Food Waste

Some of the most thrilling moments in my fight against food waste have come in the form of creative rescues. Turning squishy produce into a …

I’ve been doing a freezer challenge for the last few weeks, mainly inspired by wanting to stay out of the grocery stores as much as …

Some years ago, I wrote about how to make broccoli, strawberries, and bananas last longer. The post was originally a sponsored one, so it was …

If you’re new here: since we’re all trying to minimize our grocery shopping, my readers and I are busy trying to take advantage of the …

I and lots of other Frugal Girl readers have been busy working on eating the odds and ends in our freezers.  We’ve been chatting about …

Since the grocery store options are a little iffy for most of us, this seems like a perfect time for a freezer challenge. Are you …

Here it is: Eat more of your fruits and vegetables. It’s not complicated. But it is hard to do. Why focus on fruits and veggies? …

One of my readers left a comment recently saying that my menu posts had inspired her to not worry so much about making meals where …

My Hungry Harvest yesterday was mostly vegetables.  In fact, I think the only fruit was a bag of large apricots and some kiwifruit. This is …

LOOK. My freezer is actually empty! Clean! Defrosted! And I’m just about ready to plug it back in. After working through nearly everything from my …

I’ve been working on eating down the contents of my chest freezer for months now, and I’m finally nearing the end! Here’s how things started, …

I now have no bones in my freezer.  Zippo. Zilch. Nada. A bone-free freezer. Yay me! I cooked up the turkey bones into broth one …

I’m working on cleaning out my chest freezer so I can do a serious defrosting job on it. I’m alllllmost done! Last week’s freezer stuff …

The wind chill is currently 19°, but I still see a smoothie in my future.  Possibly chased by some hot tea! Freezer goodies for this …

Hoo boy. Last week really, really did not go as planned for me. And as a result, I had what was definitely the worst performance …