Celebrity ‘foodies’ have rallied round to support the launch of Ocado’s Food Waste Awareness Week, and provide their Top Ten Tips for smarter meal planning.
Tip 1: Plan It
“Plan your weekly shop: ordering online is convenient and helps you to consciously organise meals in a way that’s much more effective than dashing around a supermarket with a trolley. If you plan, you’re much less likely to over-buy and over-cook.”
Arthur Potts Dawson, Eco Chef
Tip 2: Control It
“Portion control - make sure you don’t make mountains of food - make just enough so that you don’t waste it. Use measures or weigh out pasta/rice etc.”
Antony Worrall Thompson, Celebrity Chef
Tip 3: Check It
“I always check the fridge before I go shopping which stops me buying things I already have.”
Ruth Langsford, This Morning presenter
Tip 4: Smooth It
“I make smoothies with fruit that is a little old. It tastes great and is very healthy.”
Pat Cash, Professional tennis player
Tip 5: List It
“Sustainable shopping is accurate shopping; make a list and look in your fridge before you go as that way you don’t duplicate what you’ve got. It’s amazing how difficult this is to remember to do, but it’s worth the effort.”
Wendy Holden, Chick-Lit author
Tip 6: Freeze It
“My tips are Tupperware and freezing. Nothing needs to be thrown away. Everything can be used again.”
Emma B, Radio presenter
Tip 7: Work it
“I always make too much salad; once it’s had dressing on it, the temptation is to chuck out whatever is not eaten on the day. Leftover salad - dressed or otherwise - is fabulous chopped up and used in stir fry and pasta dishes… or whizzed up with crème fraiche and used in all types of soup. It’s like a quick version of vegetable stock.”
Sarah Greene, TV Presenter
Tip 8: Cook it
“I would say that we roast a chicken nearly every week and sometimes I get as many as four meals out of that. Starting with the roast I then make stock overnight on low heat and we have a wonderful risotto with left over meat the next day. Then I add vegetables and make a couple of different soups for the freezer.”
Philippa Forrester, British television and radio presenter
Tip 9: Manage it
“Manage fresh food: when you put away your shopping, make a list of the dates by which perishable food has to be eaten. If things change during your week and you can’t stick to your plan as a result, cook the food and freeze it rather than throwing it in the bin.”
Arthur Potts Dawson, Eco Chef
Tip 10: Eat it
“Best before dates - best before means that the shop recommends that the product will be at it’s best before the date mentioned, it does not mean you should not eat it afterwards.”
Antony Worrall Thompson, Celebrity Chef
Great tips for helping to prevent food waste but I am sure you guys have lots more to add! What are your best tricks and tips for using up left-overs and cutting down on food waste?
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