Does living according to the idea of ‘less waste’ have to be complicated? No! Discover 3 simple ways to introduce the “less waste” approach in your kitchen. The Fitatu app will help you!

How much food goes to waste in your kitchen? How often have you forgotten what you have in the fridge? How many times has your dinner seemed unattractive the next day, causing it to land in the rubbish? The truth is that, unfortunately, similar situations happen to everyone. World Food Day is celebrated on 16 October. Its main intention is to raise awareness about the problems of food waste and the fight against hunger and malnutrition. On this occasion, it is worth looking around your own kitchen and thinking about how you can try to live according to the idea of ‘less waste’ in order to avoid the situations cited above.

Zero waste and less waste – the differences

The terms ‘zero waste’ and ‘less waste’ have been very popular recently. Some people use them interchangeably and, although they refer to similar issues, the meaning is different. The idea of ‘less waste’ refers more to minimising the throwing away and wasting of products, including food. It involves making small changes in your life, such as taking your own bags to the shop or not throwing food away too hastily. Such large-scale actions can have a huge impact on the environment. Zero waste, on the other hand, is a more advanced form of the ‘less waste’ approach and involves reducing waste generation to a minimum, which can be very difficult on a day-to-day basis. Therefore, by taking small steps, we are focusing on ‘less waste’ activities.

3 tips on how to introduce ‘less waste’ into your kitchen

Meal planning

One of the first things you can do to reduce throwing away food is to plan your meals for the week in advance. Some people like to have their meals laid out per day, while others prefer to decide on the fly what they are more likely to crave on any given day. Whatever your approach, by creating a list of the foods you’ll eat during the week, you minimise the risk of throwing food in the rubbish, as well as saving time thinking and pondering ‘what to eat’.

Creating a shopping list

With meals planned, you are able to write out a shopping list for yourself, detailing the exact amount of ingredients. Sound like a lot of work? If you will be doing this traditionally on a piece of paper it can indeed be time-consuming. However, if you decide to use a mobile meal planning app where you can quickly generate a shopping list based on your meals, it will literally take seconds to prepare. The Fitatu app, for example, is such a tool.

Making use of “leftovers” 

Don’t be afraid to be creative in the kitchen and create your own dishes using the leftovers you have in the fridge. We know that composing such dishes can be quite difficult at first, but in this situation Fitatu can also give you a helping hand. In the app, you will find the ‘Fridge’ function, which will allow you to easily find recipes for dishes that contain products left over in your fridge. This will help you use up all the ingredients and save you time in coming up with dishes.

The Fitatu app as a tool for implementing less waste

As mentioned earlier, to speed up the process of planning and organising your menu, it is worth using a mobile app such as the Fitatu app. By planning in Fitatu, you are able to save a lot of time, as the app itself generates a shopping list for the days you have indicated, based on the meals you have laid out. Furthermore, there is an extensive food catalogue available in the app, which can serve you as a cookbook. In addition, thanks to features such as copying an entire day or copying an entire meal, you can easily manage your menu and use the meal plans and specific dishes you have previously created. Importantly, all the meals you include will have their nutritional value calculated, so not only will you be ‘less waste’ when it comes to food, but also when it comes to finances. In addition, you will have the chance to take care of your health and figure by controlling the amount of calories you consume.

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• over 2000 recipes plus several new ones every month
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• the ability to create shopping lists
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• filtering products and recipes
• more synchronization with fit apps
• access to your Meal Plan in the web version
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