Whoops.
Normally, I post a fun-to-look-at photo on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
But you know how Jo (from Simply Being Mum) and I alternate hosting Food Waste Friday?
Well, um, I sort of completely forgot it was my turn this past Friday and I showed you our carved pumpkins instead.
I realized this because I came across my food waste photo this morning. So, here you go...better late than never.
(I know you all were DYING to see my food waste, right??)
What's there is the last of some cilantro, part of a head of lettuce, and some forgotten-about clam chowder.
Really not sure what happened with the clam chowder, because everyone here loves it, and there is usually conflict over who will get to eat the leftovers.
So, you're all caught up on my food waste now. Phew.
And to close this post out, here's something slightly more beautiful to look at.
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Joshua's 52 Project post: Daybreak
Hi Kristen,
Made your clam chowder last week. It was delicious! I decided to freeze the leftover chowder and was a bit concerned about the texture when it was time to reheat. Sometimes potatoes get a gritty and gross taste. I brought a container to a friend and it was perfect when we heated it.
Patti
That IS good to know! I've always hesitated to freeze it because of the potatoes.
P.S. Even the half & half was okay. I really was pleasantly surprised!
I had a bad waste week, one whole BLSL cooked chicken breast, taco meat leftover from a party we had 3 1/2 weeks ago and spaghetti sauce. It all could have and should have been frozen for later meals, but I guess I thought we'd get to it sooner rather than later or in this case not at all.
I normally don't comment,but have followed your blog for years and years, but this post stood out to me with alL the waste we have had recently. There has been even more over the last month this was just the most recent. I think it's partly because our daughter recently moved out on her own so we're still adjusting to one less person eating the leftovers and I've change my WOE and I just don't eat like I use too! Which is a good thing, just need to change up the portions I cook!!
I imagine I will have some serious readjusting to do once all the hungry people leave my house too, and it's back to Mr. FG and me. I have quite a few years before I reach that stage, though!
Such little food waste! We made some quinoa chili last week (not a regular dish, but the best I could come up with to finish off the quinoa we've had for a while. We like it, but it just doesn't seem to get used often). No one seemed to like it except me, so there was lots of leftovers. We put everything into containers, but forgot to put them in the fridge/freezer when they had cooled a bit. That's our whoops and food waste.
Beautiful pumpkin shot.
I wasted ( I usually clean my fridge come Monday morning) about 2 cups of mac and cheese (weird because we love the stuff), 1 cup of rice, and 2 cups of green beans. We love it all so wierd... I need to stop cooking so much, I often think I don't cook enough for all 5 of us and then it gets tossed... I also have a hubby that once or twice a week doesn't make it home do to work. So I'm still thinking to cook less I don't know... Any advice?
I, too, have trouble determining the right amount to cook. My leftovers often become my lunch, either for the next day (therefore left in the fridge) or for later (labeled and frozen).
I bought cilantro yesterday, for a recipe I'm testing out for Cook's Illustrated. I think this makes it a good time to petition the Frugal Girl to provide a permanent link to the post that contains all the ideas for using cilantro.
Ooh, a sidebar graphic (like the one I have about my cell phone bill?)
For now, here's a link: https://www.thefrugalgirl.com/2010/02/how-to-use-up-cilantro/
(and really, just make All Of The Tex Mex Things. Which is kind of what I do all the time. Oh, Tex-Mex, how I love you!)
My audience is wishy-washy about Tex Mex, pity because my life would be easier. SE Asian, otoh... But I need more ideas that just nasi goreng (Indonesian fried rice).
We are the opposite here! Meh about Asian, in love with Tex Mex.
Certain Asian dishes also use cilantro. I had a really nice sauce to go with dumplings at the best dumpling shop in Washington, D.C.,'s Chinatown, and the waitress recommended a condiment of cilantro, ginger, and garlic. Very tasty!
A solid condiment or a liquid one? And which restaurant? I'm always happy to collect good dumpling shops anywhere.
Chinatown Express one block down H from the metro (walking into Chinatown from the arches), and look to the right down that first intersection. They have ducks hanging in the window and someone is usually making fresh noodles, too.
The sauce was more like a slurry? It was wet enough to bind together minced things.
I am slowly making progress on cleaning the freezer. I used up a few random pieces of fish last week and a package of bratwursts. I have some leftover dal thawing for dinner tonight and some stew meat for dinner tomorrow night. I need to increase my efforts though since we have a bunch of venison headed our way soon.
Oh boy Kristen you must think I'm pretty hopeless! Had I been over at my own blog this week (or yours?) maybe I'd have realised you'd posted about FWF! Duh! Funnily enough my 'Open House' post today (typing now) is about slowing down - and if ever I needed to it's now. Making such a lot of silly errors!