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sustainable cooking and slow food

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SLOW FOOD

is a global movement in which activists, organized in conduits, communities and thematic networks promote the defense of biodiversity through taste education and advocacy, encouraging dialogue between civil society and institutions.

sustainable cooking

What we eat and how prepare our meals greatly affects our health and our environment. By changing how we cook, we can contribute to achieving zero hunger world. We have to pay attention to a way how we prepare our food, what we eat, and what we do with the leftovers. Sustainable cooking is a way of preparing a meal in a way it benefits one's health, environment and, ultimately, the whole planet.

1. Turn down the heat: do you really need to have the hob up that high? Or do you have to pre-heat the oven? The answer to both is probably not!

There are small changes that we can make at home towards sustainable cooking, that will have a wider impact over the long-term. These include:

2. Reduce your liquid: Try not to overfill your pans. Tempting as it can be to just fill them up and let them bubble away, try measuring out how much liquid you will need or start

3. Waste not, want not: Check your fridge regularly to see what food you have, what’s going off soon, what can be frozen, what veg is on the turn that can be made into a quick side dish?

4, Choose sustainable food: By this we mean buy local, seasonal and environmentally friendly food. For example, try local farmer’s markets, choose products with a Fairtrade stamp, select fish that has been sustainably farmed.

5. take the bull by the horns: And reduce how much meat and dairy you eat! By eating less beef and consuming less dairy products you can reduce health risks and greenhouse gases. Choose more fresh fruit, vegetables, grains and pulses instead, here are some recipe ideas.

Sweet Potato Pancakes with Caramel Sauce

Not only are these pancakes a great way to use up leftover sweet potato and reduce food waste, they are also made with spelt flour. Spelt is one of the few flours that doesn’t require pesticides to grow. The recipe also uses coconut sugar, which was named the most sustainable sweetener by the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization.