Every week, I post a picture of the food that has gone bad over the last seven days. Why do I do this? Because in March of 2008, I finally got fed up with the amount of food I was wasting, and I thought that showing my waste to other people would motivate me to use up my food instead of wasting it. Because this often embarrassing practice was so helpful for me, I invited other bloggers to join me in posting their food waste photos, and Food Waste Friday was born.
…but there was nothing in there to throw out.
Which is excellent, of course.
I did throw out a bit of pudding earlier in the week because it had been forgotten in the back of the fridge (so sad, because someone here would definitely have eaten it!) But I made that batch of pudding to use up some milk that had gone a bit sour, and almost all of it was eaten.
So I’m counting that as mostly a save. 😉
Since I don’t have a food waste picture, here’s a little sneak peek of Zoe’s bed re-do.
More to come next week!
Wench
Tuesday 12th of June 2012
Cooking for two can be challenging. I think hubby hunts in the frig when he has one of his munchie attacks while I am working. I try to make no more than 4 servings per recipe. Dinners can be put in the frig and eaten that next night. I even make cookies and only cook 6-12 cookies. I then freeze the dough so my munchie man wont find them. It's been a struggle to only shop for what you need on a weekly basic, especially since I buy only whole food products. Living in my Tin Can with two small frigs can be tough. Great web site.
Skirnir Hamilton
Friday 8th of June 2012
Not a lot of food waste, but some. About a tablespoon of brown rice that was from take out night and some really old, I think it was, gravy and a few blueberries. Price matched Aldi's prices at Walmart and the blueberries were not quite as good as Aldi blueberries, but most have been fine. Had a few soft ones and a few moldy ones. I think I got rid of all the moldy ones this morning and I will keep working on them. :) But that is really about it, so a fairly good food waste week.
Jupiter
Friday 8th of June 2012
I had nothing wasted this week either but I did blog about food security and included a short film about food waste in the US
EcoCatLady
Friday 8th of June 2012
No food waste to report, but I see some looming on the horizon unless I can figure a way out of a little conundrum. Basically, I've ended up with several jars of Kung Pao sauce that have been opened but only a spoonful of each has been eaten. I can't eat them because I have allergies.
Long story here - CatMan LOVES Kung Pao but we're trying to cut back on takeout, so we were trying a bunch of sauces & recipes to see if we could find a way to make it at home. Anyhow, these are the rejects. Normally I'd just find a way to eat them myself, but at least two of them have listed ingredients that would send me to the ER. CatMan won't eat them, and doesn't share my zeal for not tossing anything edible.
I can't post them on FreeCycle because they've been opened. But I hate to just toss them. Any suggestions?
Amie
Saturday 9th of June 2012
Do you know anyone that has teenagers that might like to make something w them ...??
DD
Friday 8th of June 2012
I am a HUGE fan of yours and am coming out of my lurking status and going to try my best to meet this challenge. Thanks for all that you do to promote frugal living! :)
Kristen
Friday 8th of June 2012
Oh, I love it when readers de-lurk! Glad to have you out in the open now. ;)