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September 23, 2024

Leftover Remix: Find Fresh Inspiration in the Digital Kitchen

Categories: Kitchen Mastery

Your phone or computer can be a powerful ally in the fight against food waste.

In Australia, several websites and apps are helping home cooks turn leftover ingredients into delicious meals, ensuring nothing goes to waste. Whether it’s leftover mash potato or cooked meat – there’s plenty of inspiration online to help you Unwaste and make the most of what you’ve already got.

Unwaste Web

The Great Unwaste blog has heaps of meal inspiration for some of Australia’s most wasted foods, but the web is a treasure trove of ideas of how to use up what you’ve already got – whether it’s everyday ingredients like the extra pack of mince you bought while it was on special, or something more obscure like a jar of kimchi a work colleague gave you from their recent home fermenting project. Some great Australian online recipe collections are Taste and RecipeTin Eats. For the convenience of finding inspo while simultaneously shopping online, all of Australia’s major retailers have great recipe ideas online that usually align with what’s in season or on special.

Apps For Your Appetite

Saveful is a free app that helps users to find ways to use what they’ve already got in their kitchens, helping you unwaste. Instead of rigid recipes, you’ll find flexible meal frameworks that help teach you that you can swap this-for-that without needing to get extra from the shops.

Ask AI

To level up your leftover game, try using an AI tool to search for meal ideas that use up multiple items in the fridge – it feels like having a personal chef advisor right in your pocket. Simply search ‘I’ve got some roast chicken, yoghurt and some spinach – what can i do with it?’. If you like the sound of one of the ideas, ask a follow up question – how to cook it for three people, and it’ll give you a recipe that feels custom made to try for your Unwaste Night.