How to save your scraps!
No matter how good you are at managing your shop and being mindful of waste while you cook,
we all end up with scraps.
From the ends of carrots to the stalks of broccoli, we have learnt behaviours when it comes to preparing meals that mean we throw away far more than is necessary, more often than not.
Here are our top tips for using your scraps - instead of throwing them in the food recycling bin!
Peels from Vegetables
So what should you do with onion skin and ends, celery leaves, mushroom stalks and all the other bits we cut off?
Make a veggie stock of course! Just gather your scraps and add to a bag in the freezer until you have enough (probably about 500g per litre of stock you’d like) and get going.
A good stock can seriously elevate a soup or casserole! And the best bit, you can even freeze the stock so you’ll have it to hand for up to 6 months!
Just save the broccoli/kale/cauliflower for other uses or their own stock - it can make it bitter.
Smoothies
Vegetable and fruit skins actually contain loads of nutrients which we tend to waste.
Fibre, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants can all be found on the outside of your favourite plant based produce, so rather than ditch it, pitch it into your smoothie maker - it all gets blitzed to oblivion and you won’t even know it’s there!
save the Stalks
Broccoli and Cauliflower stalks are criminally under used, and completely edible! Just shave off the tough outer skin and use alongside the florets you’re using.
You can also use them like you would celery stalks on crudite plates or add to soups.
Get Adventurous!
And if you have a garden you could always consider getting a compost bin or a wormery and get into the habit of using your scraps to enhancing your back yard and returning vital nutrients to nature.
There really are so many ways to use what we usually throw away from our fresh produce, and there are so many more ways to save these scraps, just give your usual culprits a google to find out some more suggestions!
Here at StreetBox we’re passionate about saving as much edible produce as we can and helping you to do so as well.
Just by buying a box from us you are already doing so much to save surplus fruit and veg from going to waste and making sure it gets to your plate and the plates of our local community beneficiaries!
We’re a CIC (Community Interest Company) who support local charities, community kitchens, food banks, schools and even more, with donations of fruit and veg for every box sold. Helping organisations across North and East London to fight food poverty in their local communities.
So when you buy a box you’re not only feeding yourself and your family, but helping others gain access to this amazing surplus produce and feed themselves as well!
Sound Good?
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