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Try our top tips and ideas for making the most of the food we buy. Find out what types of food can be frozen and how to make your fridge a true food saving hero. Why not share your own tips to reduce food waste with fellow Love Food Hate Waste supporters.

Our tips for Cooked meats

  • What did I do with that bit of onion? (and similar questions)

    Submitted by Judith KIein-Dial, New Hampshire, USA

    One of the best things I ever did to cut down our food waste was to put a plastic shoe bin in my fridge. I put in it the 2 pieces of cooked asparagus, the 4 slices of cooked roast, the odd bits and pieces, and yes, the chunk of unchopped onion, or the extra bits of chopped onion too, all in small containers. When I'm cooking, it takes just a second to look in the box for the odd bits that were left over to see what I can use in whatever I'm cooking now. It took a little while to get used to looking in the box at first, but it has cut down our food waste a good deal.

  • LOW FAT STOCK FOR SOUPS OR GRAVIES

    Submitted by Pam Prange, Liverpool

    After roasting meat or chicken pour liquid off into small margarine tubs, leave to cool and allow the fat to rise to the top, then freeze until needed. Microwave for 30 seconds and the layer of fat can then be easily lifted off.

  • Leftover roast

    Submitted by Elizabeth Pratt, Romsey, Hampshire

    If you haven't got time to make a shepherd's pie from your leftover roast, whiz the meat with an onion in the food processor and pour into a freezer bag for later. It is then quick and easy to cook the prepared meat mixture from frozen to make a shepherd's pie or rissoles.

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