It's time for Food Waste Friday, when the Frugalgirl encourages
us to post pictures from the
previous week of wasted food from
our household. This accountability
hopefully will help us to be more
careful with our food and maybe save some
money. Also, I am using this public forum to encourage us to eat out less
which includes better meal planning. You can follow how we are doing in
this endeavor by reading True Food Confessions.
This Week's Food Waste
This Week's True Food Confessions
I borrowed these words from Eddie's Facebook page because they perfectly explain our day yesterday. No one was interested in cooking, so we had Chipotle. However, I will say that we are having fewer of those days than we used to. We went away for the weekend to Miss Landers' cabin and planned ahead for our food there. It was nice to come back from the Apple Harvest Festival and find chili in the crock pot and wake up the next morning to bacon and eggs. Although we didn't have a menu planned this week, we managed to cook a big pot of tuna mac which, along with leftovers from the weekend, kept us at home for our other meals.
Hey -- congratulations!
ReplyDeleteProduce and dairy are what's aging rapidly in our house. We're doing our best to eat it all up. I may have to go back to chopping and freezing (I was hoping I was done with that for the season).
But good job to you!
We don't seem to have much problem with dairy around here. However, vegetables--now that's another story. Good luck with your produce.
DeleteI love the quote.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on no food waste!
I love the quote too. It succinctly explains exactly how we operate around here.
DeleteI'm actually one who hates to eat out, it's just not relaxing. But if out the only place that attracts me is Chipotle the food is so simple and similar to what I eat at home. Doesn't mean I want to stay there to have my food though :-)
ReplyDeleteGood job on no food waste.
I think I actually prefer takeout also. However, my husband prefers relaxing in a restaurant. I eat, then I'm done. He likes to linger. I think I could stand to relax a little more.
DeleteCongrats on no food waste! I love weeks like this:)
ReplyDeleteThanks. Let's see if I can make it two weeks in a row.
DeleteI just wouldn't want to see people NOT getting fruits and veggies to avoid wasting them later on. There's a balance between health and waste that has to be made. If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, then one extra apple in the compost heap doesn't spell failure. Actually, I think if it goes in the compost, it's not waste -- it's just being used in a different way. That only works for fruits and veggies (that left over ground meat shouldn't touch the compost bin, but a little extra cilantro does a compost bin good :-)
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that eating veggies and fruits is more important than worrying about waste. I live with a family of carnivores who do not gravitate to veggies on their own so I try not to buy vegetables I know they won't eat. However recently, they have decided that they like kale. Yea!
DeleteI know I'm late but congratulations on no waste :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm on my way to trying to save things from Waste Land for this week. Yesterday, I save some tomatoes with a batch of salsa.
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