Have a Happy Waste-Free Festive Season

How much of your festive food ends up in the bin? Save money and help your environment by cutting out waste.

Christmas Food Saver Tips

• Write a list before you do that big Christmas shop to prevent over-buying in the supermarkets.
• Use the perfect portion planner at www.wasteawarelovefood.org.uk to plan how much you need to feed your guests.
• Freeze the carcass of your turkey to make a tasty stock for soup later.
• Don’t bin the leftovers of your turkey, they will be tasty on a sandwich on Boxing Day or make them into another delicious meal, like turkey curry. You could even freeze leftover meat for later too.
• Store those Christmas vegetables in the fridge to make sure they stay fresh long after Christmas day. If you don’t get round to eating them in time, boil them up and freeze them in individual portions to enjoy your own home-made ready soups or other meals in January.
• If you’ve got leftovers from dessert, whipped cream can be frozen too or turn your Christmas pudding into a strudel or use leftover fruit and dessert sauces to make brownies.
• Even leftover party food can be frozen and enjoyed in packed lunches when the festive season ends.

Finally, for all the vegetable peelings and fruit trimmings you can’t avoid: remember to use your compost bin to make a rich fertiliser you can use in the garden.

RoWAN wishes you all a HAPPY WASTE-FREE FESTIVE SEASON