{"id":17544,"date":"2021-05-10T11:09:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T01:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/?post_type=change&#038;p=17544"},"modified":"2022-03-03T15:13:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T05:13:34","slug":"change87-leftovers","status":"publish","type":"change","link":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/change\/change87-leftovers\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftovers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tonight\u2019s dinner. Tomorrow\u2019s lunch. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think leftovers are better left uneaten? Nuh-uh, friends. Every year, every single one of us wastes around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awe.gov.au\/environment\/protection\/waste\/food-waste\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">300kg<\/a> of the food that we buy to eat. If food waste was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awe.gov.au\/environment\/protection\/waste\/food-waste\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">country<\/a>, it\u2019d be the world\u2019s third largest greenhouse gas emitter. And throwing away <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awe.gov.au\/environment\/protection\/waste\/food-waste\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one burger<\/a> wastes the same amount of water as a 90 minute shower.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t curl up into the foetal position yet: this is where your leftovers come in.<\/p>\n<p>We can change how much food we waste, right from the comfort of our own kitchens. This doesn\u2019t mean eating more than you can stomach. Or reheating iffy-smelling spag bol for dinner. Here\u2019s some simple ways to use and reuse food smarter, and make the planet a little better while you\u2019re at it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turn last night\u2019s dinner into today\u2019s lunch. Add a slice of bread or a tin of tuna to leftovers to extend a small serve into new meal. Just ensure leftovers are stored smartly &#8211; keeping food wrapped in an airtight container, means your leftovers can last longer in the fridge.<\/li>\n<li>Plan meals with purpose. Buy ingredients that can be used for multiple meals, or batch cook to save on food waste (and time. And money!)<\/li>\n<li>Ordered too much when eating out? Ask for a container to take them home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Wondering how else you can make a difference?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help combat food waste by giving your leftovers a second life. By adding a few extra ingredients can turn your dinner into a new dish for&nbsp;lunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17547,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[46],"class_list":["post-17544","change","type-change","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-sustainability"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/change\/17544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/change"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/change"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/change\/17544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.originenergy.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}