Reducing  Food Waste

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Use your appliances to save food

Fridge

Freezer

Air Fryer

Food Mixers/Blenders

Fridge

Invest in a model that features technology specially designed to keep food fresh for longer.
Examples include:
- light technology to preserve the vitamin content and nutrients in your fruit ’n’ veg
- smart technology to ensure your fridge is set at the ideal temperature for its contents
- intelligent tech to control the temperature of different zones of the fridge.
Remember:
- the ideal fridge temperature is between 0-5°C. Adjusting the temperature of your fridge could help to keep your food fresh for three days longer
- many items not traditionally kept in the fridge last longer there, including all fruits (except bananas and pineapples) as well as garlic and eggs.
Freezer

Stock up with ingredients and batch-cooked meals that will make your future family mealtimes a doddle.
- Freeze your fruit ‘n veg if you can’t use it in time (summer berries for an autumnal porridge). Some will lose their texture when frozen – you can deal with this by freezing them pureed (tomato sauce) or stewed (apple crumble).
- prepping easy meals like soups and pasta sauces
- freezing those herbs before they wilt
Remember:
- Bread, milk, cheese, eggs, peeled bananas, blanched potatoes, yoghurt, avocados, butter, cooked rice or even wine can be frozen to preserve them for longer
- keep it at the right temperature, usually -18°C
- pack it up to 75-80%.
Air Fryer

Revitalise food with a press of a button:
- throw in potato peels and other veggie slices to make crisps
- some models have a dehydrate option and suddenly you have a healthy dried fruit snack (think citrus rings for cocktails, fruit chips) or even forage items such as seaweed, nettles or herbs
- no need to throw away leftovers in food that has lost its crispiness, air fryers will give new life to any soggy roast potatoes, tacos and even pizzas.
Food Mixers/Blenders

Use your blender wisely so you always make full use of the nutrients in veggies and fruit:
- use leftover leaves, stems, and peels of certain fruits and veggies to make nutrient packed soups and smoothies
- Green-fingered? Blend fruit and vegetable scraps to make them easier to break down in your compost pile.

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