Photo: SuppliedMany of us are guilty of throwing out food from the fridge that's gone to waste - but when you add it up, Kiwis are wasting over 157,000 tonnes of food a year. In her new book Waste Not Want Not, Sarah Burtscher looks at the top 10 foods we tend to waste and pairs them with yummy recipes - including Forgotten Vegetable Soup and Easter Spiced Whole Orange Cake. Although Sarah has run restaurants in Christchurch and Tekapo, she describes herself as a 'home cook'. “I cook from the pantry, the fruit bowl and the fridge,” she told Nine to Noon's Kathryn Ryan. The top food waste products in New Zealand:BreadLeftoversOranges and mandarinsApplesBananasPotatoesPoultryRiceLettuceBeefSarah's book Waste Not Want Not will be available on bookshelves from April 10.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 15, 2021 22:52 UTC