08 September 2019
If you want to make the most of your home grown oranges and lemons all year long, one way to do it is to make orange or lemon powder from…
Read The ArticleDo you want to reduce your food waste but don’t know where to start? Our free online coaching course will take you through it step by step. Did you know…
Are you living alone? Or maybe you have a different dietary requirement than the rest of your family? Or do you live with lots of other people but only cook…
Community fruit and vegetable stands are popping up all around New Zealand, giving people a place where they can leave their excess produce for others to help themselves to. These…
Holly Patterson and Madyson Picard from Parua Bay School, Northland have been crowned New Zealand’s Root to Tip cooking competition winners, from more than 400 years five and six school…
Whether it is cold porridge, uneaten carrot sticks or sandwich crusts, it can be hard to know what you do with your child’s leftover food. As busy parents, we understand…
Anyone who has children will know that dinner time can be a real battle. Despite your best intentions there will be some meals where your child may just refuse to eat…
It’s probably no surprise that households with young children are likely to waste a lot more food than average. Meal times can be fraught, no matter the age of your…
The cost of heating homes in winter can put financial pressure on most Kiwi families. When it comes to paying high power bills or unexpected expenses, it is usually the…
Love it or hate it, there’s no denying that cabbages are a cost-effective way to feed your family, especially with the current high price of vegetables. However, most people’s repertoire…
Making sauerkraut at home is easier than you may think. All you need is cabbage, salt and time to let it ferment. Sauerkraut, essentially just fermented cabbage, is a traditional European…
With winter well and truly here, salads are off the menu with big steaming bowls of soup taking their place. We love soup for so many different reasons, but most…
Buying a whole pumpkin can be a cost-effective way to feed your family. But unless you have lots of mouths to feed, you may find you get bored mid-way through…
Did you know that some of the food scraps that you are throwing in your rubbish bin could be beneficial for your garden? While most foods should be composted before…
Are you struggling with the rising cost of food? Do you find yourself making a late dash to the supermarket in order to get some food for your family or…
While the rewards of meal planning are huge (saving time, money and food), it can require a lot of organisation. However, meal planning means an end to wandering aimlessly around…
Meal planning will save you time, money, food and stress. One of the easiest ways to reduce your food waste is to buy what you need, and eat what you…
It may seem like such a small action, but freezing your bread could help save 20 million loaves of bread from going to waste each year. That’s right, 20 million…
Chances are that if you have children, at some point or another you have battled with them about eating their bread crusts. While some days you may think that it…