it up and freeze.”
I agree with that! Of course there are also sorts of dishes that benefit from a little bit of leftover pepper; tomato soups and salads, pizza, sandwiches etc.
“Bagged Salad. On average we waste half of what we buy. Once opened store in an airtight container
with a piece of tissue to make it last longer.”
I don't quite agree with this. I open the bags slightly and allow to dry out a little then, if necessary very lightly dampen a piece of kitchen roll and lay it over the leaves. Even better, buy the living leaves – they grow back.
“Milk - Make a smoothie with your frozen fruit to use up milk. Or make a cheese sauce for leftover veg and freeze.”
Also how about add to mashed potato or let it go off and make cheese?
“Apples - We waste nearly 20% of the apples we buy.
Store in the fridge in original packaging or lightly tied bag.”
Well I would open the bag, get some air to them and store
the in a cool dark cupboard or similar, making sure they are all in good
condition (“one bad apple spoils the whole barrel” as you well know) and not
touching.
I don’t think I’ve ever wasted an apple in my life – there’s so many ways to use them up
including the Cornish Apple Cribbly and Devonshire Apple Dappy recipes mentioned here together with info on
making apple sauce and 15 ways to use apple sauce. There are 18 more ideas for leftover apples in Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers.
“Cucumber - Make your cucumber last by placing the stalk end in a mall container of water and standing in the fridge door.”
I don’t know if this works or not so have no comment.
If you have no immediate plans for your cucumber and don’t
want it to go off then try the
recipe here for Lightly Pickled Cucumber, you'll have to scroll down a bit!
“Mince Beef - Freeze your leftover lasagne or shepherd’s
pie.”
Again, true enough. If, however, you haven’t make a
lasagne or Shepherd’s pie there are many other things you can do with minced
beef, leftover or not – pastas, pies, sarnies, pizza, chilli etc. and so on.
“Grapes - Around 20% of the grapes we buy are not eaten. Freeze leftover grapes and
use them as ice cubes.”
There are ten more good ideas for using up grapes in Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers!
There are ten more good ideas for using up grapes in Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers!
Just for starters here’s a link for some more info on making
Famous One Ingredient Banana Ice Cream plus some other info, and there are 15 or more ideas in, you
guessed it, Creative Ways to Use Up Leftovers.
Browse around Sudden Lunch! for more ideas and, as I have hinted above, there is a great deal more information on avoiding food waste in here.
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2 comments:
Brilliant ..... absolutely nothing wrong with a bit of self promotion :-)
Tesco should have come to you first and made their infographic even more useful!
Im on the way to zero food waste. Thank you, i can have this as my guide for my
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