8 Ways of Stop Wasting Food

Incredibly informative. Gives me and so many others a lot to think about, consider and change into my eating and shopping routine.
Truly appreciative of your video. Thank you for your hard work, preparation and awareness to the life you lead and through it advising others to try and better theirs.

love these ideas thank you for sharing. it would have been better/easier for the viewer to remember all the tips if they were kept in groups. I.e all the info on bread talked about at once vs sprinkled throughout the video. Also “sell-by-dates” have absolutely nothing to do with when the item will spoil by. it is ONLY for stores ; its (as the name implies) the DATE that the store has to SELL that item.

I love going to a supermarket and finding strawberries pase their “best before” because they’re always perfectly ripe then and taste the best ��

When the bread gets hard u can just put it quickly under the water and put it into the oven. The bread goes good again 😉 However you can only do it once

I love this video! It’s very informative and I’ll definitely use some of your tips:) But please take care what information you are sharing! Using a homemade scrub out of coffee scrubs on the face can be damaging/irritating to the skin! (If you need an explanation: The coffee scrubs aren’t uniform in size so if pressure is applied from our hands it can cause micro-tears in the skin, which can lead to long term problems if you use this method a lot). I just wanted to tell you this because with a platform this big it’s important to stay conscious about the information you are sharing! But aside from that, great video!

I’ve been checking the Riverford food, and half of their vegs and fruits are not local, but from Spain, Italy, France and others… I am new in the sustainability world, and after doing a little bit of research it seems that there is no place where all the vegs and fruits are 100% local, not even close. Am I right? Or is there something I am missing? Can somebody help? Thank you a lot.

Tip learnt from office work where there are always pastries kicking around. Microwave a stale pastry (doghnuts, croissants, yum yums, cookies whatever) for 5 to 10 seconds to give it some moisture and fluffines back.

So it may not be reducing food waste really but to avoid buying tons of little bottles of vanilla extract we make our own with vanilla beans and vodka, both which we can get in glass containers. I’ve used this method for rosemary, orange, and lemon extracts as well.

We also use frozen bread to make fresh croutons or with dishes that require bread. And making and freezing your own stock is amazing and makes dishes so much better than store bought(You can also do this with bones or fat from meat if you use it, not just vegetable off cuts). Also if you have any dry grains that may have been sitting too long you can use them to blind bake pastry instead of getting making weights.

Also you can put the steal bread in the microwave for a very short time (like 15 seconds) and it will become soft again! (Only works once tho!)

Thank you for speaking up for the guilt us disabled people carry for buying the chopped stuff! My mom would prefer to just go without and I’d rather she eat something healthy and recycle the plastic than let the guilt over the plastic get to her. She just doesn’t have the hand strength for chopping and peeling anymore

Your channel is one of the best to lead a zero waste life. Can you please tell me whether the kitchen appliances such as food processors, blender are recyclable

I don’t peel the courgettes or carrots when I’m using them and I also have the habit to eat potatos with the skin (I find them tastier that way). Usually I leave the skin of most vegetables, I really don’t mind. I peel slightly the stem of the broccoli so it can cook properly and it’s softer to eat it. Peels of lemons and other citruses, I usually add them to my tea or blend them with salt to season the food. If I don’t feel like eating the stem of the herb, I add it to the soup. When I cook rice I throw the whole clove of garlic with skin on, my grandma taught me that. I found a recipe for orange cake that uses the whole orange, so I have been doing that recipe ever since. Love the tips! ❤❤❤

yess! i always give my scraps to my bunny, and she loves them! also, when some veggies has gone a little brown (for example, romaine lettuce) i give it to my bunny and she eats it all:)

I used the idea of making refrigerator pickles. There was a sale on cucumbers so for $2 I was able to make 3 pints of delicious pickles! It was so easy to make! What a great snack or side dish!
Now I’m going to try pickling other veggies this season. Thanks!

Great info! I also try to “food share”. By that I mean that if I buy food that I know I won’t get to eat in time (before it goes bad), or food that I’ve purchased and it isn’t something I really enjoy I try to share it with friends/family/co-workers. In my case, co-workers are an easy one. I work in an area with a large warehouse and it is very easy for me to bring food (even opened) food in and others will be happy to take home to enjoy with their family. Also, just yesterday I brought a bag of snack food that I had eaten about 1/4 of it (so 3/4 left) to my parents house and asked if they would want the rest. It was a nut mix that was very sweet and wasn’t my taste. I tried to enjoy it, but realized I wouldn’t eat it and didn’t want to throw it out. My Dad tried it and loved it.

