– Many of the younger generations know the fear of dates, and fewer dare to trust that the food is safe to eat, says Emil Beddari in Framtiden in our hands. He believes that food marked with “best before” is an invitation to use the senses, and that it is often a matter of exercise. IN THE HOME: Emil Beddari is a professional advisor for sustainable food and supply chains in Framtiden i våre hedel. He says the largest proportion of food waste occurs in the home. Photo: The future in our hands – You can challenge the fear of dates by tasting, smelling and feeling the food before you possibly throw it away, says Beddari. He says that products such as eggs and dairy usually last much longer than many realise. There is a clever tip on how to find out if eggs are fresh. – Place the egg in a bowl of water. If it sinks to the bottom, it is edible. The 10 rules of food etiquette Remember that all food has value and deserves to be eaten. Plan your purchases and use a shopping list. Clean out the fridge and freezer so you know what you have. Store your food properly. Remember that the fridge should keep between 2-4 degrees and the freezer – 18 degrees. Use your senses. Do not throw away food even if it has expired before you have checked whether the food is still good. Cool the food quickly and freeze or refrigerate any leftovers. Store leftover food in tight packaging in the fridge or freezer. Freeze bread that is not to be eaten the next day. Let Thursday be “Rest Thursday”. Use up leftover ingredients and ready-made dishes before shopping for new food for the weekend. Consider alternative use of raw materials that are no longer completely fresh. A soft tomato is good in the pasta sauce even if it doesn’t fit in the salad. Source: Matvett.no Singles throw away the most – The largest share of food waste occurs in households, says Beddari. In the UN’s sustainability goals, there is a goal of halving global food waste by 2030. This was addressed by the Norwegian food industry and authorities in 2017. Nevertheless, sample analyzes from recent years show that food waste has decreased very little. According to a recent survey by NORSUS and Matvett, households where only one person lives are responsible for 30 per cent of food waste from the consumer level. – It is single-person households that throw away by far the most food per person. It may have something to do with the fact that pack sizes are not adapted to living alone, and that more food products should be sold in bulk, says Beddari. There is no doubt which group throws away the least food. – The post-war generation who are getting older are good at using all the food. They have grown up with a different set of values, and are good at using their senses when evaluating food products. SAVE FOOD: Exchange students Juuli Rantanieme, Lisa Zeller and Julia Li Castro are committed members of the student organization Framtiden i Våre hender in Lillehammer. Here they hand out food to other students, food that should have been thrown away. They got it from grocery stores. Photo: Andrine Sverdrup Wennemo / news How to throw away less food Throw away less meal leftovers Get an overview of who is coming to dinner and portion out the right amount of food or make enough to last another dinner. This is mostly food that we can easily refrigerate, put in tight boxes in the fridge or freezer and get good use for the next day, either in the packed lunch or as part of another dinner meal. Write on the boxes what the food is to be used for and the date when it can be used. is frozen. Provide yourselves several times. It is easier to take care of leftovers from pots than from plates. Prioritize clearing away the food before doing the dishes, especially when you have guests over – then we often throw away more food, both because we are afraid of not having enough and because we leave the food out for too long. Throw away less fruit and vegetables Fruit and vegetables are fresh produce. Don’t buy too much at once. Get an overview of how best to store various fruit and vegetables by, for example, checking frukt.no. Ripe means more flavor, not that the fruit or vegetable is bad. You can have brown bananas and other ripe fruit in smoothies or baked goods. Soft tomatoes and limp vegetables can be used in sauces, soups or stews. Give lettuce and other limp vegetables a long ice bath and they will perk up. Put a box in the freezer where you can collect leftover vegetables for stews and soups and fruit for smoothies or baking. Throw away less dairy products Best before often means good after. You won’t get sick from seeing, smelling and tasting expired dairy products. Usually these items last much longer and are all marked “best before”. If the sour cream or cream has turned slightly sour at first, put it in a waffle batter or make pancakes. Dairy products can be frozen if you see that you have bought more than you can use up. Throw away less bread Find out what kind of bread the family members like and buy small loaves if the taste is striking. Freeze half a loaf or a whole loaf in slices and you have more control. Give the bread new life with a little water on the crust and a few minutes in a hot oven. You can use dry bread for croutons, French toast, bread pudding or have it straight in the soup. Source: Matvett.no Do you think you should let the children go to Mette Nygård Havre shares tips on how to become a food savior on social media under the name “Spisoppmaten”. – My son came home from a school lesson in food and health and told me that there were many people in the class who were afraid of dates. They didn’t believe him when he told them that he had drunk milk that was two weeks overtime, says Havre. She believes that a tighter food budget will contribute to more people having to throw away less food. WANT TO CHANGE: It was in 2016 when the influencer worked in the waste industry and saw with her own eyes how much edible food was thrown away, that she wanted to use her voice to create change. Photo: Spisoppmaten – People will probably look at certain foods with new eyes now that the price is going up, and more people will understand that you can use foods such as bread for so many different things. The new survey from Norsus and Matvett shows that consumers find it difficult to plan the week and what to eat for dinner. The blogger has a clear tip: – Set aside five minutes on Sunday to see what you have in the fridge and freezer, and then make a plan for the week. As a family mother, she believes it is important to let the children into the kitchen at an early age and that this will make them less skeptical about food. And feel free to use leftover bread: – A good tip is to find a blender. Push the bread in there, so that there is flour again. Then you can use the old bread to make new baked goods. Bread waste in Norway Every day approx. 300,000 loaves of bread. 52 percent of bread waste occurs in households. 40 percent of bread waste occurs in grocery stores. 7 percent of bread waste occurs in the food industry. Source: The Norwegian Environment Agency and Beddari in Framtiden i være hands. Important quality of life Arne Brimi believes that part of our life patterns must change when we enter tighter times. – The meal is an important quality of life and we will have to enjoy what we have, he says. WE HAVE TO CHANGE: Chef Arne Brimi believes food rescue is needed when we enter tighter times. Photo: Ådne Riis Hallås / news The celebrity chef says that he himself was characterized by growing up in a time where you had to be really frugal with food. – I grew up eating a lot of good root vegetables and potatoes because food at the time was expensive, and we had to get through the year with what we had, says Brimi. He believes you don’t need cooking skills to understand that if you toast the bread in a pan or a toaster, it will be almost as good as new. If you need more tips, you can check out these recipes from news food:
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