Tips for you 8 simple ways to prevent food waste

According to a 2020 estimate by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 1.3 billion tons of food are wasted every year, while still more than 820 million people around the world are undernourished.
Buying too much and being forced to throw out expired food in the trash, is a situation many housewives encounter. So how to avoid unnecessary food waste? According to experts, it is important for us to remember the rule: “anti-waste means throwing away as little as possible”. So, before buying any foods, you have to think about what you are going to do with them and cook the best possible food.

To avoid having to throw away food, you also need to organize your kitchen well, store food properly in the refrigerator or freezer, and know how to recycle leftovers, as well as the parts that we normally throw away ( tops, bark, etc.). Make use of the tops and shells Waste-free cooking means consuming everything, including the tops and skins. But to do that, you have to follow some rules. First, cook the tops or skins (carrots, radishes, ..), because when separated from vegetables and tubers, they become very spoiled. They can be used to make soups or even added to cakes. The rinds can be recycled into broth and if you don’t have time to cook them right away, freeze them. Refrigerator cleaning challenge The advice of kitchen waste experts is to spend a few weeks just making all the things you have in the fridge/freezer without buying anything extra. This challenge will allow you to no longer throw away what you kept for months and end up throwing away. Don’t throw away what’s still edible As soon as eggs or yogurt are past their expiration date, do you throw them away? According to anti-waste experts, stop this now to avoid wasting tons of food that is still perfectly edible. Advice before throwing away is to smell and taste the food. If the product looks and smells normal, you can eat it. Sort food by time of purchase Here’s a secret to fighting kitchen waste. Almost all of us tend to order our latest purchases right outside, but with the fridge it’s the opposite. Keep the things you just bought inside and the products you need to use right outside. This seems simple, but many of us forget. Damaged fruit should not be thrown away immediately Slightly discolored apples or a bruised banana,… don’t put them in the trash right away. If you don’t have complicated cooking time, you can completely make your own jam in the microwave in a few minutes. According to experts, with a few fruits and less than half their weight in sugar, you can make a small jar of jam in 3 to 5 minutes. Buy the right needs It would be a mistake when there are 3 people in the house, but you buy up to 5 sandwiches because of a promotion and have to keep 2 in the refrigerator. Because it is not certain that next time you will use them and most likely they will be put in the trash. According to experts, be alert to quantity promotions. If the number does not correspond to the number of people, you risk throwing away what has been frozen. Keep the egg whites If the yolk must be used immediately after the egg is broken, the white can be kept longer. You can keep egg whites for 5 days at room temperature or in the refrigerator, and even weeks in the freezer. Experts reveal, semi-almonds will taste much better if you make with egg whites that have been stored for 5 days at room temperature. Get in the habit of freezing food for each meal If you freeze 1.5 liters of homemade broth, you will almost certainly not use it. Therefore, it is better to divide the broth with the right amount for each meal and freeze it in the freezer. Likewise, if there are leftover aromatic herbs, instead of freezing them in the usual way and forgetting about them often, you should ice the herb oil into pellets. To make, wash the herbs, cut them into small pieces and put them in an ice cube tray. Then coat with olive oil and freeze.