Eco Kitchen:
posted by: Joan Vine | on: Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 11:20
Give us this day our daily bread.
Eco Kitchen, what on earth is that? Well, since we are all aware of climate change and that each one of us should help sustain the planet. I thought I would write a monthly series to help you start… We already have God on our side as we fight to make and keep our church Eco Friendly. So why not make our own kitchens eco-friendly too? So, Hold tight… Here we go.
Question: When you bring home your weekly shop, how many food items do you throw out? Of course, you must make room in your fridge, freezer and pantry cupboard before you insert the fresh food, so what do you do with the items that are looking a bit sad, dry, limp or bad?
Answer: If you say – ‘Well… I had to throw some food out, but I did recycle it’. Or if you say, ‘Sorry, but It had to go, my family and I didn’t like it and couldn’t eat it’. Or if you say, ‘Oh I always throw stuff out after all, what else could we do with it?’
What I would say is: If you regularly throw food away, it might make you think twice if you tried to calculate just how much money you are tossing in the bin regularly! Whilst food items are rising weekly in price, you could help save yourself some money if you handled your food purchasing and storage with more thought and care.
Never overbuy, especially perishable food. Only ever buy two for the price of one or packs of food if you eat that food regularly. Believe it or not, almost all ‘tired’ food can be recycled at home
‘Oh Lord, give us our daily bread’: Matthew: Bread: is one of the most thrown away food in this country, so freeze your bread as soon as you buy it and only get out the amount you are going to use each time. If you buy a whole loaf, cut it into slices and use as a cut loaf, rolls can be frozen and are just as tasty when they are defrosted. Any bread that has gone stale or dry can be cut up into small squares and fried and use for dipping, sprinkling on salads, or eating with soups, stews and casseroles. Dry bread is good for toasting, or you can make the kids, pizzas by lightly toasting a slice, spooning over some tomato-sauce and sprinkling with grated cheese and grilling… Yum. Or, if you like cooking use your stale bread to make a bread-and-butter pud, a tasty bread pudding or turn your bread into breadcrumbs and freeze in small packs to use in any dish where breadcrumbs are required, just get a pack out of the freezer and use as instructed. If your bread feels a bit dry in the morning, toast it lightly and add something like backed beans, fried tomatoes, scrambled eggs, cheese on, or anything you fancy that is not dry, bacon tends to fry dry as well as sausages so, avoid, but putting jam, honey, marmalade, lemon curd, whatever you like and you will not even think about your bread being dry. But remember to eat the crusts, they are good for you and shouldn’t be thrown away… PLUS, dry bread is so much easier for your body to digest, would you believe?
Church Kitchen: Because functions and meetings are held in church halls or designated church areas, there is bound to be milk, cakes and food left over so it’s much better that someone takes it rather than leave items to go off… If you feel bad about taking stuff out of the kitchen you can always leave a note and donation.
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