How much do you chuck away?

chucknorris

missyrichards wrote: »

I slice up bananas to freeze and they make a delicious creamy tasting smoothie.:)

My dog will hate you now, because he 'used to' (prior to your post) get quite a few bananas that were a bit over ripe. Can you just eat them normally (rather than in a smoothy)? I usually have banana slices on my cereal.

remorseless

chucknorris wrote: »

My dog will hate you now, because he 'used to' (prior to your post) get quite a few bananas that were a bit over ripe.

overly ripe bananas are great for banana bread or 2 ingredients (banana+egg) pancakes! Unless you have LOADS of bananas

I thought bananas were not too good for dogs!

chucknorris

remorseless wrote: »

overly ripe bananas are great for banana bread or 2 ingredients (banana+egg) pancakes! Unless you have LOADS of bananas

I thought bananas were not too good for dogs!

Bananas are OK for dogs, but you should give them to dogs in moderation, they won't do any harm, but they can act as a laxative.

missyrichards

chucknorris wrote: »

My dog will hate you now, because he 'used to' (prior to your post) get quite a few bananas that were a bit over ripe. Can you just eat them normally (rather than in a smoothy)? I usually have banana slices on my cereal.

I don't see why you couldn't just eat the slices frozen but the whizzing up in a smoothie bit makes them taste sweeter. My hubbie likes eating frozen grapes as they are a bit like sweets.

remorseless

missyrichards wrote: »

IMy hubbie likes eating frozen grapes as they are a bit like sweets.

your hubbie is onto something... frozen grapes are good instead of ice cubes

Mistermeaner

Stewed and then frozen blackberries are great. I can't be arsed but my mum picks them, stews them then freezes them in individual portions. They're great just as a frozen block (like icelolly) but even better nuked in the microwave then served with ice cold vanilla icecream.

Makes sitting through a dinner of labour party talk just about tolerable.

lessonlearned

Lots of ideas here. Yes I freeze fruit. Have had a glut of raspberries and have been freezing them. I noticed there are some blackberries growing wild near us so I shall be foraging those and freezing them too.

If you grow roses they love banana peel, the potassium feeds them.

coffee grinds, teas bags, egg shells can all go straight on to the garden too.

I rarely throw food away.

I read on the Old style thread that some people use veg peelings to make stock, not tried that yet but am prepared to give it a go.

Banana bread - yum, yum. Not tried banana pancakes but shall give them a whirl.