10 Top Tips for Eco-Friendly Cooking
We wanted to share our knowledge with you on how you can make some small changes when in the kitchen, from batch cooking to how best to store food. These small changes all add up over time and make a big difference – reducing your environmental footprint.
Have a read-through and see which things you’re already doing and which things you can put into practice.
1. Batch Cooking – This is great to do at the weekend when you have more time on your hands. Cook in larger qualities and freeze!
2. Buy Seasonal Ingredients – By eating seasonally, you’re getting the food at its ‘nutritional best’ and you’ll save money on the food shop. We have attached our Seasonal Calendar for you.
3. Reduce Food Waste - Plan your meals for the week to reduce any food waste.
4. Switch to Low Energy Recipes – Look out for meals that have minimal cooking time on them, like our Couscous, Chickpea & Feta Salad.
5. Reduce your Meat Consumption – By reducing the amount of meat you eat during the week and replacing it with vegetarian meals, you’ll be doing your bit to protect the environment against climate change.
6. Use Food Containers – Purchase some food containers and use them instead of clingfilm or aluminum foil. These will be perfect to fill with leftovers from dinner time, and store in the fridge for tomorrow’s lunch.
7. Freeze Leftovers – Another option for leftovers is to freeze them. It’s an easy dinner for those busy days!!
8. Chop Food into Smaller Pieces – By cutting food into smaller pieces, they cook quicker, end result - less energy needed to cook it.
9. Compost Food Scraps – Get a food waste bin, you can add any food scraps such as fruit & vegetable peelings, tea bags, hard fats & lard.
10. Source Food Locally – Buy locally to support your local businesses and reduce your environmental footprint.
By doing ‘our bit’ for the environment today we’re making a better future for our children and the planet.
For more recipes have a look at our Cooking at Home page.
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