Love Food Hate Waste 2020

Mummy2cheekymonkeys

Last night we had a bacon and leek risotto. I'm ashamed to say that I normally trim the tops off the leek and it goes in the compost but this time I gave them a thorough wash to make sure all the dirt was gone and sliced them up and made a potato and leek soup. Me and OH had a big bowl for lunch (he went back for a second helping) and there is enough for the same again tomorrow and a portion to go in the freezer. It was delicious and safe to say I wont be composting the tops of the leeks anymore!

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

More los both fresh & frozen converted into soup. Sprouting tops of carrots & parsnips planted out.

candygirl

Was rollocking myself last night, after forgetting to put another loaf in the freezer, n had to throw it away .It set me wondering approx how much food I waste every week , in terms of cash 🤔I roughly totted up, justv what I could remember, throwing out  over the  past few days,  n it came to over £8 worth of food!! What a waste !! 😤
So I've decided to jot down literally everything I throw away, even left overs, to challenge myself to reduce what i'm wasting .
Does anyone else fancy joining in to challenge each other , n compare notes? Then we can see if we reduce it each week. 
Not sure if this needs a new thread,  but don't want to take over our much missed JACKIE's idea 😊 x

Pyxis

Seems the best thread is here, as this is a no-waste thread! 😊

joedenise

Don't see why this thread shouldn't be used, after all it is about not wasting food and if you're really thinking about it you'll definitely be wasting far less food and using up those LOs.  Most of what I "waste" are things like potato skins & egg shells which you can't really eat, although I know some people fry potato skins but I eat anything fried in oil, I tend to either use spray oil to fry or I bake or grill things which I don't think would work for potato skins.

Pyxis

joedenise said:

Don't see why this thread shouldn't be used, after all it is about not wasting food and if you're really thinking about it you'll definitely be wasting far less food and using up those LOs.  Most of what I "waste" are things like potato skins & egg shells which you can't really eat, although I know some people fry potato skins but I eat anything fried in oil, I tend to either use spray oil to fry or I bake or grill things which I don't think would work for potato skins.

There’s always Potato Peel Pie! 😁

nursemaggie

Yes good idea. I mostly agree with Pyxis, most of my waste was inedible. I don't peel potatoes just give them a good scrub.

Now my wastage is because of the corona virus. I'm very vulnerable so I have deliveries from A*da. I did not chose them they chose me. I was offered Sainsbugs but I had to order immediately.  I had just had one from morries, They were was fulfilled by Oc*do, and a very good service but then morries started sending out boxes or lucky bags as I have been calling them as you are you are lucky if you get anything  you need. I was transitioning into vegan but as soon as the lockdown came I could not get the food I needed.  I have been eating some meat, not every day because of not getting what I need.  There is someone opening the morries boxes on you tube. They seem to be very heavy on the meat and extremely light on the veg so I did not bother.

A*da has been sending me odd substitutes. I'm not eating it all and they won't accept  things back. For one I have 2kg of spinach in my freezer. I live alone. They give me that what ever veg on my order they have not got they substitute frozen spinach. I order fresh baby spinach every week so I'm getting snowed under with the stuff. Last weeks fresh was only fit for the bin.

I'm very much in need of some ideas to to use it up. I am stuck with odd things that don't go together and no room left in the freezer.

joedenise

Pyxis said:

joedenise said:

Don't see why this thread shouldn't be used, after all it is about not wasting food and if you're really thinking about it you'll definitely be wasting far less food and using up those LOs.  Most of what I "waste" are things like potato skins & egg shells which you can't really eat, although I know some people fry potato skins but I eat anything fried in oil, I tend to either use spray oil to fry or I bake or grill things which I don't think would work for potato skins.

There’s always Potato Peel Pie! 😁

What is that?  I don't eat pastry either, so probably no good for me so I'll still have to end up binning them!

I don't always peel potatoes but they're not always worth using.  I seem to be getting a lot of scabby potatoes just lately!  I certainly never peel  new potatoes or when I have jackets, I always eat those skins.

ToastLady

I love spinach with pasta in a creamy cheese sauce. Add to lasagne/moussaka. Spinach and feta (or some other kind of cheese) in a quiche. Saag paneer, or in any type of curry. Spinach and lemon risotto. Spinach gnocchi.

candygirl

JOEDENISE I fry potato skins in my air fryer,  with garlic n chilli, then top with a bit of cheese, garlic mayo n salsa. A meal in itself 😁
If anyone wants to declare their total food waste, at the end of each week, I'd be really interested to compare how I'm doing 😁