Which is why I was so thrilled recently to come across another blogger who hates wasteas much as (or more than) I do. The Frugal Girl has a weekly feature where she posts a picture of all the food she had to throw away for the week, and invites other bloggers to do the same. The idea is to feel some accountability – who wants to admit they threw away all that money to the whole world? – to help you avoid throwing away food in the future.
So in the picture above, you see what I threw away this week:
- a cooked kabocha squash
- a serving of beans
- half a serving of peanut-butter-chocolate oatmeal topped with bananas.
The story about the squash is very sad. I cooked it in order to puree it, and left it on the stove top to cool. And forgot about it. All night. I hate it when I do that!
The beans just languished in the fridge because they were just one serving, and kind of got pushed to the back and forgotten.
As for the oatmeal, I just made myself way too much of it one morning, and couldn’t finish it. And after it had spent a day in the fridge, it didn’t look so appetizing anymore. Yuck. So it spent the rest of the week in the fridge, waiting to be eaten, only to be studiously avoided. Oh well. Next time I’ll make myself a smaller portion!
While we’re on the subject, I thought you might like to read my most recent post for Homemaker’s Challenge: 5 Foods You Should Never Throw Away. You may be surprised by the amazing things you can accomplish with food scraps you used to throw down the disposal: apple peels and cores, citrus peels, veggie scraps and more! Waste food no more!
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I love the homemaker’s challenge post!! Awesome tips
I throw away way more food than I want to admit lol.
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Maybe you should join Food Waste Friday
Yeah, I realized after I wrote this post that there were a couple other things I threw away earlier in the week, like a few rotten strawberries and the like. I’ll do better next week!
Since we’ve got a few chickens, almost all of our kitchen scraps and leftovers get eaten by them, and they magically convert it all into delicious eggs…
That’s awesome! Fresh eggs must be amazing.
Great post….
If you can find a little space in your yard you could add your scraps to some dirt,leaves,grass and create a compost pile. This could even be done in a barrel. Turn it once in awhile and voila you can feed your outdoor plants,gardens or even indoor plants lots of fresh food. This can be done indoors inside a tote bucket.
I puree mine in my blender before putting in my compost piles.
Kate
Yes, composting was one of my suggestions
Anne, I think it’s pregnancy…but I had a hard time looking at those. LOL
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LOL!! I had a hard time taking the picture, haha!
Welcome to Food Waste Friday. That oatmeal sounds like dessert. Is it as rich as it sounds?
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Oh man! I should totally take you up on the weekly accountability challenge! If nothing else, maybe it will help me keep my fridge cleaned out! This is a great idea.
Btw – I totally agree about oatmeal. It never looks appetizing once it’s been refrigerated!
Go for it! And yeah, leftover oatmeal is pretty nasty!