Don't Throw Food Away Challenge

LittleVoice

I'd like to join in. There are two of us in the house.

Have noticed items being thrown away in recent months when, in the past, things got to a throwing out state only about twice a year. I don't know what has happened to change things.

Given the better performance in the past, I'll aim for £1 ceiling for January.

hedgesparrow

E2006 wrote: »

Theres a weekly menu plan thread going if thats helps x

that would really help! I love to read other people's. Do you know where it is? I've been searching on the forums and I can't find it. Probably just being dense..

E2006

hedgesparrow wrote: »

that would really help! I love to read other people's. Do you know where it is? I've been searching on the forums and I can't find it. Probably just being dense..

Here you go (hope this works...) Its on oldstyle, sometimes ends up a few pages in.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4359603

E x

hedgesparrow

E2006 wrote: »

Here you go (hope this works...) Its on oldstyle, sometimes ends up a few pages in.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4359603

E x

Thank you! I will go through my fridge and get planning!

Linda32

I'm glad this thread has been re-started as well as I was thinking about it.

I don't think I will have an aim money wise. But I know it will make me think about anything going to waste. I don't think we over buy but you never know

Plus it will help if I know I'm going to have to confess

Karb

Hi all. Can I join in please? There's me and a dog, plus whichever of the kids have decided to descend on the house (generally eldest son, quite often #2 son, and #3 son at weekends).

The problem with this challenge is that the older kids tend to just help themselves to tea from what's in the freezer before I get home from work, so I'm never entirely sure what they are having and what they are throwing away.

So, taking my criteria as food items that I have had the opportunity to salvage, but failed, I'm going to set a target of £2 please.

Bluegreen143

I'd love to join this challenge! I hate food waste, but my OH is terrible for chucking stuff out - he is getting better now. No idea how much I waste currently so I'll set the target at £5 max and see how I go.

Solstice_3

Hi I'd like to join as well please. I found some new ideas, for me, to use up fruit that's going past it's best and put it into practice yesterday with a wrinkly apple - home made dried (oven baked) fruit. Great as a healthy snack for my little boy and even me! I'm going to be looking out for YS fruit to either dry or turn into compote when I'm at work

Someone mentioned making stock from peelings, any tips for me please? Will only do it with organic peelings and won't count non organic peelings as waste if this is ok? As I am saving my receipts for the GC I will aim for no more than £5 waste for Jan too

Me again Do we have to count moldy fruit? Sometimes you get a bad orange in the batch.

XSpender

Please can I join with a target of £5 too for Jan? My biggest area of waste is veg from my organic veg box and forgetting bits at the back of the fridge.

I will be counting anything that gets wasted that I buy from today onwards.

Thanks

WelshWoofer

Am very proud of myself:j:j

Just made broccoli and stilton soup - used up ageing broccoli, onion and potatoes from the fridge and a lump of left over Xmas stilton. Added up the cals using the exact weights I used and it made 3 good portions each at 220 cals, so a nice healthy low cal tea. Had it with 2 pieces of stale bread that I toasted - a real penny pinching meal! 2 for the freezer too for days that I'm too pooped to cook after work.
Get me! (the ready meal queen!)