Love Food Hate Waste 2020

nursemaggie

I think I may have to bin a couple of carrots they are so soft it took half an hour to peel one. I got a big bag a couple of hours ago in order. There are a lot of cooked carrots in the freezer. I won't get any next week.  I seem to have used less this week. I tried to grate the carrot I peeled but it was hard going. I think it was too dry. I think I have also eaten less salad, We*ght Wat*ches meals were on offer last week so I bought one of each to try. Not eaten them all yet but so far my opinion is tasteless, and you would have to eat six a day to get your five a day.

Pyxis

Cheese rinds are difficult. Some are edible, some aren't, not really, but it's sometimes difficult to tell which is which.

I haven't had any binnable waste this week.......only veg trimmings and melon skin and orange peel, and teabag used tea, and that's all gone on the compost.

I've got a BBE April small bag of s/r flour which, if I don't use soon, will probably have to go on the compost, but to be fair, it would be wasted food, as I should have used it.

I'm not really a baker, though. It was there for 'emergencies'!

I almost wasted half a plastic jar full of sliced peaches. I'd bought two jars for emergency use, but they really did need eating, but they weren't nice........no sweetness and almost no flavour and it was a chore eating them. So I was thinking of binning the last half jar, but couldn't be bothered to put the food waste bin out for just a few peach slices, so I forced them down! 😂

Shan't buy those again!  

joedenise

The flour should be fine for a while yet.  Just look out for wriggly bits in it then it'll need binning!

Pyxis

joedenise said:

The flour should be fine for a while yet.  Just look out for wriggly bits in it then it'll need binning!

It could have been extra protein, but I'm vegetarian! 😂😂😂

newlywed

Put the flour in the freezer, keeps longer and kills any critters... when I have room in my freezer, I keep flour there permanently. Bakes fine and doesn’t seem to clump or anything.

Pyxis

Hadn't thought of that! Thanks.

newlywed

Apart from in lockdown, it takes me ages to get through a bag of flour

nursemaggie

Me too, I only buy plain flour and use baking powder rather than have two lots on the go.

candygirl

I've wasted about £4 worth of food this week  .2 loaves, half a packet of buns, n a trifle that was hidden in the fridge Better than last week x

newlywed

newlywed said:

Put the flour in the freezer, keeps longer and kills any critters... when I have room in my freezer, I keep flour there permanently. Bakes fine and doesn’t seem to clump or anything.

Oh.... I do put the paper bag inside a plastic bag by the way