Which of these help you minimise food waste... - Healthy Eating
Which of these help you minimise food waste, this is multiple choice so please tick all that apply and say what other is.
156 VotersPlease select all that apply:
well I ticked all of the above ! I waste very little by making sure I plan meals -usually around what is coming in this week's organic veg box - and then using store cupboard ingredients like dried pulses , tinned tomatoes etc . I tend to make enough so my husband and I can have another meal out of it or else it gets eaten for a lunch.I also keep a running list of stuff Im getting low on so i know what i need from any supermarket shop. It's just about being organised really isnt it 
I'm jealous....you're a very organised person......xxxxx
well Im a retired Virgo ( I mean Im retired AND a Virgo )
Yes and I'm an old retired cronk who is a LEO. Truth is I'm just lazy......but admire you xxxd
If I plan meals then I tend to buy and use only what is needed
We mainly grow our own fruit and veg😊🍴
I ticked all
buy foods from places where you only have to buy as much or as little as you need. not ready packaged foods. especailly if you live alone.
I also ticked them all. Plus my ‘other’ is the occasional takeaway, which is always eaten completely. Maybe not very healthy but not very often and certainly no waste.
Mostly I shop daily as I have the time and I’m just cooking for myself. I just buy what I fancy that day taking into account which veg I have or if I have half a pack of something to use up. I buy staples like eggs, butter etc when I run out.
I always plan my meals, and prepare a list based on that. I always try to store veg properly, and go by how the veg looks, and not by the use by date.
Top tip is to sit spring onions in a glass of water, and not in the fridge
Buying anything loose is my favourite way to save waste. Sometimes I buy carrots for just one meal, especially if I'm not going to have them for a few days.
5 hungry rescue dogs ensure l never waste food.
That was a great help to me also as I made all my own dog food. My dog just passed awaiting a new puppy end of April. Making alot of soups and stews, we do not use lentils or potato's once in a while a sweet potato or two for a stew. Fresh veggie's do not go to waste!Love to hear from another fine dog feeder.
If I make more than enough for one meal and freeze the other half its a bit dispiriting to call it leftovers, its planned economy, batch cooking or something else that sounds organised.
My only problem is eggs, none in the winter and inundated in the good weather. Sometimes I have entire afternoons cooking with eggs to get the numbers down, egg and lentil curry is a fave.
I generally plan my meals on a Fri night for the week ahead
I then make a shopping list according to my plan
I buy fresh for the beginning of the week and ustilize them & always keep a little frozen, canned veg in to ise for the end of the week
I only buy things like eggs when ive planned meals around them so i know ill use them all
When i make a meal, if theres more leftovers than anticipated & ive already got my lunch ready i freeze it for another meal when im in a late night over the following weeks
I dont throw much out 🥰
“Buy biodegradable foods only”.
Biodegradable foods should not/cannot be wasted.
If you have bought too many bananas or something and you don’t get around to eating them all, don’t throw them in the bin... that is a waste of food (a waste of food for the planet anyhow). Compost the unused bananas or whatever.
If you live in an apartment building and don’t own a garden, take the used bananas out with you and lay them on the soil in the park or something :).
Nature is amazing.
We are fortunate to have a garden and the prunings from the bushes/trees... etc all get thrown into a container and stay there to rot.
A year later it would have composted and turn into mulch/soil!
We grow most of our own vegetables, the hens get the outer leaves and stumps from cabbages etc. Almost all other non-meat/fish bone type food waste is composted and returned to the garden.
I use everything I can and recycle anything useful - the rest goes to recycling with the dustmen. I buy and use fresh fruit and vegetable and in the Summer grow spinach and runner beans which I love.
Dear Jerry,
Another, very interesting, poll. I tend NOT to make a 'formal' Shopping List, except when I need something Unusual/ Different to the norm. If I want, my Normal, fruit, veg, raw and cooked meats then I wouldn't bother. If I need a new Power Lead, Birthday Cake, Gloves and a Hammer then, I Would, write a list! Things like Washing liquids, softener tablets, bleach and so forth I would probably just put a Note in my pocket.
I don't often have 'left overs', because I tend to make it Into 'Something'- then often Freeze it.
Hope you are well Jerry
AndrewT
Divide loaves of bread, packets of mince, packets of sausages etc in half and freeze in manageable sizes. Keep pet dogs to eat bacon rinds, rice, pasta and meat scraps and chickens to eat outside veg leaves....compost veg peelings, tea bags and egg shells. Use overripe bananas in baking and try to eat fresh fruit within use by dates.
I used to plan for the week but it ended up with more waste, due to me and my 3 sons all working shifts and sometimes unpredictable delays the plans didn't work, we were throwing a lot of spoilt food away because we'd just individually prepare what was quickest and easiest when we got home. What I'm doing now is doing more small shopping trips to keep us topped up and on my days off making a lot of big one pot meals and freezing leftovers so there is usually something healthy to microwave in a hurry. At first doing lots of little shops felt annoying then I realised it is upping my step count!
Being plant based implies minimise food waste. Meat & dairy by definition you need to be skilled in throwing away food that is going off, or at risk of going off. Those risks are of much less concern with vegetables.
I don’t like planning or making lists because I find it too restrictive. I like to shop what is fresh, looks good, is seasonal and therefore inexpensive so I do things the other way around. I then plan the meal around the food available. I always have a well stocked cupboard of herbs, spices and basics though. The times I did have an organic box I found was the time I threw away the most fresh food either because I didn’t like whatever was in the box or there was such excess I wouldn’t have been able to use it in a month let alone a week. Saying that it was in the very early days of boxes being delivered when there was very little selection and nothing more exotic than a turnip or carrot.
