Friday, March 12, 2010

Food Waste Friday

Once again, I have no picture of my food waste, but this week was a bit better than last week. My daughter finally cut two of her canines and two of her molars (although not completely), so she's eating much better. I blame this week's food waste on my husband. There was a leftover pear that J decided she didn't like anymore, so I asked my husband to eat it (I hate pears). He didn't.

Also, I had made some grinder rolls, of which we only used two and I decided to freeze the rest so they wouldn't get moldy. My husband said he would use them for lunches. He did, but only one and a half of them before they became fuzzy. *Sigh.* So, our casualties were a pear and one and a half grinder rolls. It's an improvement. :)

How did you do this week? Head over to The Frugal Girl and see how other people are doing on their food waste.

5 comments:

  1. Suggestions. The pear (if it has been chewed on cut away the chewed parts) slice up and freeze for use in a smoothie.
    The rolls, separate and freeze on a baking sheet. Once frozen bag or store. Then if soemone wants one you can pull it out and it will be ready to go by lunch.

    Good job. I have a bunch of soaked oatmeal to throw away, I just don't care for my oatmeal without raisins or cranberries and after I made it DH ate the entire bag of raisins and didn't even tell me :)

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  2. Great job! It is amazing how much I rely on my husband to finish off the leftovers.

    You can use leftover pears to make pear sauce. My little guy like berry-pear sauce.

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  3. Beth...just wanted to let you know I put a new link up on my blog that brings you to a "green" website related to Faith Lifts, a christian website chock full of awesome stuff. The green link is all about "going green"..thought you'd be interested. the 5 minutes for faith is a devos site and I have that link up as well. it's a great site!
    This week we wasted 1/4 jar of salsa we had forgotten about in the fridge...fuzzy! we've been doing fairly well...i have been adding leftover veggies to a baggie and freezing them for adding to soups and chilis for another time. it is working!!!!

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  4. Update - I ate more of the soaked oatmeal today, and will finish it off tomorrow so I don't have to trash it :)!

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  5. Thanks for the suggestions, ladies!

    Tree Huggin Momma - You put me to shame this week! Keep up the good work! I did freeze most of the rolls, but kept out enough for my husband to use for lunches. I'll know better next time. ;)
    Alea - I never thought of pear sauce. My daughter can't eat much, but she can eat pears. I'll have to try that sometime. Thanks!
    Faith - Oooh, I'll have to check out that link. Sounds great!

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