Shelf help for your kitchen Clever food storage solutions to reduce waste - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Interiors Shelf help for your kitchen Clever food storage solutions to reduce waste By You Magazine - March 8, 2020 This year, The Mail on Sunday is waging war on food waste. And, as we show here, making your storecupboards work harder can mean a big – and stylish – difference. See your ingredients at a glance Camera Press/Bauer Media Group/Chris Warnes Out of sight is often out of mind, so food hidden away in a cupboard is more likely to be forgotten about and wasted. Store dry products such as pasta and flour in clear, marked containers on open shelves. It will keep them fresher than in opened packets and let you see what you have to work with. For similar containers, try ikea.com. Keep everyday condiments to hand containerstore.com It makes sense to have the things you use every day easily reachable to ensure they get used (apart from fragile and electrical items if you have young children). For a similar spice rack, try johnlewis.com. For baskets, go to oka.com. Display stylishly and orderly Camera Press/Bauer Media Group/Nic Gossage Use matching or similar containers, baskets and jars across shelves to keep a cohesive feel to the kitchen. Camera Press/Bauer Media Group/Real Living Categorise and coordinate cherietu.com/Instagram/thrivingonplants Try ‘zoning’ food items in groups such as breakfast, baking and sweet treats. Here, using the same jars for everything creates symmetry. For similar jars, go to ikea.com. Five ways to save reuse and recycle Keeping food in plain sight goes beyond shelving. Think kitchen trolleys, baskets made from different materials and utilising the space underneath kitchen islands. To cut down on single-use plastics try beeswax wraps (from £4.99, beegreenwraps.co.uk) or silicone bowl covers (from £6, amazon.co.uk) instead of clingfilm to help keep food fresh. Store food correctly by reading labels. Leafy greens should be kept upright with their stalks in water, potatoes prefer darkness, while fresh herbs like the light. For more information, go to nhs.uk/live-well. There’s no need to throw away any limp veg unless it is mouldy – revitalise carrots, celery and broccoli by trimming the bottoms then placing upright in a glass of water until crisp. Lettuce leaves, spinach and peeled potatoes can be left to soak in a bowl of water. You could also blend veg and freeze into ice-cube trays to be used in smoothies at a later date. Throw any rotten food or leftovers you can’t reuse in a compost bin. This helps to turn waste into something useful. Join our campaign Every week in The Mail on Sunday we’ll be giving you all the information you need to reduce food waste – and your household bills. Plus see today’s paper for our investigations into the shocking amount of perfectly good food that’s thrown into Britain’s bins every day. Need a food storage restyle Here’s how to make your food look as good as it tastes ti-mediacontent.com Multicoloured jars, £191 for three, amara.com Crate, £11, selfridges.com Shelving unit, £1,524, conranshop.co.uk Scoops, from £1.50 each, souschef.co.uk Green lidded jars, £11.99, wayfair.co.uk Grey jar, from £43, nordicnest.com Canisters, £49.99 for five, wayfair.co.uk Blue jar, £2.75, ikea.com Shelving unit, £126, utilitydesign.co.uk Oil and vinegar set, £40, lsa-international.com Storage baskets, from £75, utilitydesign.co.uk Recycling bin, £199, wayfair.co.uk Green and blue jar, £61, amara.com Chalkboard labels, £1.99 for 24, clasohlson.com Pasta canister, £14, argos.co.uk Compost bucket, £37.95, wayfair.co.uk Report by Nicole Gray RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Aldi s pumpkin-shaped casserole dish is all we want for Halloween 7 of the best money-saving kitchen gadgets to invest in this winter Aldi has restocked miniature velvet chairs and sofas for your dog DON' T MISS Fiona Bruce Sometimes I struggle not to cry November 14, 2021 17 beautiful 2021 diaries to help you to look forward to December 4, 2020 Why women leave men for women What’ s fuelling the rise of April 28, 2019 Hollywood veteran Laura Linney on plastic surgery friendship and her stellar July 3, 2017 You can shop the khaki jumpsuit from Holly Willoughby’ s new M& S July 17, 2019 The secrets and lies behind this happy family photo April 11, 2021 It’ s cocktail hour Olly Smith’ s cocktail recipes and Eleanor Maidment s canapé November 14, 2021 BBC One has revealed its Christmas TV schedule and there’ s lots December 2, 2020 YOU Beauty Box August Reviews August 1, 2017 Rome has been named the cheapest major city to visit in August 7, 2019 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. 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