Re –Use – Ways of Reducing Food Waste

Objective:

1. To be able to understand how to store foods correctly.

2. Be able to think of creative ways to use up store cupboard essentials

3. To be able to explain food safety

What three foods do you think that we throw away the most in Britain?

190,00 tonnes, 94% untouched

328,00 tonnes,

35900 tonnes, 49% untouched

¼ of the food that we throw away is still in its packaging.We throw away £420 of food a year

Why do you think that this is?

Over £10 Billion is thrown away each year.

What ways can we reduce the amount of food that we throw away?

Stops people buying what they don’t need, makes people plan meals

Re-use left over's or freeze mealslink

How could the left over's be used from the following meals – offer recipe suggestions…..

Christmas dinner

Party Food

Brainstorm as many recipes that you can think of using the following ingredients…….

Recipe linkRecipe linkRecipe link

Food Hygiene and Safety Rules of Re-heating Food

1. Foods should only be reheated once.2. When foods are reheated they should be

re-heated above the danger point of 63 deg c, taking care to avoid cold spots in food heated in microwaves by turning and moving the food

3. Foods should be covered and cooled rapidly and refrigerated as quickly as possible below 5 deg c

4. Hot foods should not be placed in the fridge.

Food containers

Link KFC

What other ways areFood producers & supermarkets

encouraging Us to re-use materials?

Re-usable bags