Is your fresh produce turning into a mouldy mess within days? It’s so frustrating, especially with grocery bills soaring. But a savvy food storage method promises to extend the life of your food, curtailing waste and guarding your wallet.

One clever garlic preserving trick has been shared — it not only prolongs your cloves’ life but multiplies them too! The hack was shared by @marfskitchengarden on TikTok, an author and gardening pro who often shares her advice with her 425,000 followers. She says you can use any garlic that you have in your fridge to grow your own green variety in just two weeks, using the sprouts that we often mistake for the vegetable going bad, The Express reports.

You can do this at any time of the year — and the green garlic can be used in ‘loads of recipes’. She added: “It’s a great way to make use of a sprouted bulb of garlic you’ve found in the back of the cupboard, or you can just use any supermarket garlic.”

It’s so easy to do as well – all you need is one bulb of garlic and a small bowl of water.

You can either peel the garlic cloves individually and place them root-side down in the bowl before pouring water over the top, or you can simply use the whole bulb instead. Martha added: “But I would recommend taking the time to peel the cloves because they sprout so much faster.”

Place the bowl of water on a windowsill in sunlight. Within a couple of weeks you’ll have some grown green garlic, with the individually peeled cloves looking much bigger and brighter than the whole bulb.

Martha said: “You want to change the water every day, but apart from that, these are so easy to grow. And then they’re ready to harvest. What’s even better is that they keep growing back, and you can harvest them multiple times.”

Simply snip the garlic at the root and use it in whatever recipe you like. Martha suggests making delicious garlic flatbreads, made with an equal weight of Greek yoghurt and self-raising flour, a splash of oil and a pinch of salt. Combine the ingredients until you’ve got a dough, then add your chopped green garlic and fold this in too.

Then, lightly flour your surface and turn the dough out, separating it into four pieces and rolling each one out thin. Fry for a few minutes on each side until they’re puffed up and golden.

Martha also made a delicious topping by melting some butter in a pan and adding more of the chopped garlic, which she drizzled over the flatbreads when they were done.

She said: “Even if you’ve never grown anything before, and it’s winter, and you’ve only got a windowsill, you can still grow your own green garlic – which you can’t find in the shops – and have it for your dinner.”

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