Reducing Food Waste Tips

Question 1

Plan

Answer 1

Your meals for the week and use a shopping list to avoid buying unnecessary foods

Question 2

Cover and chill

Answer 2

Leftover food and store appropriately. Enjoy it the next day, or freeze it for another time (if suitable for freezing).

Question 3

Measure food

Answer 3

Such as pasta and rice before you cook them. People often guess how much of these foods are needed and make too much.

Question 4

Be creative

Answer 4

Add unused fruit to salads (e.g chopped apple,grated carrot) or to smoothies (e.g soft bananas, plums). Add unused vegetables to curry or bolognaise (e.g courgettes, mushrooms).

Question 5

Bread

Answer 5

Keep it in the freezer and just take out what you need to save waste.

Question 6

Vegetables

Answer 6

Making a soup is a great way to use up vegetables that are going past their best.

Question 7

Milk

Answer 7

You can freeze milk at any time up until it’s ‘use by’ date. You could pour milk into ice cube trays and then use the cubes straight from the freezer when cooking, in dishes such as soups or sauces, or pop them straight into a cup of tea or coffee!