5 Tips to Go Further with Food: Reduce Food Waste

Author：admin Date：2020-07-31 Categories：Blogs

When I worked in school nutrition, we always said about our student customers, “it’s not nutritious if they don’t eat it!” That goes for children AND adults. If we buy nutritious foods, but then we throw it away, we’ve lost the opportunity to be nourished by those foods. Reducing food waste is good for our bodies, our environment and our wallets. When I learned that the theme for National Nutrition Month was “Go Further with Food” with a focus on reducing waste, I immediately thought about the versatility and sustainability of peanuts.

Peanuts use a fraction of the water of other nuts and they are also incredibly useful – nothing goes to waste! Since the days of famed scientist George Washington Carver, we have been using the whole peanut—from the ‘meat’ inside to the skins to the pods—for eating, cooking, and making all manner of useful things. Talk about reducing waste!

但对我来说，厨师和食物爱好者，花生的真正魔法是我厨房里令人难以置信的多功能性。事实上，这种多功能性帮助我减少了董事会的食物垃圾。花生和花生食物是我对减少浪费的伎俩之一。以下是我的前5名垃圾破坏技巧，让您融入您的努力与食物进一步进一步：

Start at the store by buying ingredients that do multiple duty. Peanut butter is a great example because it can be used for sandwiches, spicy peanut sauces for noodles and stir-fry, Asian salad dressing, in hummus (instead of tahini), in baked goods and smoothies to add protein, and DIY granola. Many of these can also be made ahead and used over and over. A few of my other favorite foods that are super versatile include whole rolled oats (cereal, granola, baking), whole-grain bread (sandwiches, French toast, savory bread pudding), cheese (grilled cheese, sauce for macaroni, in eggs) and eggs.
Keep a running list of what you have on hand in the fridge, pantry and freezer. Incorporate these into your meal planning each week or make adjustments during the week to use those items up before they go bad. When I notice that I have too many apples, carrots, or bananas on hand, I either juice them right away or freeze them for smoothies later.
在进行计划时，请菜单和膳食计划并咨询您的日程安排。如果你知道你将在一周的时间旅行;你的孩子有一天晚上有一个球，你会咀嚼优惠;或者那个星期五晚上是晚上，那么你不想为那些晚上计划饭菜。Pro提示：如果您在周末延续时间时，请保持简单 - 当您在周末有更多时间时，等待您的内在玛莎。
Eat leftovers. This one is really for me – maybe you are a happy leftover eater. I hate to eat leftovers, but if I don’t eat them then I really throw away a lot of food. I work leftovers into my and my husband’s breakfasts and lunches, and we have a “leftover” meal at dinner once a week to clean out the refrigerator. It’s amazing what you can repurpose when mixed with eggs and cheese, or between two slices of bread, or topped with super yummy peanut sauce!
Use the whole fruit/vegetable, whenever possible. Save carrot, onion, celery scraps and herb stems for stock. Use the tops from radishes and beets in salads or sauté. Pickle chard stems. Bake potato peels to make crunchy snacks to feed hungry little ones while you make dinner.
I hope these ideas help inspire you to Go Further With Food!