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Found a simple way to cut food waste that actually saved me $60 a month | Climate Action - Librear

Found a simple way to cut food waste that actually saved me $60 a month

I kept throwing out half my veggies every week because they'd go bad before I could use them. Then I started chopping everything up right when I get home from the store and freezing whatever I won't use in 3 days. It sounds obvious but I never thought about doing it with onions and bell peppers before. Has anyone else found a food prep trick that actually stuck with you?

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noah3264mo ago

Yo I feel that frozen ginger trick is gold. My wife does the same thing with garlic and it saves us from those sad little sprouted cloves every time. I started doing that with fresh herbs too, like dill and cilantro chop em up with a little olive oil in those small silicone trays. It's wild how much money you stop burning when you actually use what you buy. The sharpie tip is real though I have a bag of mystery mush in my freezer right now that I'm scared to open lol.

cora_perez4mo ago

Wait do you not roast your frozen veggies directly from frozen? lol I do the same thing with green onions and mushrooms too, just chop and toss in a bag. The game changer for me was realizing you can freeze ginger and garlic already minced in ice cube trays with a little oil, then just pop one out whenever a recipe calls for it. It takes like 10 minutes once a week and my fridge smells way less weird now. Also pro tip label the bags with a sharpie or you'll end up guessing what's what three weeks later.

theaw653mo ago

Have you ever tried freezing pesto in ice cube trays? I started doing that after my basil plants went crazy one summer and I got tired of making pesto every other day. Now I just pop a cube into pasta or spread it on toast and it's like summer in January. The ginger trick sounds smart though, I've been meaning to try that but my problem is I forget to do the prep work. Last week I found a bag of bell peppers in my freezer from July, no label, and I'm still not sure if they're the ones I roasted or the ones I just chopped raw.

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