CUT FOOD WASTE

Eat well and stop throwing food away

IT WILL TAKE 10 minutes

YOU WILL LEARN How to cut food waste and learn some delicious new recipes while you’re at it

YOU’LL NEED Kitche (Free), iOS 9 or later

Many of us probably do not worry too much about throwing away the odd bit of food now and then, what with everything else going on in our lives. Especially if it goes in the food waste bin. Sometimes you buy too much – these things happen, right?

Once you start totting up all the food you throw away, though – and all the money you end up wasting on all this unneeded grub – you might be shocked at how much you go through. The wasted energy in growing and shipping the food, and the wasted money you spent on it, is now a serious concern. Surely something should be done about it?

Well, as you would expect, there is an app for that: it is called Kitche, and it is totally free. This app is designed to keep track of all the food you buy, as well as everything you keep in your store cupboard, and getting started is as simple as scanning a receipt. Once Kitche knows what you have and when you bought it, it will send you reminders to use the food before it goes out of date. It can also offer up tasty recipe ideas and track how much you throw away to encourage you to waste less in the future.

Not only is Kitche incredibly useful, it is also supremely easy to use. What could become a tiring chore is instead a quick fix that comes with plenty of benefits. Before you know it, you will be wasting a lot less without even trying. Alex Blake

You might be shocked at how much food you throw away

Once you have added food to your products list, you can then search for recipes that contain these ingredients, helping you use up leftovers in your store cupboard.