Kitchen Hack: 7 Simple Tips to Save Money and Prevent Food Waste

For people who have slow-cooking food lifestyle, you have to deal with spoil veggies, meat, fruits, and any other fresh product which cannot stand the growth of the microorganisms on it. You need to put extra care into the store and prepare them properly. So it can extend the product lifetime and you can keep the freshness of the produce.

Besides, the time that you spend on the kitchen to process your food may not that much because you have another thing to do. So, making your food in the simplest and fastest way is one of the solutions.

Through some simple tips below, you do not need to worry anymore if you cannot finish a chop of meat on one cooking or spending more time on peeling garlic. It is worth to try, so do not miss any tips!

1. Properly Store Shelled Nuts

The oil in nuts can easily become spiteful if you put in the storage for too long. But if you store them in the freezer, the original taste will stand longer like when it’s still freshly harvested.

2. Save Vegetable Scraps and Cooked Bones for Broth

You should not waste the leftover veggies like celery, onion, garlic, and carrots after you use the main part to cook. It can be used to make a broth along with the bones.

The taste is incredibly delicious if you compare it with the one they sell at the supermarket. You will find it easier if you want to make a soup or stew dish since you only need to add some veggies on it.

3. How to Keep Celery Crisp Longer

To keep your celery from turning floppy within a few days, wrap it tightly in aluminium foil to extend its shelf life and keep it crisp for weeks. But if you forget to do this and your celery goes limp after a week, you can store with other veggie scraps (like onion, garlic, and carrots) in the freezer to make homemade broth.

4. Preparing Frozen Meat Before Cooking

Before you start to cook the frozen meat, you have to bring it out from the freezer and put it in the room temperature to make it cook evenly.

5. Roll Out Citrus Fruits Before Juicing

You can extract more juice from the lemon if you rolling out it before you squeeze it. Without any equipment, you will get more juice and warm up the fruit. This is very helpful when you need the juice for blood orange margaritas since it is still pretty firm.

6. How to Ripen Produce Quickly

When you want certain fruits to ripe faster, you do not need any special bags to ripen it. You only need to store them on the counter or in a plain paper bag with other fruits that have a high level of ethylene gas such as avocado and banana.

7. Store Fresh Herbs Properly

To keep the freshness of the herbs, you need to place them in a cup filled with a little bit of water, cover loosely with a plastic bag, and store in the fridge. They’ll usually last a few weeks this way, which is great if you love to garnish meals like pasta, soup, or tacos with a small handful of parsley, green onion, or cilantro.