Don't throw food away challenge

squeaky

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Have already started to meal plan and trying to base meals around what is in fridge. Bought purple carrots yesterday - thinking of roasting tomorrow in oven then adding to pan with stock with corriander (2 and a half packs need using up ....) before blitzing to make purple soup !

question ! have steak I took out last night to defrost in freezer - not sure I will be able to use it tonight - thinking of cooking it tomorrow morning in chilli ? will the steak be ok to use tomorrow morning ? I know I can't stick back in freezer because it will be all but defrosted now.

In the fridge it should be fine.

rising_from_the_ashes

fuddle wrote: »

I think I have underestimated with my £5 - I think you should keep it at £10 and revel in your success at the end of the month, while I dwell on my failiure

Thanks I feel a bit better now .... I will stick with my £10 as I've really no idea so it will be a good base figure to try to reduce going forwards.

Diflower wrote: »

A lot of young children do tend to eat foods one at a time, and have to learn to eat the meal as a whole.

I'm still quite bad at this:o I always eat all the veg first for some reason!


I know I'm not starting officially until 1st Nov but am pleased to report nothing thrown away so far!


ETA: Flat Eric meant to say, if you pop it into the fridge it should be fine until tomorrow

fuddle

Thats my pumpkin carved. I know it's early but I have plans for the flesh. By the way, it's from my father-in-laws wheelbarrow. It's the freshest smelling pumpkin I've seen. I'm going to save some seeds in the hope of growing a few for myself next year. Need to look into it.

Anyway - big chunky seeds to be grown or roasted. Flesh to be made into broth, pumpkin soup and a pumpkin pie. Skin to be a lantern but it's what to do with it after that? Could I roast it, hard skin when halloween is over and scoop the roasted flesh that's left over off?

Linda32

Hello all,

Another catch up, so far I've thrown away 30p worth, well now these more.

I always throw away the crusts from loafs of bread *sorry hangs head in shame* They are just too thick for me

So to that end, I've just counted how many slice of bread you get in a bag of Hovis about 20 I think so that equates to about 6p


So 36p so far.

fuddle

Linda32 wrote: »

Hello all,

Another catch up, so far I've thrown away 30p worth, well now these more.

I always throw away the crusts from loafs of bread *sorry hangs head in shame* They are just too thick for me

So to that end, I've just counted how many slice of bread you get in a bag of Hovis about 20 I think so that equates to about 6p


So 36p so far.

You could make a bread and butter pud so easy, and always devoured by my children. Failing that I put my bread ends on the piece of wood we have attached to the fence to feed the birds (and not the dog or the rats :eek:) or sometimes I whizz mine into breadcrumbs to save for making fish fingers, chicken goujons or to sprinkle over a pasta bake.

To be honest I don't like eating them either but since the price of a loaf has rocketted, my 'feeling hard done by' side whats to get the better of them and use every last crumb - warped I know :rotfl:

Hardup_Hester

We don't waste much food here, anything uneaten goes in the composter or in the caddy provided by the council, I've had the caddy 2 weeks & so far all that's in it is come chicken bones, after they had been boiled for stock. I made spag bol this week from the meat left from lamb shanks, I bulked it out with lentils & veg.
ATM I have to pans bubbling on the hob, one with stewed apple for crumble & babyfood, the other one full of the peel & cores & I shall make apple & chilli jelly after straining it & the rest will go in the compost.
Hugs Hester

fuddle

Hardup_Hester wrote: »

ATM I have to pans bubbling on the hob, one with stewed apple for crumble & babyfood, the other one full of the peel & cores & I shall make apple & chilli jelly after straining it & the rest will go in the compost.
Hugs Hester

Between yourself and squeaky, you've spurred me on to make some fruit stock and HM jelly. Do you use geletin? Would I find this in the baking isle and is it expensive?

Aril

I used this challenge as an excuse to thoroughly scrape the last remnants of the cake mix in the bowl but think I might have not done it in quite the right spirit as it never actually made it anywhere near the cake tin:rotfl::rotfl:T'was a good excuse though!!
Arilx

redlady_1

I am going to join this thread but need to work out the amount. I waste a terrible amount of food because I end up working or not home until late then dont want to eat and what I have taken out of the freezer, goes to waste.

Any savings will be a bonus.

Hardup_Hester

I don't use gelatin, both my stock & my apple jelly set like concrete, lol.
For my lunch to today I fried together some leftover mash potato & leftover spring greens & topped it with an egg.
Hugs Hester