{"id":193,"date":"2020-09-25T06:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T06:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/?p=193"},"modified":"2021-06-18T03:52:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T03:52:15","slug":"get-food-smart-this-xmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/get-food-smart-this-xmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Food Smart This Xmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Save Our Scraps!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re going to be prepping veg this Chrissie, have a bag in the freezer where you put all your vegetable scraps, all of them, including onion skins. After Christmas, boil up the lot for a couple of hours to make a beautiful veg stock (which you can then freeze in time for autumn).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bulk buy!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Instead of buying heaps of packets of snacks and dried fruit and nuts, head to your local bulk food shop! Take your own paper bags (that you would\u2019ve recycled from a previous purchase) and cut out the huge amount of packaging that goes with packets of things.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Make a list and stick to it!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Psyching up for the BIG Christmas food shop? Take a minute to really plan what you\u2019re going to make not just for Christmas Day but Boxing Day and the days after. Pull together a list off your plan and stick to it. Having a list is super helpful in the midst of the shopping chaos too &#8211; it&#8217;s your best friend.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about food and meals you can have over a few days and reduce food waste and save money too!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Store food appropriately!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Store salad greens in an airtight container, stand asparagus in a glass or jar with a small amount of water in the bottom and keep new potatoes in a dark place, away from onions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prep your freezer for Chrissie!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><em>Get freezer smart!&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Your freezer should be set to minus 18 degrees Celsius with all door seals intact.&nbsp;<\/li><li>When freezing food make sure it is stored in sealed containers to avoid freezer burn and contamination.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Label containers with the date and store food in single or family portions, so you only need to defrost what you require.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save Our Scraps!&nbsp; If you\u2019re going to be prepping veg this Chrissie, have a bag in the freezer where you put all your vegetable scraps, all of them, including onion skins. After Christmas, boil up the lot for a couple of hours to make a beautiful veg stock (which you can then freeze in time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newaste.org.au\/fooddonation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}