Do your best to plan meals, and not let food go to waste. It has taken significant amounts of energy to grow & produce the food that we eat from farming, to transportation, to processing, and cooking, and refrigeration. It is important that we think of our meals & the food in our fridge as energy.
Now that I'm working from home, hopefully I'll stop buying food to cook and being too tired to cook it!
in June 2008
In the UK we throw away a third of the food we buy, which is crazy for so many reasons - landfill, rising food prices, and carbon emissions can all be mitigated by throwing away less food!
in June 2008
If you can, get chickens. They convert scraps into eggs.
in July 2008
We freeze "free flow" so that we only defrost what we need. Scraps go to the dog or to the chickens.
in July 2008
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in August 2008
I have the best ever recipes for re-using leftovers the following day! Soups, stews, frittatas, bread and butter pudding, pies... There is rarely a good reason to throw away food IMO.
Good stock rotation practises in fridges and cupboards are essential. Good for your health, your budget and your conscience!
in March 2009
There is nothing wrong with left overs, so long as you use them properly.
For example, in the Good Old Days, a chicken would make three or more meals:
1) Hot roast
2) Cold lunch from some of the left overs.
3) Shredded scraps in sandwiches.
4) Carcase as a starter stock for soup.
Then, what's left after that goes into the compost.
in April 2009
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