Cooking with food scraps

Cooking with food scraps is a great way to reduce food waste and make the most of the ingredients in your fridge and cupboards. Instead of throwing them away, you can now find creative ways to use food scraps when you cook future meals and snacks.

If you're not sure how to start cooking with food scraps, here are some ideas to help you get started:

• Create a veggie soup with your leftover chopped vegetables
• Boil your food scraps to create a meat or vegetable broth
• Create tomato sauce with your leftover tomatoes, garlic, and onion
• Put together a pesto sauce with leftover vegetables and herbs
• Use food scraps to create chips, such as potato chips, kale chips, or beetroot crisps
• Build a delicious fruit salad with leftover scraps of fruit
• Use apple peels or watermelon rinds to make a flavorful syrup that can be used to sweeten your desserts or drinks