Karina’s Environmental Cooking Tip!
Most poor countries are great at using every part of the animal in their cooking, along with eliminating any probability of waste. The issue resides in wealthier countries discarding perfectly good food, straight into the bin. Food waste directly impacts the environment in many ways.
According to www.foodwise.com.au, “Australians discard up to 20% of the food they purchase!” Do you know what this extra 20% of waste would have costed the average Australian six months worth of your electricity bill! According to www.foodwise.com.au, out of the “8 Billion Dollars” Australians waste on food every year, “33% of fresh food is wasted and 27% of leftovers are wasted.”
There is also a waste problem in other wealthier countries such as America. According to www.earthshare.org, “40% of our food ends up in the trash instead of our stomachs.”
I’m picking up on a pattern here! People aren’t using their leftovers! Let’s start using our leftovers so we can save money and protect the environment! Now, that’s a win-win situation! An example of when I used leftovers on my blog, was when I made that beetroot salad. Since there were leftovers of the beetroot salad, I whizzed this beetroot salad up to make a dip! Now, this is a classic example of saving money and protecting the environment!
Let’s hope this really is food for thought!
Enjoy!
Karina x
Great post! I agree with, we waste too much food and it’s terrible when so many people are starving. Here in Angola, they eat EVERYTHING, fish head, tail and guts! Wouldn’t go that far but at least not much goes to waste 😉
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Hey epicesetbaobab,
Thank you soo much for your nice words!
You’re right! There are too many starving people out there, to waste food. That’s great how they eat everything, very impressive! 😊
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Lucky not all Aussies are guilty of waste. Interesting post!
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Hey Katrina, I loved this idea. It saves money, environment and what more? You can also be creative with it as limited options trigger amazing creativity within us. Looking forward to posts where you share your leftover food recipes. 🙂
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Hey, extremely sorry for misspelling your name there. 🙂
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Hey Pooja,
That’s ok and no worries 😊
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Hey Pooja,
I’m soo glad you love this idea!
You are spot-on here, as I feel that leftovers really make you even more creative! I made that beetroot salad, then used the leftovers to make that dip. It felt great knowing there was no waste! It also felt great knowing how easy it was to think of something to do with the leftovers.
On another note, a great thing to do with leftover roast vegetables, is to put them onto a pizza! Trust me, it’s good! Especially the leftover roast sweet potato! 😊😊
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Now, that is an amazing idea. 🙂 I love your blog. Looking forward for more. 🙂
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I like your tip! I think it is a good idea to use the leftover parts and perhaps we will discover a new taste that is delicious!
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Thanks soo much Liu.Live.Eat. 😊
You’re right on this 100%! You’ll be surprised what you can create from leftovers!
Karina 😊
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I always get a bit fussy when I see friends waste way too much food – i come from Bangladesh and I see how poor people actually do utilise all parts ofthe meat or vegetable. Good read 🙂
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Thanks soo much Lipstick on my Wine Glass!
You’re spot-on here!
Karina
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😊Thank you Mrs D!
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Thanks Pooja!
I love your blog too!
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