Saturday 24 September 2022 10:29 PM TMOS's 10 tips to help YOU reduce food waste and make the most of meals amid ... trends now

Saturday 24 September 2022 10:29 PM TMOS's 10 tips to help YOU reduce food waste and make the most of meals amid ... trends now
Saturday 24 September 2022 10:29 PM TMOS's 10 tips to help YOU reduce food waste and make the most of meals amid ... trends now

Saturday 24 September 2022 10:29 PM TMOS's 10 tips to help YOU reduce food waste and make the most of meals amid ... trends now

Wasting good food is tantamount to throwing money in the bin. Yet despite grocery bills continuing to soar, the average family unnecessarily chucks out £730 of edible grub every year, while the scale of waste contributes towards damaging greenhouse gases. 

The Mail on Sunday’s War On Food Waste campaign aims to cut the amount of food being binned by Britons each week by 30 per cent. 

Here are some tips to help you to stop wasting valuable food, resources and money.

1. Think ahead and plan your meals 

Plan for five main meals a week to give you flexibility and even the odd takeaway (Stock image)

Plan for five main meals a week to give you flexibility and even the odd takeaway (Stock image)

 A rigid meals plan is not for everyone but you can avoid unnecessary and impulse purchases by thinking ahead. Plan for five main meals a week to give you flexibility and even the odd takeaway.

Make a shopping list – ideally on your phone – so you don’t deviate from your planned menus.

2. Look for inspiration to try new recipes

A recent poll for Sainsbury’s found that a fifth of consumers said they wasted food because they ‘don’t know what to cook’.

Whether zhooshing up old potatoes or limp lettuce, there are a host of imaginative recipes available (Stock image)

Whether zhooshing up old potatoes or limp lettuce, there are a host of imaginative recipes available (Stock image) 

Whether zhooshing up old potatoes or limp lettuce, there are a host of imaginative recipes available. Try these from environmental charity Hubbub: hubbub.org.uk/pages/category/food-waste-favourites and transform boring leftovers at realfood.tesco.com/clever-ways-to-use-up-leftovers.html. 

Or join a social media movement such as Sorted Food – sorted food.com – which provides online recipe packs designed to reduce food waste and save you cash.

Its research found that 93 per cent of shoppers spend more on food than planned, while 70 per cent feel their big food shops don’t stretch as far as they’d hoped.

3. Buy loose fruit and vegetables

Buy exactly what you need, rather than pre-bagged packs, to avoid waste and reduce packaging (Stock image)

Buy exactly what you need, rather than pre-bagged packs, to avoid waste and reduce packaging (Stock image) 

Buy exactly what you need, rather than pre-bagged packs, to avoid waste and reduce packaging. 

Research from the Government’s waste advisory body Wrap reveals that for apples, potatoes and bananas, enabling people to buy the right amount ‘was the most important factor in saving household food waste’.

4. Fathom ‘best beforeand 'use by' dates

Many foods past their ¿Best before¿ date are safe to eat weeks and even months later (Stock image)

Many foods past their ‘Best before’ date are safe to eat weeks and even months later (Stock image)

 Use by’ dates help to protect you from potentially dangerous bacteria that could be in food after that date,

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