Five top tips: Stopping Food Waste at home

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Each month Notebook: will feature practical tips and solutions, both in the magazine and here online, for reducing wastage in the household.

Here are some to get you started:

When grocery shopping, plan your meals for the week and write a list to ensure you only buy what you need.
Keep a magnetic whiteboard on the fridge to keep note of the produce inside.
Herbs and salad mixes go off quickly in the fridge, growing your own will not only stop food waste but also save on food miles.
Be storage savvy – foods that are stored correctly will increase their longevity.
Find recipes for cooking leftovers or freeze foods to use at a later date.

Share our editor's journey as she tackles food waste in her own home. Click here to read more.

Published in Notebook Magazine

Issue: September 2008

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Sassie05

commented on Five top tips: Stopping Food Waste at home at 8:50pm Thu 28th May, 2009

I partly prep vegies before placing them in storage containers in the fridge - snowpeas topped and tailed and soaked in cold water to make them plump again (same with celery), cos lettuce seperated and washed, spring onions cleaned up and cut to fit the container etc. Doing this makes our veg more appetising and quick to use, and things don't to waste in bags thrown into the bottom of the crisper.

ginapirrello

commented on Five top tips: Stopping Food Waste at home at 5:36pm Thu 20th November, 2008

When the vegies aren't looking so fresh, I cook and blend (hide) them into my 2 year olds favourite meals. Anthing can be hidden in bolognese sauces,cauliflower in mash potatoes,carrots in macaroni and cheese sauce etc. She is none the wiser and I am chuffed she is eating her vegies!!! Even ripe banana's can be frozen and brought out with a cheer for a banana milkshake....

collemag

commented on Five top tips: Stopping Food Waste at home at 7:10am Thu 6th November, 2008

All my waste from the table and vegies go to my worm farm, they reward me with castings I water down to feed my plants

graceduprie

commented on Five top tips: Stopping Food Waste at home at 7:31am Thu 30th October, 2008

I have three chickens in the backyard and all our scraps go to them. I also cook bigger portions which I freeze for when I am busy or lazy. No waste of money on take-aways. :-)
I have an old cook book from the Nursing Mother's Association and it has many simple recepies that allow me to be creative with left-overs. Such as sweet potato cake from the left over sweet potato. Be creative - find out what to do with left-vers instead of throwing them out.

kadams

commented on Five top tips: Stopping Food Waste at home at 11:38am Tue 7th October, 2008

Get to know your neighbours so you can swap any excess produce with each other.

lucas

commented on Five top tips: Stopping Food Waste at home at 10:16pm Mon 6th October, 2008

Buy fresh produce at farmers' markets, the food is freshly picked and lasts longer.