Article: Kitchen top tips give food for thought

Stale bread, soggy cucumbers and sprouting potatoes may not sound like the ideal ingredients for a culinary masterpiece, but throw them away and you're missing a trick, and a treat, say food experts.

To stop you chucking out another bag of expensive brown salad leaves, we have put together some top tips on how to conserve your food and how to avoid throwing anything away to begin with.

Bread

Remember that you can always keep bread in the freezer and toast it from frozen (just remember to slice it before freezing).

Salad leaves

We've all got into the habit of buying bagged salad leaves, but whole lettuces will last longer and be better value in the long run. Also, never store salad leaves ...

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