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Win a Mitsubishi Electric freezer in time for Christmas

This competition has now closed. Congratulations to the winner, Amy Mellor from Papamoa. Thanks to everyone who entered the competition. Freezers are one of our greatest weapons in the fight…

Keep It Fresh: Setting Your Fridge to the Ideal Temperature

NZ’s food wastage illustrated by bread pyramid

A towering pyramid made out of 2,283 loaves of bread was constructed at Canterbury University to raise awareness of the scale of food waste in New Zealand. As bread is the most…

Giant bread pyramid to be built at Canterbury University to raise awareness of food waste

The extent of food waste in New Zealand will be depicted by a giant bread pyramid, erected at the University of Canterbury on Wednesday 18 October. Engineering students will construct…

8 ways with bread that doesn’t involve sandwiches

Bread is a staple in most Kiwi households. We love it with marmite for breakfast, wrapped around a sausage or as a good old baked bean and cheese toasted sandwich….

How to make a Meal in a Mug

Learn how to make a meal in a mug: Recipe: Savoury meal in a mug Recipe: Sweet meal in a mug This may just be the only recipe you’ll ever need….

Your wasted food really can help starving people in other countries

It’s a regular conversation at dinner tables around the country – parents scolding their children for not finishing their dinner, saying that they should think of the starving children in…

Here’s one easy way to tackle climate change that you may not know about

Cartoon by Luo Jie, China Daily  What if we told you that there was a way that you could help tackle climate change with very little inconvenience to your daily…

Top 10 recipes to reduce food waste

The answer to reducing food waste is to eat your food. But sometimes you may not be excited about eating last night’s leftovers or that brown banana. Keep these 10…

Top 10 ways to reduce your food waste

So you know that wasting food is bad for the environment and is costing you money, but you may be wondering how you actually reduce your food waste. Making a…

How to store fresh herbs

Have you ever bought a bunch of fresh herbs, used the small amount the recipe called for and then found the rest have gone limp and brown within a day…

How to reduce food waste in schools

Food waste is an issue in many schools, but it is often one that goes unnoticed as uneaten food can go straight from the lunchbox into the rubbish bin without…

Is it safe to eat mouldy food?

There’s nothing more frustrating than going to make a sandwich to find your bread has spots of mould all over it. Whether black or white, grey or blue, mould is…

Teach students how to waste less food

Food waste is a growing global issue with a third of all of the world’s food going to waste. In New Zealand, the average family throws away three full shopping…

Fresh vs Frozen: Save time and money by buying frozen vegetables

Bad weather and cold temperatures can cause the price of vegetables to sky rocket at this time of year, making it expensive to get your daily dose of vegetables. While…

How to preserve lemons

The place where Everybody Eats

There is such thing as a free meal – and a delicious, three-course meal, at that. It is early on a Monday afternoon and I find myself in the small…

To peel or not to peel: Do you really need to peel vegetables?

To peel or not to peel? Peeling vegetables is a waste of food, time, money, fiber and nutrients. Find out how to prepare vegetables without peeling.