Don’t throw away your citrus peels
If you live in the North Island and certain parts of the South Island your backyard trees will be brimming with lemons, limes, mandarins and oranges at this time of…
If you live in the North Island and certain parts of the South Island your backyard trees will be brimming with lemons, limes, mandarins and oranges at this time of…
Two sisters are tackling supermarket food waste and feeding families in need with their new Waste-Not Kitchen charity. The charity is launching a range of tasty soups in Farro Stores…
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Keep all vegetable peelings, pumpkins skins, cabbage cores etc. Chop all of them finely and then dehydrate till crisp. Whizz to a powder then just add 1 teaspoon to flavour stews, soups etc. Roughly 1 teaspoon equals 1 cup stock.
By: Janine, Auckland
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