In the UK we throw away one third of the food we buy, this is usually because we buy too much that was going too fast. The key to ensure nothing gets in the paper, but the shells and packaging is planning. Before you shop decide what meals are cooked that week and make a list of the ingredients you need to buy, that way you are just buying what you really need. Check closets to see what you have will save you double the ingredients you already have. It is better to cook meals using fresh ingredients, especially at the beginning of the week and using plants that are not going so fast at the end of the week.When shopping check the "use" or "best before" dates, usually food can be eaten after the expiration date, although it is not so cool, but dates are just that-in dates. Do not buy "reduced" products unless you know you will use the next day, buying cheaper products like this is a false economy as you will probably end up throwing it away.
If you do not avoid the use of plants as planned can be frozen for another day. Most vegetables, as well as peppers and onions, should be blanched in boiling water before freezing. You can even make vegetable soup and freeze old and later dates, the fruit, but has passed its best can be made into smoothies. Make a big shop once a week, rather than a series of short trips saves money. Not only can you buy staples such as sugar, rice and flour in bulk, but are less likely to buy things they do not need.
