Dietitian Lyndi Cohen has shared the nine tricks that will make your groceries last longer throughout lockdown, and while she said you should make good use of your freezer at this time, there are four foods you should never freeze

Instead, the dietitian said you should give your food a quick rinse before eating it, and you’ll get more mileage from your vegetables.

Lyndi’s second tip concerns the life of your green vegetables – and how you can make them last longer by wrapping them in paper towel (pictured)

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Store your greens in paper towel

Lyndi’s second tip concerns the life of your green vegetables – and how you can make them last longer with a paper towel.

‘Let’s say you have some fresh crispy lettuce and you want to make the most of it,’ she said.

‘One of the things you can do is get a paper towel and place it inside a container with the veg.

This will help to get rid of some of the moisture.’

The dietitian (pictured) explained that it’s important to wash your groceries at the right time, ideally just before you eat them to prevent the water from damaging them

Lyndi recommends you pop your herbs into an ice tray container and pour some stock over the top of them (pictured)

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Soak herbs in stock

Herbs are one of those things where you always want them, but don’t always have fresh ones on hand.

So if you’re not going to the shops just as often, Lyndi recommends you pop your herbs into an ice tray container and pour some stock over the top of them.

Put them in the freezer, and when it comes to cooking, all you need to do is get them out, pour them into your cooking and you’ll have a ‘great flavour base’.

Pour your milk into ice trays and freezing single serve portions, or pop a whole carton into the freezer before you need to defrost it in the sink (pictured)

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Freeze your milk

‘It can be really hard to get through a whole litre of milk if you’re living alone or in a couple,’ Lyndi said.

Get around this by either pouring your milk into ice trays and freezing single serve portions, or popping a whole carton into the freezer before you need to defrost it in the sink.

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Choose meat alternatives 

The upside to such little meat available in the supermarkets, Lyndi said, is that more and more people are turning to plant-based alternatives to keep them fed and nourished.

Plant-based options like marinated tofu and beetroot burgers are a great option, as they will last longer than meat and you can use them in a variety of ways.

For fresh food, the ideal temperature of your fridge should be somewhere between zero degrees and four degrees Celsius (pictured)

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Check your fridge temperature

You might be doing everything right, but your fridge might be set too hot or too cold for you to fully reap the benefits of fresh, longer-lasting vegetables.

‘You don’t want your fridge to be too hot or too cold and it’s worth remembering that if you do put hot food in the fridge, you’re going to need to turn the temperature down just a little bit,’ Lyndi said.

For fresh food, the ideal temperature of your fridge should be somewhere between 0C and 4C.

Lyndi said beans and legumes are a great buy for your pantry, as they won’t go off and can be used in a multitude of ways in curries, stews and soups (pictured)

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Make the most of beans and legumes

Like plant-based meats, Lyndi said beans and legumes are a great buy for your pantry, as they won’t go off and can be used in a multitude of ways in curries, stews and soups.

‘I always have loads of tins on hand and use them all the time,’ Lyndi said.

You can even make your own dried beans, she explained, by pouring some beans into a bowl, covering them with water and placing a tea towel on top of that.

‘Leave it overnight, and in the morning, just bring them to the boil, reduce to a simmer and leave them for an hour,’ Lyndi said.

She then recommends adding your beans to foods like bolognese when you don’t have much mince and said your family won’t even be able to taste the difference.

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