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About cauliflower breadsticks, frozen spinach, and more…

Every other Friday, I host Food Waste Friday, where I share my food waste successes and failures. The public accountability does me good. 😉

You know me…I like to get the bad news out of the way first.

So.

Here it is.

bad news

Those are leftover cauliflower breadsticks. They were all right the first night I made them, but leftover, I found them to be quite unappetizing.

And while I saved several yellow squashes this week, this one was ugly on the inside as well as the outside, so I composted it.

bad squash

On to happier news!

I froze a tray of spinach and various fruits that were about to go bad.   Because, smoothies, of course.

freeze spinach for smoothies

smoothie

I saved several summer squashes by making muffins.   I used this zucchini muffin recipe, except I did not add cinnamon chips, and obviously I used yellow squash instead of zucchini.

summer squash muffins

I wouldn’t say they were out of this world, but we did eat them all in pretty short order, and I didn’t have to compost those squashes, so I feel like it was kind of a win.

I needed a mushroom or two for paninis, and since Mr. FG is the only one here who really likes mushrooms, I bought the loose ones.   They cost more per pound, but I can use them up quickly and not waste any, so it’s ultimately a money saver.

loose mushrooms

Here’s how my fridge is doing:

fridge view

and my freezer:

freezer

The freezer still mostly contains smoothie ingredients, so, happy day!

My fridge has a container of sour cream that froze and thawed and is now runny, so I think I’m gonna try using that in some kind of baking recipe.   Aside from that, things are pretty darn under control. Yay!

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Sharron Walt

Monday 4th of April 2016

Loads of nourishment waste in the previous 2 weeks… . Bread, veggies turned sour, a few organic products, hummus, veggie plunge… . awful, awful, awful! On the larger size, I spared 18 pounds of fallen apples from the neighbor's tree! Fruit purée it is.

Annabel

Tuesday 15th of March 2016

I got over from get-away, so I needed to discard a considerable measure of incidentals: a touch of old hummus, the remainder of the raspberry mayonnaise we'd made up, the end of some tortilla chips, and so forth.

Then again, the half-stalk of celery I returned home to was delicate yet not really spoiled or mildew covered, so I utilized it as a part of soup.

Regards Annabel

Taylor Hughes

Tuesday 1st of March 2016

Sadly an egg went to waste this week. There was only one left in the container and I'd overlooked it. It was past its best before date, so I checked it by putting it in a glass of water – it rose to the top so out it went

Taylor Hughes

Thursday 25th of February 2016

Bunches of sustenance waste in the previous 2 weeks… . Bread, veggies turned sour, a few organic products, hummus, veggie plunge… . terrible, awful, awful! On the hefty size, I spared 18 pounds of fallen apples from the neighbor's tree! Fruit purée it is.

Tina | Digital Marketer

Saturday 6th of February 2016

@ Kristen

Plenty of food waste in the last week. extra meat, Bread, fruits, hummus, they all are bad. i use my extra meat take the kids crabbing. You don’t need to to go to market and purchase crab trap chicken which is twice the cost of standard chicken.

Regards Tina

Lots of food waste in the past 2 weeks…. Bread, veggies gone bad, some fruits, hummus, veggie dip…. bad, bad, bad! On the plus size, I saved 18 pounds of fallen apples from the neighbor’s tree! Apple sauce it is.

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