Food ideas & tools

Freezing milk

Milk can be frozen and is fine to drink once defrosted. Freeze milk before it goes off or buy extra when it's on special.

Summer party food

Choose recipes that celebrate colourful summer fruit and veges:

Easy ways to eat fruit

Cutting fruit into smaller pieces makes it easier to eat. Try this tip with your family and watch the fruit disappear.

Meal planning

It's also a great way to save time and will mean you waste less food.

Try some of these tips to help with planning:

Tips for saving money at the supermarket

Don’t go shopping when you’re hungry – otherwise you will buy food you want to eat now Shop with a list – this helps stop temptation to buy other items that catch your eye

5 easy ways with cauliflower

Here are five of our favourite recipes using cauliflower:

5 easy ways with eggs

Here are five easy ways to enjoy eggs:

Storing celery

The best way to store celery is to wrap it in aluminum foil and keep it in the fridge. Your celery will stay fresh for weeks.

Canned fish

Canned fish is cheaper than fresh fish, try tuna or salmon and add to pasta with seasonal vegetables for a tasty, easy dinner.

Low fat claim on food labels

If a food label says low fat, check the ingredients list on the pack carefully because it may contain a lot of sugar instead.

Eating together

Try to eat together as often as possible and let the family know in advance what time the meal will be ready.

Water and milk best drinks

Water and milk are the best drinks for your family. Put a jug of chilled water and glasses on the table at meal times.

Legumes can be yum!

Common legumes are chickpeas, kidney beans, red or brown lentils, butter beans and cannellini beans. Haricot beans are a type of legume commonly used in canned baked beans.

Fast week night dinners

Thai chicken salad Pumpkin and kumara soup