Focus your good intentions on the kitchen this year with our suggested New Year’s food resolutions. Keep up these healthy habits and you’ll be a smarter, greener and happier home cook in no time!
Utilize That Appliance You’ve Neglected For Years
We all have one, that appliance that sits at the back of the cupboard, getting ever more dusty and making us feel constantly guilty. Well brush away your guilt this New Year by dusting off that bread maker/ice cream maker/Thermomix/blender and promising to make at least 2 different recipes with it this January. If that doesn’t spark a new love for the appliance, then it’s probably time it went to a better home.
Invest In A new Cook Book
It’s very easy to fall into a rut of cooking the same dishes every week night. We understand, we all have busy lives and often there is no brain space left at the end of the day to think of something different to muster up in the kitchen. That’s why we recommend you let the experts do the thinking for you. Grab a few bargain cook books in the January sales and make a promise to adopt at least 2 new dishes into your regular rotation. Check out some of our favourite cook books here.
Get Creative With Those Christmas Leftovers
The holiday season can be somewhat wasteful with many of us over-catering and buying far more food items than we really need just in case someone pops by and needs feeding! Cut the Christmas waste from your household by getting creative with the leftovers – turn that turkey into a pie or mix the ham with corn to make a breakfast fritter. Find more tasty Christmas leftover ideas here.
Make Conscious Purchase Decisions
Just like meal planning can become too routine, it’s all too easy to do the weekly food shop without thinking. Snap out of shopping on auto-pilot this January and make a resolution to be more conscious about your food purchases. Perhaps you’ll consider buying more local or organic produce or make the effort to look out for green packaging. Another great resolution would be to remember to take your own reusable shopping bags with you more often.
