You can eat better, healthier and save yourself the cost of wasted food
by simply employing some helpful tips to prevent food from going to
waste.
Store The Food Properly
This
is quite obvious, however, it is sometimes ignored when food is being
kept away or stored. You can easily store your food by refrigerating
(for foods or fruits like lettuce, cabbage, apples, oranges, cucumbers
etc.), keeping in a cool dark place (for foods like potatoes, onions,
garlic etc.) and leaving it out on the kitchen counter (for food or
fruits like whole watermelon, plantains, tomatoes, avocados etc.)
For food that spoil easily like dairy
products, leave them at the door of your fridge or on the kitchen
counter so you are more likely to grab and consume them often. Sometimes
food goes to waste not because we intend to let it happen, but because
we totally forgot we had them in the first place. Keeping these foods
that spoil easily in plain sight will reduce its chances of going to
waste.
Swap Food Smartly
If a recipe calls for a
particular ingredient rather than going out to the store to get it,
consider if you have anything at home that will make a nice swap for the
ingredient. This way you’re less likely to have food going to waste
because you were not able to use them on time.
Try To Come Up with Several Uses for Your Food Items
This
isn’t as hard as it might sound. The best part of food is how versatile
it can at times be. One food item can be used in many different ways
and a visit to a recipe book or online food websites will open you up to
the many uses of individual food items. This way rather than letting
your food go to waste, you can simply ‘multitask your ingredients’ by
using it in another way.
Use Them For Natural Beauty Recipes
Rather
than letting that ‘over-ripe’ banana go to waste, why don’t you use it
to make a face scrub that will soften your skin? You can also use foods
like old yoghurt and leftover nuts to make a foot scrub to soften the
skin of your feet. These are just some of the many ways food can be used
as ‘beauty ingredients’ instead of being wasted.
