Comments on: Food Waste Friday-July 10th

By: Ariana

Ariana — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:28:40 +0000

I just found your blog and spent some time browsing your archives.
My husband is very into not wasting food so he’d love if I jumped on board with Food Waste Friday.
I usually do pretty well- I often have a leftover lunch where I bring out all our small containers of leftovers and serve them up. It can be a really random meal but a lot of times my kids prefer it that way

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:46:02 +0000

Hello, I really love your blog…so interesting. The freezer burn may have been the result of not blanching before freezing? I know it’s a pain, but it really does help when preserving food.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:19:47 +0000

Didn’t do too bad this week, just some leftover tofu pudding and coconut milk.

By: Jessie @ jessie:improved

Jessie @ jessie:improved — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:20:27 +0000

This was my first Food Waste Friday (and indeed, my first blog post ever!) It was truly a walk of shame.

By: Valerie - The Green Canadian

Valerie - The Green Canadian — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:45:03 +0000

I did fairly well this week…just a bit of meat that *may* have still been good, but I didn’t trust it.

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:08:17 +0000

I must have been inspired by Mrs. Green’s funny banana photo, because I had a banana rot and mold on me, which is a new experience.

By: WilliamB

WilliamB — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:26:27 +0000

Terribly! An entire head of lettuce went bad when I was away for 4-5 days, which means I hadn’t eaten salad for 4-5 before I left (also terrible). And farmers market strawberries a week before. I don’t feel badly about random scraps or things I don’t like (turnip tops), but I hate it when a chunk of food I want to eat goes bad. Such a waste – especially those strawberries. That’s what I get for saving them for someone else.

On the plus side, last night I made the first meal from my garden. It’s tiny and there won’t be many mostly-home-grown meals but I had italian sausage with home grown chard. I munched on the first home-grown carrot and the first home grown cucumber while I was cooking.

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:10:43 +0000

Well done, Kristen; that’s a really good week. I kinda cheated with mine. I created food waste, but we were staying at a friends with cooked food waste collections. Just as well; I had a week of burning things. Not very good for the bank balance, but at least the food didn’t end up in landfill!

By: Alea

Alea — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:26:39 +0000

You did not have to toss very much. Especially since the greenbeans went into the compost bin.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:24:21 +0000

I’ve been trying to be really good lately, so I haven’t had a lot of waste! Just some leftover yucky pasta salad no one would touch!