I like to use my broccoli stems for stir-fries. It gives an extra crunch:) Also for anyone feeling “lazy” or is simply short on time, you can use nut butters to blend with water to make a quick nut milk without the plastic.

Thank you so much for all of the work that you do. I truly appreciate the way you approach people, and your commitment to inclusivity. I believe your kindness and understanding regarding accessibility will reach the ears of far more people. I am glad that I found your channel.

Amazing video! I’d add freezing slices of ripe bananas and making the most delicious ice cream in the blender within seconds! I couldn’t believe how creamy and sweet it turned out to be. Have a try!
Thanks for your great work Immy!

I give you 1 more tip good for all rot vegise if you know they vill go bad befor you have time to eat them peel or prepp to your way of eating put dem in pot with cold wather and take dem to a boil. take them of plate and cool down put dem in porsen bag and frees then they kvikk and easy to juse leater

I tried going a whole month without grocery shopping to work through food I never get around to and to reduce my exposure during COVID. That totally changed my mindset. I have an eye that looks at my food and figures out what will go bad first, how to cook up various things before they go off. A lot of things that get a little gross if frozen or if they’re not ripe can be cooked into useful things (I saved a fancy orange I bought that was pithy but boiling it in water and sugar to make a syrup out of it, tastes amazing with blueberry pancakes). Lots of extra tips in here I’ll be trying. I take way longer between grocery trips now even though I buy my normal amount because I make myself cook up every last thing in my fridge, and tell myself I can cook my not favourite thing for brekkie for one or two days.

I’ve been working in bars for almost 10y and can tell you you can use aquafaba as a substitute for egg white in cocktails if you want to make yours at home!! It acts the same way, making the cocktail smooth (getting rid of the harshness of the spirit) and makes the foam ✌️✌️✌️

You can use orange and citrus skins in natural kitchen spray. Just soak in vinegar for a few days.
Baby beetroot leaves are yum in salad too.
I freeze my ginger and grate it straight into foods. I don’t even peel it.

about the carrots; in case storing them in a glass of water doesn’t work for you (I have a) the hardest tap water in my country and they don’t like the layer that forms around them and of top of the water after a few hours, and b) I have mold problems), wet a clean paper or cotton towel (not dripping) and place with the carrots in some tupperware or a glass and store in the fridge, preferably in the veggie box

I do something similar to veg broth with fruit peels. My nephew cant chew threw fruit skins yet so everything gets peeled for him. All the peels get put in a big ol bad and once its full i boil it with a bit of sugar and cinnamon. It’s quite delicious. I usually drink it but every now and then I will reduce it into a syrup for oats or pancakes!:)

I’ve kept spring onions, in the window sill, in a glass, for 2 3. How? Just change the water every 2 days. Only take part of the onion allowing it to grow back
What do I do with excess fresh produce just before payday. I pull them out of the fridge and make recipes (raw not cooked) and store in the freezer. By doing this, we always have a healthy meal when we’re busy or sick or just lazy.
With my fruit I cut them and store in a container in the freezer as my smoothie mix. I keep it as a smoothie blend, not individual fruits.

I guess in England it’s different but in here you need a lot of approvals from the city to grow stuff in a “communal garden”. If it’s a private area it depends you can’t grow trees and stuff like that. (Well you can but it’s illegal and they can ruin it:/).

Can’t wait till the snow melts so I can plant a garden! Through last years my tomatoes did not do super well, bunnies ate all my lettuce and my cucumber didn’t grow. But there was a lot of mint though!

you can also use the scrap from chopping and peeling veggies to make veggie broth….you can keep a container in the freezer to collect them until you have enough to boil them into a broth….strain out the bits and pieces and then compost them….you can freeze the broth until you are ready to use it

I’m moving in about 5 weeks and so with decluttering all of the stuff we don’t need, I’m trying to empty out the cupboards and freezers (yes, 2 freezers for 2 people-ridiculous) and I don’t think I’ve ever done this before. Not only are we saving loads of money because I’m just buying stuff we need every week (fresh fruits and veg) but I’m trying a bunch of different recipes to try and use up the stuff that I forgot I bought or just to use them in a different way. It’s been a huge eye opener as well as a fun project! In our next house, I’m definitely not going to keep as much “just in case”.

