7th February 2025
One way of reducing food waste is to preserve excess food. At the end of the week if I have vegetables and fruit left over from the week’s vegetable box, I will often make it into sauerkraut. In the summer if there is a glut of fruit in the garden, I will turn into jams and chutneys or bottle it to use in the winter. This past autumn I experimented with slicing and drying apples and now they are a lovely semi sweet snack. When UK peppers and tomatoes are at a peak in the shops, I will buy and bottle or pickle them for the winter when they will add colour and variety to the range of winter vegetables.
The winter months conversely are a good time to take advantage of seasonal citrus fruits, especially Seville oranges, and use them to make Marmalade.
The Green Tau 