Think Twice Before Throwing Out: 6 Ways to Rehabilitate Aging Food and Curb Waste

5. Aging peaches.

Peaches are my favorite for use in jams in jellies, but you can use pretty much any fruit–from berries to apples to pears–for the same purpose. As with bananas, overripe peaches and assorted fruits are good candidates for spicing up a muffin or other baked recipe. You can also dehydrate old fruits to throw in some homemade granola.

6. Funky cheese and yogurt.

You’d think that the last items you could possibly reuse would be dairy. Think again—if you cut out the moldy bits of leftover cheeses, you can make rather boring Mac ‘n Cheese into an exciting, multi-cheese dish. Plain yogurt that is too old for traditional use is a great replacement for buttermilk in baked recipes.

These are just a few items you can reinvent instead of throwing out. There are doubtlessly millions more foods that you can rescue if you use a little creativity. Reducing food waste doesn’t have to involve simply freezing leftovers.

Photo credits:
Food Waste. Creative Commons photo by jbloom
Vegetable Soup. Creative Commons photo by ccharmin
Bruised Peach. Creative Commons photo by niznoz

This guest post is contributed by Angelita Williams, who writes on the topics of  online college courses.  She welcomes your comments at her email Id: angelita.williams7@gmail.com.

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