Don't Throw Food Away Challenge 2012

Firemunchkin

So yesterday I didn't have the tom yum gai soup, but I'll have that today instead. Yesterday I cobbled together LO roast chicken, spoonful of homemade pesto, spoonful of creme fraiche, spoonful of rice and 3 very soft cherry tomatoes - microwaved the whole lot together and mixed it up, very lovely with a bit of salad and grated parmesan. Usually all stuff I'd have thrown away so quite pleased :A

The flapjacks were good but the recipe I used had an awful lot of sugar, butter and golden syrup in it. They're nice but very sweet and very sticky/greasy so think I'll use less butter next time and see how they turn out. Still, all made from stuff in the stock cupboard and the raisins and oats I didn't want to throw out.

Also saved (although not strictly food) were the rose heads from a bunch of flowers I bought reduced in Tesco about 2 weeks ago. I find dried rose heads look beautiful in a bowl and keep for years. The ones I had were pink and white so they were snipped and are currently looking pretty on my kitchen window sill.

We had the breaded fish yesterday evening with the slightly yellowing broccoli, blanched then stir fried in chilli oil - really yummy. Sadly - the OH decided he wanted a parsley sauce with it (?!) but he messed it up so about 50p wastage there, and because he'd poured it all over his broccoli he didn't eat it all so another 15p there. Grrr. :mad:

Up to £4.15 this month - getting closer to that £5 target!

squeaky

Kylieminoag wrote: »

I have half a dozen bananas staring at me in the fruit bowl with tiny fruit flies circling like vultures.... :mad:I really need to do something with them before they turn into liquid but havent time to bake over the next few days.... if i peel and freeze them will i be able to bake with them once they have defrosted?

Thanks for any thoughts

Might be worth having a read here before it's too late: Bananas going a bit black?

And this... Freezing bananas.

Carmilla

I've just found this excellent thread! Thanks for all the ideas and inspiration! I'm going to try my best reduce waste and join in properly next month.

cat_smith

Last night I did a sweep of the fridge. LO pasta, OOD Philadelphia, end of gammon joint, frozen veg. Delish.

Off to freeze some ropey looking celery for soup.

VfM4meplse

Firemunchkin wrote: »

Also saved (although not strictly food) were the rose heads from a bunch of flowers I bought reduced in Tesco about 2 weeks ago. I find dried rose heads look beautiful in a bowl and keep for years. The ones I had were pink and white so they were snipped and are currently looking pretty on my kitchen window sill.

Excellent idea!

(Would be even more MSE if the b/f bothered to buy me some, but I shall have to look out for some reduced bunches...:rotfl:).

destroyerofdebt2011

:rotfl:nudge nudge wink wink valentines is not long round the corner... start hinting now :rotfl:

Naughty waste of 9p for a very reduced letuce that went in the bin, i had a couple of not feeling very well days and didnt fancy it so it went off before i had chance to eat it

debbiedeejay

Ok major Friday fridge & cupboard sort out.

Had to throw out following

2 Mr M's little apple pies = 30p
last bit of limp/slime lettuce =20p
last of celery(that was leaning on the lettuce above)=25p

oh and the bag of mouldy bread bits for the geese that are near me, had to be thrown as they were now seriously mouldy = 40p

Total £1.15

And I have found 3 or 4 oranges that are getting nearly to the state of mumification -need to act quickly and do something with them.

spike7451

I have a couple of old Ice Cream tubs in the freezer where I bung any left overs that I know I'm not going to use for a couple of days,I have about 3 chicken drumsticks,some pork left over from Christmas,a few left over home made wedges ect,,

Mrs_Veg_Plot

need to add another 10 p for a pear that went to mush in my lunch bag . Total now £1.05 for the month

icontinuetodream

Have been uber-good this month, but have to check the fridge later as I haven't been around much over the past week so not sure if the tribe have been 'keeping the faith' !!!:rotfl: Will report back later....:eek: