Food Waste Friday | the last of 2011!
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. If you're not a blogger but still want some food waste accountability, feel free to participate by leaving a comment.
Cantaloupe has been really cheap of late, probably because a lot of people are still nervous about buying it after the listeria problem.
I've bought quite a few, and they've been surprisingly good, considering that it's not exactly cantaloupe-growing season. But, the last two I bought were not so tasty. I cut some up to throw into smoothies, and we ate some, but we were just not up for consuming this last half.
So of course, I just let it sit in my fridge until it got moldy.
Because that is very sensible.
I'll probably refrain from buying cantaloupe again until the winter is over because the odds of getting a tasteless melon are just too good right now.
I will not be tempted by low prices! I will not!
Ok.
I also wanted to tell you that this will be the last Food Waste Friday for 2011. The next two Fridays are right before Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, and I think most of us will be far too busy to think about food waste!
And because this is a very busy time of year for you and for me, posts for the next week or two will be a little more hit and miss than usual...we'll probably skip some of the regular features, and I might even skip some days.
So, don't worry about me if I don't post. I'm probably just baking cookies or something. 😉
Oh, and I want to tell you about a new glass straw that I have, but I'll do that this afternoon in a separate post.
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Yoghourt was my nemesis this week !
Things are getting busy so you can be forgiven for a little melon! Strangely melon also makes an appearance in my Friday fridge photo this week (the photo is grainy - bad bad bad! but I have high hopes for a DSLR soon!). I hadn't purchased melon in months then impulse purchased - no idea why! I know better. Anyhow going to use it up as part of No Waste Tastes Great today after lunch. My post is going up this afternoon later than usual as I have spent the morning watching the Kids talent show at school...
Completely sensible. That's what I did with my grey ground beef, too.
Because if it sits in the fridge, it will magically get better, right?
On a completely unrelated note: Merry Christmas!
I had a frugal girl moment this week--a squishy cucumber!
I had a bit of oranges and almonds and a slice of pizza that sat out too long for me to be comfortable with.
As long as you are enjoying yourself and those lovely kiddos then I think we'll all be good with spotty blog posts.
I'm quite looking forward to hearing about this glass straw. I like straws. They feel fancy. I bet a glass straw would feel extra fancy.
And I agree on the cantaloupe - I'm seeing lots, and I love cantaloupe, but it just doesn't taste good. I think today we're tossing some weird tomatofruitveggiecross thing that wasn't it, some old buttercup squash (tastes weird, not to be confused with butternut, which I do so like), and probably some stuff that got buried in the fridge. Who knows.
Enjoy your baking!
No waste here!
Finally getting back to posting FWF
No waste here this week!! yay!!
No waste here, but I have a large collection of odd bits in my fridge so it will take vigilance this weekend to get them eaten up!
This was my first week jumping on the Food Waste Friday bandwagon! Thanks for the motivation!
Hurrah! All week, my husband and I work/ate/cooked with your Food Waste Friday in mind! No food waste! And we got so inspired by commenter Jo at Simply Mum's blog and totally emptied out the fridge, cleaned all the shelves, and then...washed the front, top and sides! I am so influenced by blogs these days! 🙂
Congratulations Cheeryshirley.
Kristen, we only wasted some rice this week and it happened while I was away last weekend. Not on my watch but waste none-the-less.
I do have my best food rescue ever to report. It was absolutely delicious and makes me think I should burn some cookies more often 🙂
Happy Christmas to all at Chez Frugal Girl. Will look forward to your spotty posting and a return to regular scheduling in the new year 🙂
Susan@Emperorp ~ Hahaha! Burnt cookies turned into Gourmet Flambe'! Yea!
I've been so excited to take the Food Waste Friday challenge! It is making such a difference in our grocery bill! We are trying so hard to be much more responsible in our income and output! 🙂
How are you doing? I need to pop back over to your very interesting blog to find out! 🙂 Merry Christmas to you and your dear family! Cheeryshirley
Loved the comment you left on my blog. It was very nice. I very much admire how much you and your husband are working in tandem on Food Waste Friday. It sounds like it is paying off for you both.
Happy Christmas to you too.
Oops! I meant Jo at simplybeingmum
Thanks Cheeryshirley - your comment on my blog made my day! I'm so chuffed it's helped - Jo 🙂