Hello���� i love your videos! Im not sure if u have a video on your channel on how you started your journey and what inspired you to do so. If so, can you kindly link it plz? Thankss

I love to buy organic but it is so expensive so many of what I have at home to cook a nice meal are from the clearance rack which saves me tons of money, I’m still alive and still buying past the due date or best by,I just post a video with some finds at the discount store that will last me for more meals, have a good day everyone!

Thank you for the freezing ripe fruit idea! Wonderful! If someone has a high speed blender, scraps can be blended with water and added directly to the garden.

Great video:) I started freezing my fresh herbs but find they went slimey and lost all their flavour, great tip to pop them in water, will do this today ty!!

When you order Asian food in the U.S., you get a lot of soy sauce packets…I don’t throw them away anymore. I used them in a pickling recipe of 1:1:1(soy sauce, sugar, vinegar). I usually have a small jar of it started. Then I throw scraps of chili pepper, garlic & onion. My kids like it with steak. It also pairs well when the kids make their version of Vietnamese rolls. I get them to eat a “salad” without much effort.

I saw how your cupboard was neat with mason jars, and I paused the video to clean mine. It shows how inspiring having a neat environment can be for other people:)

If you’re trying to grow fruits/veggies, make sure you take precautions or else the squirrels will end up eating everything regardless of if it is ripe or not. I’ve had this problem for years and although it probably doesn’t help living right by the horniman nature trail, so we have to be really proactive about making sure anything we grow we actually pick instead of losing it to squirrels.

I have a meal plan and shopping list for 30 meals.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/t4lfljxmzb8qr3a/20180706_Master_Shopping_List.xlsx?dl=0
As long as I have the stuff on the list, I have dinner.

Very nice tips!! A homemade chutney sounds amazing, maybe you could make a video about how to make them:) thanks for your inspiration:)

Thank you for video! I really like the tips! You could also add the frozen coconut milk to your iced coffee instead of regular ice cubes. ����

A great tip I love is when you peel potatoes or sweet potatoes, I drizzle the skins with oil and pop in the oven till crisp and golden, pull out and season and eat them as crisps. Soooo yummy ��

Thanks for the tips! I liked how you talked about proper storage for fresh foods. I had never thought to stick carrots in water in the fridge! How long do they keep fresh? Also, would it be better to keep the carrots and water in a sealed jar?

I used to have problems always wasting celery and green onions because I would only need a few pieces for a recipe and then would never eat the rest. Now I just chop them up and freeze them and they work great in casseroles! Another tip for veggies is to wrap them in a damp towel before putting them in the fridge. I’ve found this really helps prolong pretty much every veggie’s life.

In my fridge produce drawer I have a ‘old use up’ drawer and a ‘new no rush’ drawer. I do shop 2x a week to get more produce and this helps me make sure I know what’s new and what’s older. I also have 2 baskets in the bottom portion of my fridge that I use to have snacks (like string cheese or zip loc bags of chopped veggies) and yogurt. Every week, I pull the old ones to the front of the basket and put any new stuff in the back.

I also freeze a bunch of veggies. If things are on sale, I’ll chop up potatoes, celery, carrots and make a soup starter. Or butternut squash, I make shakshuka but I only use 1/2 a butternut squash, so I chop up the other half and freeze it for next time. I’m a big fan of cook once eat twice (or chop once eat twice lol)

Hi Sarah thank you for another great video and sharing your tips. We do make up a grocery list before we go to the store and we do grow our own garlic and this year I think would we are going to plant some tomatoes and zucchini

We just moved into our new home and first thing on my list is to get the garden in shape, so I can create compost 3-part area. Everyone is looking at me like what is she talking about and why is she so excited, but I love the fact that not only you are helping the planet, but also creating new soil instead of spending money on buying it. I already have all the palettes ready and cleared quite a large area, so waiting for better weather to finish it off. In a meanwhile I collected 11 bags of branches, leaves etc. and 3 bins of household offcuts we have created. And let’s not forget the shredded paper.

Thank you for mentioning Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Indigenous peoples are the original zero wasters and continue to be stewards and keepers of the lands and animals.

I tried Imperfect Produce and have loved it so far. I try to do a big shopping trip once or twice a month. We receive Imperfect Produce every other week. It keeps me out of the grocery stores…where I too have been known to throw extra, fun food in my cart.

Soups are another way to get rid of veggies that are starting to go.

I got the tomatillos too! I’m going to use them in a sauce to go on top of tostados..

Hi Sarah. Interesting & helpful video again ��. I really dislike food waste. I’ve recently realised one of your points. By buying more of the food that I eat & enjoy I’m worrying less about getting more variety than I’m already getting, so I’m not wasting any food!