What food have you thrown out this week?

Dolly_Mixture

What an interesting thread. I try not to waste much but when you have a picky child, it is not easy. Usually her sandwich crusts go into the compost and anything else that gets left on her plate. However, some tips that might help other waste that work for me - use the "stay fresh" green bags from lakeland. Fruit and veg keep longer in these and if they do go off, they do not make a mess over the bottom of your fridge. I have had mine for years and wash them out when they have been used. I keep my potatoes in a potato bag from lakeland in the garage. Polythene bags from the supermarket are the worst things to keep fruit and veg in. Bananas in the fruit bowl will make the rest of the fruit go bad. I freeze whole bananas - even the black ones and then use them in banana cake, bread, muffins etc. Just snip off the top of the banana and squidge it into the mixture - no mashing required! Hope this helps keep the waste down!

gallygirl

Haul for the week - 1/2 loaf of interestingly decorated bread, 1/4 pint milk.

Am in dilemma over natural yogurt - how do you know when it's gone off??

skintchick

Bad week for me - a leek, half a pint of milk, two slices of toast that I burned beyond redemption (although from a 10p reduced organic loaf) and some rice pudding I stuck in the fridge but didn;t cover so has gone all dry, some gammon, and more bread.

Normally I don;t throw anything.

sgx.saint

Hmm, well I am new to the board but really like the forums so thought I would get involved on this thread too!

Today I threw out an entire bag of apples, some sealed pasta and some pasta sauce

I do tend to waste food, but I am determined to stop!

newleafer

We are terrible for this got better recently, and now I'm going to try the grocery challenge - I wont be throwing out anything!:D

I like the idea of frezzing peeled bananas for smoothies, the OH will love that.
But my freezer is so full.

This week:

1/3 of small pack of ham
1/2 cucumber, it should have walked out of the fridge on its own!
Bag of mixed lettuce leaves, why do they do that so soon go all yuk in 2days!
Going to go back to icebergs etc..:rotfl:

gallygirl

Bump!!!

'fess up folks, can't believe we've all stopped wasting food....

This week:
3 potatoes with more shoots than you could believe
A whole loaf of bread
2 pints of milk
1/2 cucumber

Excuse is I was away all week, which is no excuse cos I shouldn't have bought them in 1st place.

Can't remember last week, but know it included 6 yogurts:eek: :eek:

calleyw

Been a bad girl this week.

Chucked out half of reduced chinese lettuce and half bag of reduced to 10p salad.

I try not to let it happen but it has.

Will be better honest gov :rotfl:


Yours



Calley

Night-Owl_5

Chucked out a rotten pear and a plum and half a bag of manky salad

chick-chick

So far today I have thrown out;

a Bakewell tart (pastry gone soft)
a yoghurt (from OH's lunch box)

needmoney

Too many to list!!!:eek: