Lovely! Will try. Been trying to cook at home lately too. This has lately made me think as well. Been realizing how big the food loss, and food waste issue is and its impact on emissions. Been trying to cut down on throwing food away
What a great round up; thank you for sharing it, Maggie! I just wrote about something similar but i'm still combing this for habits I may be missing!
Regarding the takeout-I fully agree! Sometimes we have to honor the time value proposition, and remember that shopping cooking and washing up have costs built in, too. I find this is more valid as my kids have gotten older, and there's less takeout waste; a takeout moment provides a break for me and also more than one meal for us, which nets out at a win!
Wow, this list is incredible!! I need to be better about buying cheaper cuts of meat, and I love the idea of cooking all your veggies at once knowing leftovers can go in an omelette the next morning. (I’ve totally been guilty of forgetting about and letting stray mushrooms go bad!)
Love these tips! While I already do a number of them (learned the hard way, of course, lol), one that is new to me is to cook all the veggies. So so smart! I hate throwing away half of something I’ve forgotten about in the veg bin. I’m going to start cooking them and having them ready to go!
This is fantastic, Maggie! So many genuinely useful suggestions. I’ll add one more, if you don’t mind: Cook with leftovers in mind. You save time—and reduce waste by playing Food Tetris with a little of this, a little of that…
Lovely! Will try. Been trying to cook at home lately too. This has lately made me think as well. Been realizing how big the food loss, and food waste issue is and its impact on emissions. Been trying to cut down on throwing food away
Also wrote a quick three minute read on this brand I found that upcycles Discarded food into beer and wrote all about how cool they are! I try and teach people about climate and sustainable topics in quick reads. Do give it a look: https://arshiyaarora.substack.com/p/susstories-the-circular-economy-but?r=3pcwen&utm_medium=ios
What a great round up; thank you for sharing it, Maggie! I just wrote about something similar but i'm still combing this for habits I may be missing!
Regarding the takeout-I fully agree! Sometimes we have to honor the time value proposition, and remember that shopping cooking and washing up have costs built in, too. I find this is more valid as my kids have gotten older, and there's less takeout waste; a takeout moment provides a break for me and also more than one meal for us, which nets out at a win!
The break is SO important.
Wow, this list is incredible!! I need to be better about buying cheaper cuts of meat, and I love the idea of cooking all your veggies at once knowing leftovers can go in an omelette the next morning. (I’ve totally been guilty of forgetting about and letting stray mushrooms go bad!)
Sometimes the distance from a raw to a cooked vegetable is just too far!
I agree! A cooked veggie will get eaten faster than a raw one.
Love these tips! While I already do a number of them (learned the hard way, of course, lol), one that is new to me is to cook all the veggies. So so smart! I hate throwing away half of something I’ve forgotten about in the veg bin. I’m going to start cooking them and having them ready to go!
Thank you! Useful article!
All of this!! Really true about not shopping for one recipe (though I’m frequently guilty of that!!)
me toooooo.
This is fantastic, Maggie! So many genuinely useful suggestions. I’ll add one more, if you don’t mind: Cook with leftovers in mind. You save time—and reduce waste by playing Food Tetris with a little of this, a little of that…
So important!!!
Wow, so many great tips in here -- thanks so much for including me!
Thanks for your advice! I feel like this one is going to be pretty useful to us all.
This is fantastic!!
Tremendous pointers and reminders in this list - thank you!
So much helpful advice here!
Thanks—I love the wide range of tips everyone’s offered!
These are all excellent tips!