Find out how to maintain and prepare the ingredients to reduce shopping
With high food prices, many families face challenges to maintain a quality diet without compromising the budget. However, some simple strategies can help reduce shopping, avoid waste and guarantee the best use of food.
“The execution of an intelligent purchase program is fundamental. The use of a list – on paper or applications – avoids unnecessary acquisitions, impulsive purchases and ensures that the products are well used”, says Alexandra Cardoso, teacher of the administration course at the Mourão Integrated University Center (PR) field and PR) and expert in the index of the costs of municipal basketball.
Below, check some suggestions on how to avoid food waste!
1. Organize the menu menu
A precious advice before going to the market is setting up a Weekly menu and give priority to the versatile ingredients. The archiving also makes the difference. “Freezes the individual portions and organizes the pantry with the method”First in, first outside‘(Fifo) helps to avoid leaks. This guarantees that older foods are consumed first, “says Alexandra Cardoso.
2. Reuse food
Professor Janaiara Morebel sold Berbel, from the nutritional course to the field Mourão Integrated University Center (PR), strengthens the importance of the full use of food. “Many normally discarded parts – such as cortex, stems and leaves – They are rich in nutrients and can be used in tasty recipes. Potato skins can become chips. Cabbage stems can be skipped. Father beard leaves can enrich soups or headlights “, exemplifies.
For the expert, reuse is also an effective solution to save money. “Rice learri can become gnocchi. Baked meat can be destroyed for fillings and cooked vegetables can be transformed into puree or soups. Never discard fruit and” considered ugly “, which have a little imperfection in the shell as they are equally rich in vitamins and can be consumed in their entirety”, suggests.
3. Save to invest in food
In addition to the strategies focused on purchases and the use of food, Alexandra Cardoso indicates other measures of domestic economy that can help to release resources for a healthier diet. “It is worth changing the incandescent lamps for LED. It is important to deactivate electronic devices when they are not in use. It also avoids using the shower between 17 hours and 22 hours, when energy consumption increases and becomes more expensive,” he explains.
There are simpler measures that can favor the economy at home. “Other changes that can be made are to reduce the time of bathroom; wash the maximum amount of clothing indicated by the washing machine manufacturer at the same time and to make the residents aware of turning off the lights when there is nobody in the domestic environment,” he adds.
As for financial control, the suggestion is to look for promotions. “He participates in groups of markets or Greeks and takes advantage of specific dates – such as the” fourth green “and” fifth of meat ” – guarantee good economies,” says Alexandra Cardoso.
Sustainable recipes
To put the concept of use into practice, Janiara Morebold Berbel shares two recipes to make at home and with ingredients that would normally be discarded. Check!
1. Rice Gnocchi
Ingredients
- 450 g of cooked rice
- 3 eggs
- 1 Pack of green green
- 1 kg of wheat flour
- 50 ml of soy oil
- 700 ml of milk
- 1 tablespoon of shallow salt
- Flour wheat flour
- Cooking water
Methods of preparation
In a blender, beat the cooked rice with eggs, milk and green smell. Put the mixture in a pan and bring over medium heat. Add the wheat flour and mix until it is attached from the bottom of the pan. Wrap the dough on a floured surface with wheat flour and cut into small pieces. In a pan, cook the gnocchi in boiling water over medium heat until they get up on the surface. Remove and serve then. It produces about 10 portions.
2.
Ingredients
- 15 bananas
- 9 boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
- 2 chopped onions
- 6 chopped tomatoes
- 12 wedges of chopped garlic
- 300 g of tomato extract
- 1 tablespoon of shallow salt
- Cooking water
- 1 drizzle of oil
Methods of preparation
Wash bananas well. In a water pan, over medium heat, cook the bananas until they are soft. Separate the cortex from the pulp and cut the bark. In a pan, heat the oil over medium heat and brown the onion, garlic and tomato. Add the chopped banana bark and tomato extract and mix. Add the chopped eggs and mix again. Serve later. It produces about 10 portions.
By João Alécio
Source: Terra
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