STS (Simple Tips to Save) Food

The usual response of ordinary people to an economic slowdown with spiraling prices in commodities and services is to reorder their buying or consuming priorities. Without any doubt, food takes the right of precedence. Just like STS energy the following suggestions cope to lessen or dispel wastefulness, and in this post,of food.

If there are more than three household members who dine at home everyday, whoever is in charge of marketing may buy foodstuffs that are consumable within three to four days. This way keeps most ‘unprepared’ foods, such as eggs or fruits and vegetables, fresher. This would prevent spoilage because everything will be used. But this requires meal planning, whether one precooks and stores or cooks every fare. Prepare your menu and list down ingredients before going to the market or grocery store. To economise, buy foods in season and try it at your local farm markets, as frugal living advises when buying fruits. This is due to the fact that local time of year produce, besides the freshness, are low-cost than those foods out of season or transported from another country or state.

Utilise serving spoons. Individual serving spoons for each cuisine will keep taste separate and intact which in turn, reduce the deterioration process of food substances. The use of serving spoons is also hygienic. We never know another person’s health status during that shared repast. Prevention keeps everyone‘s well-being and saves money. And since meal leftovers are clean — they can be stored.

Store up leftovers individually wrapped up or in clean dry containers (with covers or lids) inside the fridge or freezer. These can be reheated on another day. Some leftovers can be recycled into another meal. A fried pork can be cubed and cooked stir-fry style with vegetables. Chicken can be diced or shredded and combined to the green salad or sautéed in onions, sweet peas, and tofu. Use imagination and flexibility in the kitchen; perhaps mix two leftover fares such as menudo and meat torta to construct something new. Forget cookbooks’ how to or dos and don’ts. Enjoy creating new cuisines with leftover cookery.

And every time we prepare food, it wouldn't hurt to remember with compassion — the the regions in this planet with food scarcity or the thousands of people who are hungry, and the animal to plant or other nature communities that ceased to be — in order to feed the human need and luxury. Remember then that there is no excuse (especially) for humans to squander even a crumb of cracker to a drop of water.

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