Put an end to "waste on the tip of the tongue" What can we do in family dining?
"Eliminate food waste" can be said to be one of the hot words of the whole society in recent times. President Xi recently issued important instructions to stop food waste. He pointed out that the phenomenon of food waste is shocking and distressing! "Who knows that Chinese food on a plate is hard work." This ancient poem that everyone has learned since childhood has always reminded us to cherish food. However, with the improvement of people's material living standards, we unknowingly forget the importance of cherishing food.
Think about it carefully. In all aspects of our daily life, how many saving behaviors that can be achieved with a simple effort have been ignored by us? Knowing that you can’t finish it, you have to make a lot of it; you can pack it, but you have to leave it; it can be stored properly, but the food is spoiled because you don’t pay attention to preservation methods...
In fact, it is not that difficult to practice economy and eliminate waste. What are the practical saving methods in our ordinary people's daily life?
How much to buy frozen food should be divided into small portions for storage
Plan and make a good list before buying food; try to minimize impulse consumption when shopping in supermarkets and vegetable markets. For example, you can determine the amount of ingredients purchased according to the number of people dining in the family that day, to ensure freshness and avoid waste; you can also pay attention to the preferences of everyone in the family to avoid the situation of buying and no one eating; in addition, according to the preservation of different foods Do a good job of coordinating the length of the period, and buy less food with a short shelf life.
For food that needs to be frozen, it can be divided into small portions and then stored in the refrigerator. For example, if you buy more meat at a time, you can cut it into small pieces and pack them into bags and store them separately. Just take one bag when you eat it. This avoids repeated thawing of large pieces of frozen meat before cooking and prolongs the meat. This kind of fresh-keeping period reduces food waste, controls food intake, and achieves a reasonable diet.
In addition to meat, foods such as noodles that can be bought and frozen can also be stored in small packages and eaten one portion at a time.
Try small portions and split meals in the family diet
According to the "Chinese Resident Dietary Guidelines (2016)", each person is guaranteed to consume 300-500g of vegetables per day; daily intake of 250-400g of cereals and potatoes; 280-525g of fish and 280-525g of livestock and poultry meat every week. Eggs are 280-350g, the average daily intake is 120-200g...
In the daily diet of the family, we can reasonably learn from these data, make food into small portions, and prepare a few more, which can achieve food diversification, ensure nutritional intake, and reduce waste.
If office workers are busy at work, it is indeed difficult to accurately measure the weight of each meal, but it doesn’t matter. We can also start from the simple implementation of the internal meal sharing system in the family. Everyone is guaranteed to eat their own food. Then you can have a clearer understanding and control of your appetite, and you can "eat as much as you want."
In fact, the significance of advocating a reasonable diet is not only to avoid food waste, this lifestyle can also make us live healthier, from the dietary level, it greatly reduces related chronic diseases caused by unreasonable diet, and lays a healthy foundation for the whole family. ,why not?
Make full use of leftover meals to preserve food
It is essential to realize economy and make full use of food. As long as food is processed and stored properly, food "garbage" can be reduced. It is inevitable that there are leftovers in the family’s diet. Throwing them away is another form of waste. On the premise of ensuring food safety, proper handling can make a delicious meal.
However, the storage of leftovers is also different. For example, meat that you can't finish eating should be covered and kept in cold storage, while leafy vegetables are not recommended for storage. It is best to eat them all at once. Among vegetables, root vegetables are suitable for reheating.
It should be noted that the remaining food should be stored in clean utensils and eaten as soon as possible in a short time. Be sure to eat it under the premise of safety and hygiene, even if it is stored in the refrigerator for not too long.
When dining out, always pack and order meals. Pay attention to "do your best"
In many recent media reports, it can be seen that many people’s consumer psychology has a "face-saving" element, and they order too many accidentally. Sometimes I make a host for dinner and feel like I need to order more dishes to show enthusiasm and generousness, but it causes unnecessary waste. When eating out at a buffet, some customers have a consumer psychology of "prefer to waste rather than lose" and overtake meals, making the buffet a hard hit area for food waste. These psychology are understandable, but if this behavior is excessive, you must be vigilant.
When ordering food in a restaurant, you should order the right amount, and you should not lavish and order randomly; if you can’t finish the meal, try to take it away. Choose on-demand, people go to the table, pack leftovers, refuse to be extravagant, and do not talk about pomp.
Under the guidance of the Office of the National Nutrition and Health Steering Committee (Food Department of the National Health and Health Commission), the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, the Chinese Nutrition Society, and the Chinese Student Nutrition and Health Promotion Association have recently issued proposals to the whole society, except for the above “Purchase according to needs, process and store food properly, reduce the generation of food “garbage”; promote reasonable diet, implement the “CD” action, and order food in an appropriate amount. It also mentioned a very important point: promote food education and nurture Saving habits.
The proposal reads: Strengthen the guidance and education of "shameful waste, glorious saving" for students, and cultivate students to develop the habit of not being partial or picky and the virtues of hard work and thrift. One porridge, one meal, when thinking is hard to come by. The small hand in hand, the whole family mobilized.
Supervising each other with relatives and friends around you and cultivating the concept of "food education" for family members is a kind of consciousness that will benefit people profoundly. This point has already been clarified in my country's dietary "baodian" and "Dietary Guide for Chinese Residents (2016)": eliminate waste and rejuvenate food.
Saving food is a fashion and a new trend in life. If you are a parent of a child, you should also pay attention to the "diet education" for your child in your daily life and teach them by precept and example to cultivate their good habit of saving food. For example, you should always tell your children that you should eat quantitatively and not be greedy. Give children a concept on food: Don't compare, take pride in saving.
You know, no matter how surplus we are, saving food will never go out of style. Cherishing food and opposing waste is a virtue, it is also a manifestation of respect for labor, and it is an obligation of every citizen.
By Lei Ruotong, our reporter