Use it up! Don't throw it in the bin!

LittleBill

mummysaver wrote: »

I almost had a cow yesterday, was at a friend's house whilst she put her shopping away, she just throws out the previous week's veg and replaces it with the new in the fridge! Guess who grabbed it before it disappeared into the bin and came home with two carrier bags full of stuff! I told her she's nuts and that there was nothing wrong with it all, but she wasn't having any of it! Mad mad woman! Wonder if she'll pass on all the stuff she's bought this week and prob won't eat!

Sadly this is the case in many homes ... my neighbour has occasionally given me stuff they couldn't use when they were going away ... but they say they normally throw away loads ... often just because they change their minds on what they want to have for dinner!

frazzmunch

Just found this thread and definatley want to join..:D had a few unexpected expenses over the past week so am going to see how little i can spend on food by using up everything i can from my cupboards and freezer, throwing nothing away and being as frugal as possible with what money i have :A lets hope that i can do it..:rotfl: !!!

Sian_the_Green

Might sound a little bizarre but when one of my onions sprouted without me realising I wondered what the sprouts tasted like; delicious

zarazara

tonight were having a left over HM pasta sauce from yesterday with spagetti and green salad.

EmptyPurse

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

Might sound a little bizarre but when one of my onions sprouted without me realising I wondered what the sprouts tasted like; delicious

It's not bizarre at all. The other day I came across a tip for using green onion sprouts chopped up in salads in the same way that you'd use chives; I think it might have been in Rose Prince's 'New English Kitchen' cookbook (which I highly recommend, by the way!).

wyebird

You could make homemade Baileys with evaporated milk and tip top :beer:

Beccatje

dawnylou wrote: »

Becca my fiance doesn't eat crusts either so I save them and have cheese on toast as a treat

There's an idea! Thanks!



I made bread and butter pud a few years ago, but my kids didn't like it then....
so that's why I've never tried it again.
Might do again though, you never know.

Although the Dutch are not that big on 'puds' like the britt's. We tend to eat more dairy stuff for dessert like yoghurt and custard and such.

Becca

ceridwen

...And my overall impression of making sure one uses up leftovers....I didnt realise how much food I actually have in. I'm trying to be very conscious of using up what I already have first - not perfect yet, but working on it. With this - I suspect my food bills havent gone up, despite the price rises.

Taking this "think about everything first" attitude seems - though I havent worked it out in detail - to have ensured that my food, fuel and water costs have stayed pretty much the same (despite the rises).

I guess I have often paid out for whatever and used it pretty unthinkingly - just because I could.

Paige

I love this thread and have been using up everything in my fridge, even keeping small bits of onion, 1/2 carrot and 1/4 tin corn, 2 squishy toms , which I would usually throw out. I chopped and fryed these bits with garlic and chilli and mixed them in with cooked rice. I served this with some chicken thighs and legs rubbed with lime juice and paprika. A really cheap yummy dinner - but did have a bottle of Bud with it !!

galadriel

wyebird wrote: »

You could make homemade Baileys with evaporated milk and tip top :beer:

rushes out to buy evaporated milk and sits waiting for the recipe