Don't Throw Food Away Challenge

JAMIEDODGER

Just noticed I forgot to freeze the gravy from yesterday's dinner, it's been out on the side all night so will have to throw now...estimate about 15p worth....up to 35p so far now:( will have to keep a proper eye on things so I don't go over that £5 this month...

icontinuetodream

Sorry about being awol for a few days....trouble with my internet router!!! :mad: However, I'm back now and am so pleased to see so many new challengers and followers :j
I won't come up with any suggestions for using leftovers from prior to this post as I would imagine I am probably far too late now!! But its amazing how many great ideas are coming from people so far....certainly makes you think that we can do so much better with all this support!! :T


So, welcome to the new challengers (numbers on post 2):

poohspal - £5 – Glad this is your personal challenge...hopefully we can all help!

WelshWoofer - £5 – No more using your dog as a bin then??!! Well done on the soup!!

hedgesparrow - £5 – hope the menu planning is coming on well
E2006 - £5 -sounds like you are off to a great start and thanks for the link to the menu plans

LittleVoice - £1– nice to have you back on the wagon!

Linda32 – let us know how much you have thrown away this month....it will help with a target for next month..

Karb - £2 – I have similar problems with never knowing who is going to be in for food...they don't throw things away that I don't know about, its just that I frequently go for things which I used to have before they noshed it all!!!

Bluegreen143 - £5 – when you work out how to train your dh, can you give me some tips!!??

Solstice_3 - £5 – its up to you if you count any fruit if it is mouldy when you buy it...personally, I check it before I put it in my trolley and if one has escaped my notice I tend to take the whole lot back for a refund!! Dried apple is lovely....I grind it to powder for my hm museli & granola.....great way to get sweetness without sugar! 1 minute summer fruit ice-cream sounds great – do you want to share the recipe??

Xspender - £5 – welcome aboard.....veg boxes can make for some interesting meals!

life unexpected - £7.50 - potato dauphinoise sounds lovely...bet that's one depressed puppy you have now!!

laurel7172 - £5 – onion marmalade...nomnomnom!!! chop and freeze loads of your onions too....it will save you so much time!!

Wendall – welcome aboard wendall....no doubt you will find lots of great ideas for using up leftovers here!

Jenagain - £5-happy to have you aboard...don't think hairy veg soup would catch on so glad you made the decision you did!!

CCStar – boozy cream on breakfast!! that sounds fab!!

mummy2threeboys –11oz per day – its never easy when you have kids - no-one will expect you to recycle from the floor though!!

Thanks for the bread tip Meg72, look forward to you joining in February MummyEm &couldsavemore (well done on the soup!!), nice to have you all aboard lilmisskitkat, DawnW, suec, Freedom2011, shammyjack, chinagirl, skader, Oscar_the_Pug & JackieO...if any of you want a number, just let me know!!

If I have missed anyone, I am really sorry .....unfortunately, lots to catch up with due to the break in internet services and only a small brain to cope with it!! Please shout out if I have forgotten you and will crawl appropriately!!!:D

I have done well this week not to throw anything away....I made a tomato sauce for pasta with a bag of dodgy looking tomatoes, garlic and onion – threw in some frozen vegan mince and a tin of sweetcorn. We all had this for dinner and then I ate the leftovers the next day while dh & dd had jacket spuds filled with bacon, onion & cheese (all of which were looking a bit worse for wear!!) Not sure what we are eating today.... feeling that it will be a decision made a lot later - ds is working later, dd at boyfriends and dh & puppy are still in bed!!:rotfl:Peace and tranquility...I love it!!:D

[Deleted User]

Lunch will be a saltbeef sandwich with salad and dinner is at my DDs tonight .Tomorrow I have to redo my freezer inventory as I know it needs altering.I am going to make the stuffed peppers for tomorrow instead of today as the beef needs using up today.I have some left over spring greens and brussels left which will be used up tomorrow as well I think.
Then I have to sort out the cheeses which seemed to have accumulated in my fridge

KatyReed+5

Hi can i join please, i have just caught up on the thread, and love this idea. I like to think i'm actually quite good at usingup food, especially since re-joining the GC thread at the start of Jan, i currently have carrot and lentil soup cooking away on the hob to use up the last onion and carrots about to turn, and have cooked the leftover bacon in the fridge and cur up and put in a pot to freeze, to us in something at some point, maybe for the kids with pasta tomorrrow, we'll see.

