People often e-mail to ask how they can reduce their household food waste. One of the easiest ways is to save leftovers. Now, this only cuts waste if you actually eat those leftovers.
I love leftovers, especially as the next day’s lunch, but many folks don’t. For you non-leftover lovers, ensuring that they’re consumed means […]

It’s New Year’s Eve, you’re planning a party and avoiding food waste is the least of your worries. But you care about the environment and want to minimize the amount of food thrown away.
Turns out it doesn’t take all that much effort to do so. This post supplies many practical pointers, both waste-oriented and not.
Provide plates […]

I try to eat as much of the food I buy as possible. I plan out meals before I shop, save leftovers and compost whatever’s left. But until recently, I hadn’t made stock from leftover veggies or bones. To put my money where my mouth is, I set out to make chicken stock.  
In my mind, making stock seemed like the […]

Ever find yourself with a decent amount of ingredients left after cooking but unsure what to do with them? Reader Andrew C. wrote in with just that problem and asked:

I was wondering if you knew if there were any recipe websites out there that can give you a list of recipes based on the […]

At the beginning of most weeks, I give tips on how to avoid wasting food. Today let’s talk about prioritizing what to cook.
I’ve often nagged that it’s best to plan out the week’s meals or at least a few in a row before grocery shopping to avoid excessive purchasing. What happens if you don’t have time […]

At the beginning of most weeks, I give tips on how to avoid wasting food. Today we’ll talk about when ”best before” or “use by” dates can be ignored. 
My legal team advises me here that I should stipulate that I’m not a trained food scientist. True, but there are times when use-by dates are just silly. This article from […]

Britain is going food waste wild.
From England to Scotland to Northern Ireland to Scotland again and again, food waste is in the news. This is mostly due to the recently released statistic that Britons waste one third of the food they buy.
This factoid comes from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) that I’m told is a “quango.” Thanks […]

At the beginning of each week, I give tips on how to avoid wasting food. Today we’ll talk about one trick I’ve picked up along the way–planning two meals that use the same ingredient. 
This site has a nice description of the “doubling up” shopping strategy: 
When you’re buying your vegetables, plan your meals around them to avoid wasting food. […]

Almost every Monday I give little tips on how to avoid food waste in The Weekly Waste Word. Today, let’s talk about amounts.
Just as shopping can lead you to wasted food, it can also prevent it. Purchasing the right amount of a fresh ingredient for a recipe ensures efficiency, keeps food out of the waste stream and […]

A few weeks ago, we discussed the importance of making a grocery list. Going one step further, planning the week’s meals speeds up grocery shopping and reduces household food waste.
Meal planning forces you to have a purpose for each purchased item (with one or two fun exceptions). Deciding on meals can be a chore, but no more so than […]