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Notes on food, waste and kitchens

Guides for people who would rather waste less food without turning the kitchen into a project. No matching jars required.

A row of labelled spice jars on a wooden kitchen shelf

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Why You Keep Buying Duplicate Groceries (And the 5-Minute Fix)

You bought cumin again. Duplicate buying isn't a memory failure — it's how memory behaves in a supermarket. Here's a five-minute routine that stops it.
Paper grocery bags filled with apples, bananas, a cabbage and bread

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How to Save $100 a Month on Groceries Without Coupons

Most households already spend the $100 — on food they throw away, buy twice, or replace with takeaway. Here's how to get it back without coupons or meal prep.
A bunch of ripe bananas covered in brown spots

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The 7 Foods You Waste Most (and What to Do With Each)

Bread, potatoes, milk, bananas, salad, herbs and half-used tins are the most wasted foods at home. How to store, rescue and use up each one.
Eggs cooking with spinach and tomatoes in a cast-iron pan, next to an onion, garlic and a carton of eggs

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What to Cook With What You Already Have

A full fridge and nothing to eat? A simple formula, eight template meals and a substitution cheat sheet for cooking with what you already have.
A single bowl of penne with spinach and mushrooms on a marble desk next to a laptop

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Cooking for One Without Throwing Half of It Away

Food is packaged for families, so people living alone waste more of what they buy. How to shop, store and cook for one without eating the same thing all week.
Tomatoes, carrots, lemons, a red onion and a loaf of bread spread across a kitchen counter

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The ADHD Guide to Not Wasting Food (No Matching Jars Required)

Standard pantry advice fails ADHD brains. Here's a food system built around visibility and low friction instead of tidiness — plus what to do when it collapses.
Bags of frozen vegetables and fruit covered in a layer of frost

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Freezer Amnesia: How to Stop Losing Food in Your Own Freezer

Why food disappears in freezers, how long frozen food is actually good for, and a labelling and inventory system that takes one evening to set up.
Packaged salmon fillets with certification and expiry dates printed on the label

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"Use By" vs "Best Before": What's Actually Safe to Eat

What "use by" and "best before" mean in the UK and the US, what BBE stands for, and when food past its date is still safe to eat, cook or freeze.
An adult and a child in aprons baking together in a bright kitchen

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How to Run a Shared Kitchen Without the "I Thought You Bought Milk" Fight

Shared kitchen rules for roommates, couples and families: one list, an owner for every perishable, how to split staples, and a ten-minute weekly fridge reset.
A woman dropping food scraps into a bin in a bright kitchen

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How Much Food Is Your Household Actually Wasting? (Do the Math)

Food waste stats for the world, the US and the UK: 1.05 billion tonnes a year globally, $2,913 per US family of four. Plus a one-week method to find your own number.