Do you spend £10.00 per month on food you don't eat

Vibrant

I caught one of my neighbours throwing out tins a few years ago, now she gives me any out of date stuff. As I haven't died, you would think she would eat it herself, lol.
The date on tins is only advisory anyway, to ensure the product is at its best. As long as the tin isn't "blown", it should be fine.
Generally speaking, if food looks and smells alright, I still eat it, no matter how old it is, people are too worried about hygiene nowadays, that is why everyone has allergies, intolerances, etc. Their body never gets used to a bit of dirt.

Kirri

Am buying a lot less now which is helping, keeping a close eye on the fridge and really trying not to waste anything! I do eat a few things past their best before date even including eggs, soya milk and yoghurts which I have binned in the past.

Am eating what I have though rather than what I want, which is actually quite hard.

I fancied a pizza tonight but resisted and put the mozarrella back on the supermarket shelf! I had one egg in the fridge and a slice of few days old homemade bread so I had egg on toast instead..

Hmm, I might keep a list this year to see how much I do waste as there is usually something..

PasturesNew

JackieO wrote: »

I read today that the average person buys at least a tenners worth of food every month that gets stored in the cupboard until its out of date then binned.

There's a lot more spent on things people don't need. Paying over the odds, buying that sneaky cake nobody'll know about, making portion sizes larger than needed, that packet of crisps, bar of chocolate.... bottle of wine.

£10/month is "only" 30p/day - how much more is spent on junk food, little extras and habits?

LolaLemon

Vibrant wrote: »

I still eat it, no matter how old it is, people are too worried about hygiene nowadays, that is why everyone has allergies, intolerances, etc. Their body never gets used to a bit of dirt.

That is SOO true!

although in my sons case, i drowned him with cows milk when i was pregnant! poor thing cant handle a drop of the stuff and as he was breastfed, i stopped taking milk, and a year n half later i buy some ice cream whilst out walking on a roasting hot day and take a bad reaction
totally lost my bodys ability to attack lactose and cow protien
now i cant even have a little milk in buttercream - i take a 'mild' form of anaphilactic shock.
yet i can eat some products made from milk and not have a sever reaction - just rashes, spots puffy eyes lol


im terible for wasting food, i am getting better - no supermarket shopping for what feels like ages! but in reality since 27th Dec,
If we could get goats milk else where then i could avoid tesco altogether
I am looking into seeing if a farm does goats milk and if they would deliver as it would work out cheaper than all the other junk i pick up when buying milk!

RSteve

I certainly do waste a lot. I absolutely hate throwing things away, though I will ignore best-before dates if I think it looks fresh. Tend not to be brave enough to ignore use-bys though. I think I get seduced by BOGOF and 3-for-2 deals forgetting I really don't need that many.
I think part of the trouble though is that I've found more and more lately that my local supermarket is selling things closer and closer to the use-by date. I tend to expect things to have a good few days left when I buy them but they often don't. Things that should have been put in the reduced-to-clear section often aren't.

I'm trying hard to remember to check use-by dates more on fresh, perishable things but I work shifts so if I'm in a hurry after work to get things before they close, or very tired (usually both!) I tend to forget and just grab things.

RSteve

Actually coming to think of it I'm finding bread goes off faster a lot lately too though I can't think why. I wonder if I'm storing it incorrectly... I do use a bread bin to keep it dark. Maybe it's because I've had the heating on too high...

kitschkitty

I'm not too bad with this but there are some things I still occasionally succumb to...

Frozen fish fillets - I always plan to cook them and then they stay in the freezer till they're no longer fit to eat and my parents pets get them.

Things I think I'll try like blancmange, semolina and tapioca, and various spice mixes have sat in the cupboards for years (but at least they won't go off)!

Occasionally fresh veg. I used to have a pet bunny, so he and I would get through all the veg, but now if I don't remember to cook it when it's still fresh it does occasionally go off. Very annoying as I know I could so very easily cook and freeze it.

Still I started the new year by giving the fridge a quick clean, and all I had to throw away was, cauliflower, half a jar of cheese sauce and half a jar of pasta sace. All 3 should have been frozen months ago not left there.

katesmum

Has anyone tried the 'STAY FRESH' food bags to store veg in?

They are brilliant, I picked a box of 8 up in Gee Tees for about 50p (they were originally Tescos but there's a sticker over the name!)

You put yr fruit/veg in and seal them with a tie and the contents last for ages..... I mean weeks. I put some broccoli in and left it there as an experiment and 3 yes THREE weeks later I used the brocolli and it was perfect, just as it was when I bought it.

I've tried everything, from carrots to lettuce and it all lasts for weeks (they may last longer but the packet recommends no longer than one months storage)

My fridge in the house is small (like my kitchen!) so I have a bigger fridge in the garage and this is where I store my veg, (and forget about it) so these bags are perfect for me.

Meadows

Love this word average as it covers the world, who is one of the average. I waste no food in my house.

rachbc

PasturesNew wrote: »

There's a lot more spent on things people don't need. Paying over the odds, buying that sneaky cake nobody'll know about, making portion sizes larger than needed, that packet of crisps, bar of chocolate.... bottle of wine.

£10/month is "only" 30p/day - how much more is spent on junk food, little extras and habits?

I don't consider a bottle of wine or bar of choc a waste - I might not need it but if I drink it and enjoy it its not wasted money!

The only things I waste are things I've bought to try and not liked - but generally I pass them on to someone rather than bin - recent disasters include pearl barley (yuk) and some bland watery Jamie Oliver pesto.

I'm learnign waht the things I regulary used to throw aware are and don't buy them to plan uses for the rest of the pack