8 Easy Hacks to Prevent Food Wastage

Delicious smoked salmon with fresh strawberries and microgreens, garnished with black pepper and her.

5. Don’t Throw Out the Crusts!

Wholegrain bread loaf with oats on top, sliced to show soft interior.

If you don’t have a crust-loving family (seriously – they are the BEST part of the bread!!!), don’t just chuck them out. Keep one bread bag and every time you get a crust piece, keep adding to it. Bread crusts are perfect for making fresh breadcrumbs. They can be used to soak up excess oils when frying, or you can stick them in the backside of a roast chicken to stop the stuffing from coming out! So handy!

6. Don’t Throw Out Manky Bananas

Bananas with brown spots to prevent food wastage and promote sustainable eating habits.

Manky bananas are the BEST! Never chuck ’em out, just pop them out of their skin, break in half and pop them into a ziplock bag. They are great for fresh banana ice cream (just process the bananas in a food processor – instant ice cream) – or add to a smoothie. Or make the most amazing banana cake that man ever created! So handy to have in your freezer!

7. Buy Your Tomato Paste in BIG Containers and Freeze it

I don’t know how many times I buy tomato paste, and it ends up furry with its own population at the back of the fridge. Didn’t know you could freeze it – ingenious!

8. Keep Your Orange Peels To Make a Homemade Cleaner

Image Via In Sonnets Kitchen
Image Via In Sonnets Kitchen

What could be easier! Eat your orange and then use the skin to make a delicious smelling household cleaner that is gentle and has no harsh chemicals.

Do you have any more ideas we could add here?

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Clare Whitfield Chief Editor
Clare Whitfield is the Editor of Stay at Home Mum and a recognised voice in practical home management for Australian families. Based in the northern suburbs of Sydney, she balances editorial leadership with life as a stay at home mum to two school age children. Her background in home economics and more than a decade of experience in recipe development, family budgeting, and household systems inform her work.

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