9 hacks to make food last longer as prices soar
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- 08 Aug 2022
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While a few money-saving hacks won’t take all of the heat off rocketing grocery bills and petrol prices, every little helps – and making your food shop last a bit longer could go a long way.
These hacks will mean you don’t have to throw out food that’s gone off, and you don’t have to go to the shops so often to top up your fridge.
1. Store your herbs like a bunch of flowers
There’s nothing worse than buying a beautiful bunch of herbs, only to have them wilt within days – before you even have a chance to cook with them.
But there’s an easy hack to fix this: simply fill a glass with a few centimetres of water, and pop the herbs in like a bunch of flowers. To really extend the lifespan, put a sandwich bag over the top – you’ll be surprised at how much longer they’ll last.
If your herbs are looking a bit limp and you don’t think you’ll get to them in time, you can freeze them.
Chop the herbs up, put them in the bottom of an ice cube tray, and fill to the top with water. When you want to use them, pop them out and let them defrost.
2. Freeze any fruit on the turn
The same goes for any greens starting to look a bit sad – they’ll be perfect in a smoothie at a later date.
3. Pop old bread in the oven
You don’t have to chuck out bread when it goes stale – instead, quickly run it under the tap and pop it into the oven for a few minutes.
The water helps rehydrate the bread, and it will come out of the oven tasting fluffy and fresh.
4. Wrap your cheese in baking paper
Cheese might come in plastic wrapping, but it won’t survive for long like that in your fridge. Instead, wrap it in a porous material – such as baking paper – so it can still breathe, but doesn’t harden up like it would exposed to the air. Read More…
