by — 21 Jan 2019 11:00
It does not take much to prevent wastage! You can help curb it by doing all of this:
1. Invent new dishes or cook up a simple lunch with leftovers.
Splurged on dinner? Avoid letting food go to waste by cooking a bowl of nutritious porridge or a dish of healthy, stir-fried vegetables.
2. Feed the strays!
Don’t let the strays go hungry. Remove non-edible foods and use the rest to feed strays.
3. Sell them off before the dust settles.
Don’t leave the red, black, and gold decorations out for the entire year. If you’re looking forward to creating a new look next year, it might be a good idea to pick out practical decorations and sell off the reusable ones, such as artificial cherry blossoms and pussy willow online and at a cheaper rate.
Have extra rattail cords? Earn extra money a year in advance by selling handmade Chinese knots.
4. Make new decorations!
Like wrapping paper, red packets aren’t exactly eco-friendly. Save them up for weddings or DIY projects. Why splurge on expensive decorations when you can create jewellery and lanterns for the next Chinese New Year?
5. Make truffles out of cookies and jams out of mandarin oranges.
What do you do with bottles of cookies? Give them away as gifts or turn them into truffles. On the other hand, fruits such as mandarin oranges may rot well before you can finish them. Take this opportunity to make fruit jams. You can also make use of the sun-dried peels to add flavour to your red bean dessert soup.
