01 February 2026
Whether you’re packing kai for school, prepping a workday lunch, or juggling the needs of a busy household, the lunchbox often becomes the overlooked hero of the week.
Read The ArticleAre you a stalker? You should be! A broccoli stalker, that is! Why? Kiwis throw away over 2,500 tonnes of broccoli stalks and leaves every year. That’s a lot of…
From pesto to pasta, salads to empanadas, there are so many ways to eat broccoli stalks. Broccoli stalks taste great, but are often thrown away without a second thought –…
We are delighted to see a second Community Fridge is opening in New Zealand. This time it is located in the Christchurch suburb of New Brighton. Local woman Trudy Burrows…
Gather up all those little odds and ends hiding on the shelves and turn them into a meal, no grocery shopping required! We’ve got three easy steps for a successful fridge harvest.
Are you willing to cook offal? In order to encourage Nose to Tail eating, Love Food Hate Waste challenges you to try eating a cut of meat you have never…
Autumn is the time of year when you can pick up a whopping big pumpkin for only a few dollars. However, no matter how much you love pumpkin, committing to…
Some people face the dilemma of wanting to store their food in the best possible way while also wanting to avoid using cling wrap. Love Food Hate Waste conducted research…
No matter how much you love pumpkin soup, sometimes you just can’t use a whole pumpkin up in one go. You put the rest of your pumpkin in the fridge,…
No one wants limp celery – but inevitably it’s a problem that every celery stalk faces with age. Search the internet and you’ll find many methods that swear they’re the…
We’ve found the answer to one of the most frustrating kitchen problems: limp and slimy lettuce and salad greens. Just how do you keep your salad greens fresh for more…
It’s undeniable that Kiwis love avocados. We love the creamy flesh on toast with marmite, as a side to eggs, in guacamole or as a snack on its own. It’s…
What if we told you we had a simple trick that will help your carrots last up to 10 times longer? This would mean that black or limp carrots would…
New research from the University of Otago has revealed the best home storage methods to lengthen the shelf life of vegetables. Love Food Hate Waste, the national campaign to help…
When Love Food Hate Waste called Anne Garrett in early April to tell her she had won a Mitsubishi Electric fridge, she thought it was a scam. It was only…
