Waste Food Challenge ???

superrhinos

For full details about this challenge please read this post from 2013

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4366653

Challengers:

Lindsaygalaxy £2 per week
Superrhinos £10

WantToBeSE

Me me me!!!! I NEED to do this

[Deleted User]

Great idea for those who really want to make an effort.I find it almost impossible to throw food out ,but then I have been frugal and careful with my stores for most of my life.Nothing gets wasted in my house.Old past-their -best veg gets turned into soup.Left over bits get portioned up and frozen.My waste bag is usually one of the carrier bags from a shop, and in it I suppose is usually wrapping from food but little if any food.maybe some empty egg shells or peelings from fruit I don't garden anymore owing to a clapped set of bones :) or they would go on a compost heap.Although if I have lemons or oranges I try to use the peel up in cakes.Coffee grounds go in the waste bin as I can't think of a use for them along with tea bags.But it would be interesting to see if others are going to rise to the challenge :):)
JackieO xxx

welsh_mummy

I too seldom throw food in the bin but will follow this thread to maybe get ideas etc

hazzie123

Great thread,I've just got out of bed to put the leftover portion of shepards pie in the fridge.I shall have it for lunch tomorrow.

Butterfly_Brain

I am another who wastes nothing, if I can't use it straight away I just freeze it. For example we had some sad looking mushrooms fried with our steak tonight and what was left I quartered and have popped in the freezer ready to add to a stew, stir fry, soup or something else.
I will happily follow the thread though.

purpleivy

I sometimes put onion and carrot tops/peelings in a bag in the freezer, celery root and so on. Then when I want to make stock I just tip the lot into water with the bones. I don't have to cut into an onion specially. Don't worry if there is some of the brown papery outside or the roots, you'll strain the lot. Papery stuff gives it a bit of colour.

maman

I'm another who absolutely hates waste.


I think I do fairly well. No food waste here at all AFAIK: any cooked leftovers from meals go in the fridge/freezer for future meals. I always base next week's mealplan on what I have in so that nothing gets thrown away.


All suggestions gratefully received!

Living_proof

I am in danger of turning into my mother and mother-in-law who had myriads of penicillin cultures in their fridges. I tend to have mine in the freezer but living alone necessitates using a little and keeping a a little. I seldom throw anything out unless in becomes a slimy mess in the salad drawer. My daughter, on the other hand, throws out more food than I buy.

kboss2010

This sounds like a great idea!

I have a food waste bin and, for the last two months, I have been living completely from my store cupboard/freezer and the only things thrown away have been veg peelings and scrapings from plates (minus peelings fed to the guinea pigs). I've only spent about £30 on fresh veg and milk which is great!

Anything about to go out of date/off gets frozen in portions.

ostaragirl

I'm in the process of clearing out a cupboard just now and am looking for ideas to use the following and wondered where to post?

A nearly full bag of Alpen
Lots of Porridge Oats
Some bran
2 unopened jars of mincemeat
A bag of Pecans

I have an idea that I'd like to make some sort of granola/cereal bars? could I mix the lot together and bake it? would like suggestions as to what to do with it