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Don't throw food away challenge

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  • Mrsmilim
    Mrsmilim Posts: 8 Forumite
    I invested £10 in a pie maker - in a sale - reduced from £40- and it has been really useful. The couple of spoonfuls of left over dinner are made into pies for packed lunches. Mangy bananas are either turned into banana bread or fed to the chickens. Left over veg from Sunday dinner (that isn't made into pies) is fried up for lunch the next day or added to broth mix for, well - broth! I make stock from veg peelings and bones then freeze it in any suitable container - even water bottes or jam jars!
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    15p end of cucumber to report so far in Dec :snow_laug

    Plus 4 eggs (don't ask :o). 67p, so running total of 82p :(.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
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  • squeaky
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    edited 12 December 2011 at 11:10AM
    gallygirl wrote: »
    Plus 4 eggs (don't ask :o). 67p, so running total of 82p :(.

    Yeahbut... I'm asking :)

    I want to make sure I avoid whatever pitfall caught you out :)
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  • castleton
    castleton Posts: 320 Forumite
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    How useful have people found Pie Makers? How easy and quick are they to use? Where is the cheapest place to buy them?
  • PixieDust
    PixieDust Posts: 944 Forumite
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    three REALLY icky bananas and one small parsnip that shrivelled to nothing. The bananas....*shudder* I tried one, and it was like eating nailvarnish remover. Blerk.
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    edited 12 December 2011 at 6:48PM
    PixieDust wrote: »
    three REALLY icky bananas and one small parsnip that shrivelled to nothing. The bananas....*shudder* I tried one, and it was like eating nailvarnish remover. Blerk.

    This might help out if they're not "too" bad... Bananas going a bit black?

    And then possibly one of these...

    ripe bananas threads here on Old Style MoneySaving

    And I think most banana bread recipes don't mind the quality of the bananas: banana bread threads here on Old Style MoneySaving
    Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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  • gallygirl
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Plus 4 eggs (don't ask :o). 67p, so running total of 82p :(.
    squeaky wrote: »
    Yeahbut... I'm asking :)

    I want to make sure I avoid whatever pitfall caught you out :)

    1 was 10 days out of date. DS found it and asked if he should throw it out, in front of Mr GG. Fine I said, planning on retrieving from bin as soon as their back's were turned ;). DS finally decides he understands how to recycle so takes egg & chucks in bin, where it breaks, and puts cardboard in recycling bin :doh:.

    The other 3 were....... em........ we had friends to stay and I was cooking a fry-up. I normally fry using Frylight & bung under grill to 'set' on top. Decided to do the 'full fat' way. They all stuck together and broke when I tried to separate, and yolks ran into fat & looked manky :o.

    2 nectarines doing their best to turn into prune-type things eaten though, so not all bad :) .
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • icontinuetodream
    icontinuetodream Posts: 992 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    found dodgy looking melon (also attempting to look like a prune!!) lurking under a bag of potatoes in the salad drawer....:o had to hurl it into compost....:mad: guess that is probably about £1 - think I got 2 for £2 when I bought them....was so long ago, I can't really remember!! :eek::rotfl:
    Mortgage 12.12.12 £55842 12.12.13 £42716 14.12.14 £28837 13.12.15 £25913
    Mortgage OP £50/£600 House Fund £420/£5000
  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    1 was 10 days out of date. DS found it and asked if he should throw it out, in front of Mr GG. Fine I said, planning on retrieving from bin as soon as their back's were turned ;). DS finally decides he understands how to recycle so takes egg & chucks in bin, where it breaks, and puts cardboard in recycling bin :doh:.
    Kids huh?
    gallygirl wrote: »
    he other 3 were....... em........ we had friends to stay and I was cooking a fry-up. I normally fry using Frylight & bung under grill to 'set' on top. Decided to do the 'full fat' way. They all stuck together and broke when I tried to separate, and yolks ran into fat & looked manky :o.
    But they'd still have tasted like fried eggs... :p
    gallygirl wrote: »
    2 nectarines doing their best to turn into prune-type things eaten though, so not all bad :) .

    Nectarine prunes ain't bad??? <shudder>
    Hi, I'm a Board Guide on the Old Style and the Consumer Rights boards which means I'm a volunteer to help the boards run smoothly and can move and merge posts there. Board guides are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an inappropriate or illegal post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. It is not part of my role to deal with reportable posts. Any views are mine and are not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    squeaky wrote: »
    Kids huh?

    But they'd still have tasted like fried eggs... :p






    Too ashamed to serve them :rotfl:
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
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