Every week, I post a picture of the food that has gone bad over the last seven days. Why do I do this? Because in March of 2008, I finally got fed up with the amount of food I was wasting, and I thought that showing my waste to other people would motivate me to use up my food instead of wasting it. Because this often embarrassing practice was so helpful for me, I invited other bloggers to join me in posting their food waste photos, and Food Waste Friday was born.
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Here’s what I found when I cleaned out my fridge:
The roasted cauliflower was met with something less than enthusiasm by my family members (although it DID look much more appetizing when I served it than it does now!), so it didn’t get entirely eaten the first night. I liked it fine when it was fresh, but I kind of forgot about the leftovers.
My poor bunch of cilantro is quite old, and I’ve got a new bunch to use up now, so this one is going into the compost. Fortunately, that’s only $0.99 worth of waste and it will turn right back into dirt.
The coconut milk? Well, I bought it because I heard it was good in smoothies, but the kids and I tried it and decided we do NOT like coconut milk in our smoothies.
I had all sorts of good intentions of using up the rest of the coconut milk (heaven knows there are a bazillion ideas on the web!), but I just didn’t get around to executing any of the ideas. And now there is a bit of red stuff growing on the milk, which means we are not going to use it.
Kinda bummed out about that because coconut milk isn’t exactly cheap.
Ah well…it’s a new week now!
Oh. I forgot to say that I also have a mushy kiwifruit that needs to be composted.
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Jeri
Sunday 19th of May 2013
I tend avoid fade foods too. Nutella is not one of them! Yummy... But, as for the cilantro...I love it but buying it fresh is a certain waste. It doesn't last long in the fridge. Instead I buy a plant and put it in a pot on my back porch. Then I have it all summer long and it doesn't go to waste (unless I forget to water it). ;-) and I just don't buy it in the winter. We waste bread and milk. I wish I could buy a half loaf of bread in the store. I do try to freeze half of the bread but even then it can go to waste.
Des
Wednesday 1st of May 2013
I *just* discovered coconut milk in smoothies myself this week and have been looooving it so much! We skimmed the coconut cream off two cans of full fat milk to make some really rich and delicious coconut whipped cream for a dessert we made for our dairy-free friends and I didn't want the rest of the cans to go to waste - so I started adding them to my smoothies. So creamy! The fruit drowns out the actual coconut taste, but it is so much more creamy than my smoothies have ever been.
But I've never tried the stuff from the carton. Is it very much different than canned?
Catherine
Tuesday 30th of April 2013
Never have left overs or food waste these days. I buy and cook way less food. I was still in the frame of mind for cooking for more people. Self same people are long gone off to college married and have kids of their own lol there is a downside of only buying and cooking exactly what you need. You never have any stores to draw on. With a disabled child who is often ill I am often stuck at home. This means I do need to have something on standby other than my batch of homemade bean burgers lol. My son is a committed carnivore but we try to do some meat free days for colon health and animal welfare.
Catherine
Tuesday 30th of April 2013
Had no idea what cilantro was lol had to look it up and realised we call it coriander here in Europe lol
Miranda
Sunday 28th of April 2013
What a great and humiliating idea! Ha. I will be embarrassed by what I throw out. I'll participate next week :)