To prepare and cook food you need a few basic kitchen tools, including:
- Cooker
- Fridge freezer
- One or two saucepans
- A sharp knife
- Two chopping boards
- An oven tray
- A tin opener
- Plates and bowls
- Utensil set – cutlery, ladle, wooden spoon, serving spoon, scissors
A whisk, a spatula, mixing bowls, a masher, a grater, a vegetable peeler and a kettle will all be handy too
Some items to make food storage easier include:
- Food storage containers
- Tin foil
- Food bags/freezer bags
If you have recently had a take away, you can re-use plastic containers to store food in the fridge or freezer.
Freezing is a great way of storing food, keeping leftovers and cutting down waste.
For food safety, it's ok to freeze most raw or cooked foods providing you do the following things:
- Freeze food before the 'use by' date
- Follow any freezing or thawing instructions on the label
- Thaw food in the fridge so that it doesn't get too warm
- Use food within one to two days after it’s been defrosted – it will go off in the same way as if it were fresh
- Always follow the instructions on packages for storage and use-by dates
Click here for more information on safely storing food.
It is useful to keep a note on or in your storage container of the date it was prepared and stored
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