If you no longer want to waste food, you should shop more consciously and make perishables last longer - TikTok users are showing the way.
With food prices soaring, it's more important than ever that no food, or at least as little as possible, ends up in the bin.
But it's not always easy to estimate when shopping which fruit and vegetables you actually use, for example, and it can happen that some products expire before they're eaten.
However, an exceeded best-before date does not mean that you can no longer eat something.
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A short video on TikTok reveals, for example, how to save lemons from mold, how to make them last longer and how to reuse them deliciously.
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If you want to save money when shopping, you should ensure that you only buy what you actually eat or drink.
If that doesn't work, you should consider strategies that help to make food last longer, such as canning or freezing.
Read below which TikTok trend can help save money and save groceries.
TikTok trend: Save lemons by freezing them and reusing them as ice cubes
A video from the social media platform TikTok is trending because it gets to the heart of the matter: How can you save food from certain death while saving money at the same time?
For example, if you have only used up the grated zest of a lemon or there are still some fruits left over from the lemon net that will eventually go moldy if you don't eat them - then you can try the ingenious TikTok trend directly.
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Slice the remaining lemons.
Place them in a freezer bag and freeze them in the freezer or chest freezer.
In this way you make the fruit last longer and at the same time you get delicious ice cubes that give your drinks a refreshing splash of flavor.
Do not refreeze these foods once they have been thawed
Do not refreeze these foods once they have been thawed
But not only ice cubes made from lemon slices are a tasty alternative to normal water refreshers.
Frozen raspberries also go well in fruity drinks such as Hugo or Lillet.
Frozen orange slices go best with a delicious glass of Aperol Spritz, while frozen cucumber slices are the best way to garnish and enjoy your gin and tonic.
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