Did you know you can freeze onions? The self-proclaimed “hack queen” made a TikTok showing how it’s done.

The scoop

Suzie Durigon (@therealjustcrumbs) shares recipe tips and suggestions for reducing waste in your home. They even shared an inventive way to use old fruit bowls. In one clipSuzie explains how easy it is to freeze your excess onions.

@therealjustcrumbs The next time you want to throw away onions because you bought too many and think they’re going bad, use this tip to reduce food waste and stay within your food budget! #justcrumbs #onions #freezer #budget #unprocessyourfood #kitchentips #kitchenadvice #fast #kitchentip #kitchentips ♬ S&M (Rihanna Tribute) – Super Bowl Music Makers

The process is easier than you think. Start by slicing your onions into the shape you want. Add your cut onions to a ziplock bag, spreading them out so they lay flat. Next, expel all the air from the bag. You can use a straw or a vacuum machine to remove as much air as possible.

You will be left with a flat, sealed bag of onions that you can pop into your freezer.

“Anyone, and I mean anyone, has room for this tiny, skinny bundle,” adds Suzie.

When you’re ready to use your onion, simply cut the amount you need and you can use it for any of your favorite recipes. The creator sautés it to garnish a delicious scrambled egg.

How it works

Preventing food waste is one of the best ways to save money and help keep organic materials out of landfills. THE USDA finds that in the United States, about 40 percent of our food is wasted, throwing away “an estimated 133 billion pounds and $161 billion worth of food.”

Reducing your food waste by just 10% can save you almost $100 per year. Tips as freeze leftovers Or dry the herbs are all simple ways to reduce the amount of food that ends up in the trash. Wasting some food is inevitable, but considering composting programs or installing a bin in your garden is another way to avoid throwing it away.

It’s important to keep organic materials out of our landfills because when they decompose, they release a powerful pollutant. Methane is a gas that warms the climate and whose warming power is approximately 80 times greater than that of carbon. According to the EPAfood waste is the cause of more than half of methane gas freed from landfills.

What is the most common reason you end up throwing away food?

I bought more than I could eat

It went wrong sooner than expected

I forgot it was in the fridge

I didn’t want any leftovers

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What people say

TikTokers in the comments were excited to try the hack, and some even said they had already done it.

One person wrote: “This is awesome. »

“I’ve been doing this for years. I make bags of slices, chopped and chopped. Quick and easy,” someone else added.

Another home cook said, “Whenever we buy onions, we cut them in the food processor and freeze them. This makes meal preparation even faster because they are already ready. »

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