Food Waste Friday | I don't think this is my fault.
Every week, I post a picture of the food that has gone bad over the last seven days. I started doing this in March of 2008 to help motivate myself to use up my food instead of wasting it and it's been very effective. Since it helped me so much, I invited other bloggers to join me in posting their food waste photos, and Food Waste Friday was born.
This week, the spotlight is on a lone orange.
I'm not sure what happened to this one...all the others in the bag are/were fine but this one? It was not. It is squishy and sticky and inedible. So, into the compost it goes. But, do you know what is sort of amazing?
(sit down before I tell you, please.)
I had cilantro in the fridge this week, and none of it is in this photo. This is a minor miracle. Yay!
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How did you do this week? If you blogged about your food waste, link us up by entering your info into the widget below. Participants get a spot on my Food Waste blogroll for the upcoming week* so join us! You'll save money, reduce your trash output, and get a little publicity for your blog!
*Since so many of you are participating now, I can't manage to keep up with the food waste blogroll (which is a GREAT problem to have! You guys rock!) So, this week is the last week I'll be doing the blogroll thing. However, participating in the linky widget should garner you some bloggy attention and hits, especially if you are lucky enough to be first in line (plus, it'll help you save money and food!), so I hope you will keep joining me.
Congrats on using all the cilantro. I still haven't figured out how to do that when we buy it. 🙂
Stephanie
Kristen, I wasted SO much food this week! I was really sick over the weekend, so I couldn't cook anything. After I felt better, I still didn't feel well enough to cook anything complicated, or smell leftovers cooking. I had a BUNCH of leftovers go bad, some chicken I had cooked, some sour cream, some buttermilk, and I even had some bread go stale! I'm so mad at myself...I totally should've frozren those leftovers! Oh well...There's always a new week!
I am very excited to participate in your "food waste" mission. How sad that I waste food. My food waste this week could have very easily been chopped up before it went moldy, and frozen for later use.
I am hoping participating with you in this will help me to become more conscious about what I am doing.
By the way, I adore your blog.
A clementine went solid-hard but the rest are fine. The opposite/twin of yours? I made potato starter for a potato bread but life happened and I didn't make the bread so the starter was wasted also.
I have houseguests this weekend, which offers plenty of opportunities for reuse. The too-old-to-eat rice from take-out will become rice pudding. A few days ago I sauteed previously-chopped veggies (celery, onion, carrot) and froze in batches. Last week I simmered the extra turkey I bought and froze that in batches, then made stock and froze *that.* I see a turkey casserole in our future. With salad because I don't seem to have a taste for the romaine I bought.
Pity about the bread, Frugal Liz; what do you like to do with stale bread? I actually made a bread last night so I can make stuffing over the weekend. Too bad we couldn't trade.
I'm so glad that more and more people are participating in your food waste blogroll! Since I started tracking our food waste with you last March, I've noticed a HUGE difference in how much food we waste.
congrats on the cilantro - that's a wonderful result! Snow meant we had no food waste - that's because I couldn't get to the shops so we were eating the house out of everything. There is a lesson in that, no?
Way to go with the cilantro! I had to throw some out today because it was liquefying.
I freeze my extra cilantro. I prefer it fresh for most dishes but for some cooked meals, frozen works well enough.
We had a bad week, but there's always next week!
Congrats on the cilantro! We've been using it in everything lately- I never knew how much my husband loved cilantro.
I don't hink the orange is your fault. We did not have any waste this week!
Meh. I'll have to take a picture and post. It's not pretty.
Just a tip on cilantro: Stick the bunch into a glass of water, like you would a bouquet of flowers and keep it in the refrigerator. I have had a bunch of cilantro in the fridge now for probably 2 weeks, and it's still good.
Have finally joined the merry band and placed my first incriminating photo! Thanks for this site it is brilliant!!
Kristen, this is Tiffani Boyd from church, from way back. Erin lead me to your site and this is great! I also coupon and am constantly looking for ways to cut back the cost of living. I"m looking forward to reading through this blog.
Oh wow!!! Hi there! I'm glad you found me. I'm off to check out your blog too. 🙂
RE: Easter (bunny) and Christmas (Santa Claus) - I too raised my children in the same ideals - they were just as excited as other children (who believed) - but I knew I did not want to "lie" about a fabled character - my dad said that your kids can't see God either - would they question about God also! I too am a Homeschooler and my youngest is graduating in June at our Regional LEAH Convention - I have enjoyed every moment (even the worst) and it is a bitter-sweet event.