12 Kitchen Hacks that Reduce Food And Financial Waste

Trying to make the most of kitchen hacks that reduce? You are in the right place. Below we break it down in plain English, with practical tips you can actually use.

Key Takeaways

• Share with your friends!76SHARESFacebook76PinterestMessengerWhatsAppEmailShareFlipboardRedditSMSX Life is already stressful.
• Eating is essential, no reason to feel stressed out about it.
• When the budget is tight, and you have to throw food away because it’s spoiled, it is like throwing money away.

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Life is already stressful. Eating is essential, no reason to feel stressed out about it. When the budget is tight, and you have to throw food away because it’s spoiled, it is like throwing money away. Don’t fret.

Food Scraps

If you want to useful food waste hacks, you’ve come to the right place.

There are numerous ways to repurpose food waste to save money. Here are some excellent kitchen hacks to up-cycle your food waste. 

Taking these simple steps can make a big difference in reducing food waste.

Table of Contents

• Banana peels as Fertilizer
• Veggie or Meat Stock From Scraps
• Purchase Meat on sale and save it for later
• Freeze or Dry bread
• Revive Stale Bread
• Grow from scraps
• Cheese Rind
• Leftover Herbs Into Olive Oil or Freezer Cubes
• Dry Herbs
• Coffee Scrub
• Coffee grinds for fertilizer
• Bruised Fruit Face Masks
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Banana peels as Fertilizer

Most of us know by now you can use overripe bananas to make banana bread. There are a ton of recipes you can do with overripe bananas.

However, there’s another banana hack you may not know, and you can use every last piece of it. Save the banana peels and add them to water for an excellent fertilizer. Your house plants will thank you.

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Veggie or Meat Stock From Scraps

Next time you cut veggies, keep all the scraps you typically toss in the trash. Put those scraps in a bag and keep them in the freezer. When the bag gets full, drop all the leftovers in a pot with water.

Then season the stock to your liking and simmer on the stove. You’ve just made delicious veggie stock.

Save your bones and trimmings for meat stocks to add to them. 

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Purchase Meat on sale and save it for later

Purchase quality cuts of steak - ( bone-in) when on special. Then freeze and BBQ them for numerous meals over the summer, saving bones.

Purchase tougher cuts of steak when reduced, cut into chunks, and stewing beef costs less per pound than the pre-cut packages.

Check the prices of reduced meats, ie: 30% off. Compare with regular prices. They are frequently more per pound than the regular cost even with 30% off.

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Freeze or Dry bread

• Purchase reduced bread then freeze the loaves.
• If you don’t like the ends or crusts of bread, then tear them off, dry them on cookie sheets in the oven, then bag them for croutons.
• Pound dried bread crumbs for crumbs to coat meats, (season at the time of use)
• Use the pieces for bread pudding.

Dried bread crumbs will keep for months.

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Revive Stale Bread

Do you have stale slices of bread? You can rehydrate stale bread by quickly putting it under running water and in the oven at 350 for 5-10 minutes. You can also turn your stale bread into breadcrumbs.

Tear stale bread into pieces and place it on a baking tray. Drizzle pieces with olive oil and season with your choice of salt, pepper, and spices. Bake at 250F for about 20 - 30 minutes. 

Grow from scraps

Do you want to save on expensive organic fruits and veggies? A quick google search will tell you everything you need to know to grow your produce at home, and it’s super simple!

You’d be surprised how numerous fruits and veggies you can grow from the scraps of produce you purchase at the supermarket.

Our favorite is green onions. Instead of throwing away the scraps, just plant the bulb of the green onion in the dirt, and it will grow back a few weeks later.

Cheese Rind

Leftover rind from Parmesan cheese? Keep the cheese rind in the fridge or freezer, and toss it in soups, sauces, or stews for an extra oomph to your dishes. Please don’t throw it away. 

Leftover Herbs Into Olive Oil or Freezer Cubes

Do you ever purchase fresh herbs for a dish and have too much left over? Put your leftover herbs in olive oil for infused oils for cooking. You can also put fresh herbs in an ice cube tray, top with water, and freeze them.

Just toss them into whatever you’re making, and the water will melt. The next time you need them, you’ll have perfectly portioned herbs. 

Dry Herbs

Purchase fresh herbs and put them in the fridge wrapped in a paper towel in the container you bought them in, they get dry but still are potent!

You can also dry your leftover herbs. Tie them in a rubber band and air dry in your kitchen area.

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Final Thoughts

Before you check out, double-check kitchen hacks that reduce against current offers and any coupons you can stack. Small habits like this add up to real savings over a year.

Originally published at chachingqueen.com.