Waste Me Not

6 Feb

Our friends are Zero Waste Scotland are very big on saving on food waste which in the long term will save you little rascals money! Which let’s be honest is a great thing when you change that saving into real world options. Every year each household in Scotland chucks out around 430 quid worth of food that is perfectly good to eat.

Just to give you a measure of what else you could do with this £430 this equates to 150 pints of beer, now that’s a hell of a thing to waste.

As it’s Go Green week next week we just wanted to lend a hand and show you some ideas for using your left over food and saving you some cash at the same time. Below are my top five money saving tips.

  1. That left over bread you have, well don’t let it sit in plastic it will just go mouldy wrap it in wax paper and let it go stale. Chop it up into small chunks drizzle it with a touch of oil and sprinkle with salt, with that done bung it in the oven till golden brown. Some tasty homemade croutons perfect in soups and salads.
  2. That left over bit of chicken pull it off the bone and slice it really think it will go perfectly in quesadillas. What to use the whole bird? Crack up the carcass and boil in a pan after around and hours of gentle simmering filter off the bones and place the liquid in a sealable container. This chicken stock if freeze able and ready to use when needed.
  3. You may have a bit of veg here and there which doesn’t quite make a meal but trust me dice in all up and whack it in a pot with some stock, and in no time you will have a quirky although lovely vegetable soup.
  4. Made too much pasta sauce last night or is there just not enough in the jar for a full pasta bake, make your own pizzas pasta sauce is perfect for it. Even with a cheese sauce you can still make a white pizza. Bases can be bought at any good food store or be adventurous and make your own.
  5. Everyone likes a milk shake or smoothie, over ripe bananas are perfect for this with a bit of milk maybe some chocolate sauce you will be sipping on a straw on your way to flavour town.

For more information on how to save your leftovers see our friends @

http://www.zerowastescotland.org.uk/lovefoodhatewaste

Hope to see you all next week,

Enjoy

Chris

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