Save money and reduce waste. Practical ways to keep food fresh and tasty for longer.

During this pandemic when the general guideline is for people to stay and work at home, keeping food fresh for longer periods is invaluable. We don’t need to go to shops as often and we can help reduce food waste.

We can prepare foods and maximise the effectiveness of our refrigerators. Source: Photo source osseus/creative commons, 2013

There are ways we can prepare foods and maximise the effectiveness of our refrigerators.  Rianita Pramitasari, a lecturer in food technology at Atma Jaya Indonesian Catholic University, describes some very practical ways of keeping foodstuffs fresh for longer.

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To get the best result when we cook some frozen foodstuffs we need to pay attention to its characteristic before storing it to keep its nutrition values. Source: Photo Courtesy Atut Waluyati/5 Aug 2020