Can i please be put down for £5 up tp the end of Jan.

X

[Deleted User]

Can anyone tell me how to maker proper breadcrumbs? I just end up with lumps of bread

KatyReed+5

Ok quick quesion, but i have some orange juice with bit in in my fridge, it's very close to date, is there anything exciting i can do with it, maybe incorporate some into a cake? i may freeze some in and ice cube tray for nice icecubes in the summer? any other ideas? X

Oscar_the_Pug

Yes please put me down for £5. We were away for Christmas so did a lot of our chucking last year so it feels like I've got a clean slate!

For the poster who wanted to know how to make breadcrumbs you can either whizz the bread up in a processor/food chopper, or you can grate it. The machine makes it very easy but it's still possible without (though a lot messier). I usually have a tub of crumbs in the freezer to sprinkle on cheese topped dishes (e.g. cauli cheese, veg gratins etc) to make it crunchy.

I'm also planning to use up a couple of apples that are getting wrinkly with this recipe for Dutch apple cake: http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/607041 I do know I'm probably going to chuck some eggs though: they're a few days beyond the date and as I'm pregnant I'm not taking risks as I usually would...

icontinuetodream

KatyReed+5 wrote: »

Ok quick quesion, but i have some orange juice with bit in in my fridge, it's very close to date, is there anything exciting i can do with it, maybe incorporate some into a cake? i may freeze some in and ice cube tray for nice icecubes in the summer? any other ideas? X

I love sprouts with ginger and orange.....cut sprouts in half, pop in a pan with a small amount of olive oil and sweat off for approx 5 mins....grate in some ginger and add orange juice then cook for another 3-5 mins....nomnom!!

I have updated the challenge list and your number is 21

Oscar_the_Pug wrote: »

Yes please put me down for £5. We were away for Christmas so did a lot of our chucking last year so it feels like I've got a clean slate!

For the poster who wanted to know how to make breadcrumbs you can either whizz the bread up in a processor/food chopper, or you can grate it. The machine makes it very easy but it's still possible without (though a lot messier). I usually have a tub of crumbs in the freezer to sprinkle on cheese topped dishes (e.g. cauli cheese, veg gratins etc) to make it crunchy.

I'm also planning to use up a couple of apples that are getting wrinkly with this recipe for Dutch apple cake: http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/607041 I do know I'm probably going to chuck some eggs though: they're a few days beyond the date and as I'm pregnant I'm not taking risks as I usually would...

You're challenger number 20 Oscar....I totally agree with the breadcrumbs in the food processor....always worked well for me too!!

mummy2threeboys

HI all..was counting by oz but the batterys in my beoved digi kitchen scales died (not bad for a £3 scales that lasted 4 years lol..need to pop to poundland for more batterys) So for now im out of weighing as such..but still popping in for the challenge.

Today i have a 2/3 jar of maramalde to use up none of us like it but i made a friend a jaffa cake ..birthday cake so needed it. So today im going to make marmaladey/orangey victoria sponge ..if i just add two tablespons i can have enough for 3 cakes lol.
Also using up some dried eggs . Have a good week x

Frogletina

I've made a curry and added to it the last of the sprouts and baby carrots (just threw away a couple of tiny ones passed their best). That will make at least 3 meals and I tossed in the last of the rice from yesterday's meal.

Despite having lots of bread in the freezer on my last post, I've made things from most of it (after turning it into breadcrumbs) so I am now making bread with some flour past its best before date and freezing that too.