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. If you’re not a blogger but still want some food waste accountability, feel free to participate by leaving a comment.
Michael Pollan would say that this is a “food-like substance”, so maybe it doesn’t even count for Food Waste Friday? 😉
This jar of cheese dip has been in my fridge for a very long time. It’s not something we eat often…I think I bought it for Mr. FG and Joshua to eat while they watched some hockey playoffs, actually. They ate most of it that day, but the last quarter of the dip grew some mold during its stay in the fridge.
Last spring I wasted some cheese dip too (I bought it for the Super Bowl and then forgot about it for a few months), so I seem to have a very sporadic habit of buying this for a sporting event snack and then completely losing track of it.
So, next time the husband and son want this for a snack, I’m going to enlist Joshua’s help in using up the leftovers. I dislike cheese dip (I also dislike Velveeta and American Cheese!), but he loves it and would be glad to finish it up if I tasked him with that.
Happily, we didn’t waste any real food this week, and my fridge is just about as empty as I like it to be on grocery-shopping day.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to make an Apple Pfannekuchen to use up a slightly mushy apple I discovered last night. Oh, the ways I sacrifice to avoid food waste! 😉
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CharylVaBeach
Saturday 14th of August 2010
Thanks for the apple pancake recipe. Made it this morning and it was fantastic. We are now baking one up using pears and I think it will be awesome, too. (Yes, thats two in one day-yum!)
Wanda
Saturday 14th of August 2010
I ended up wasting 1 banana this week from the farmers market.
WilliamB
Friday 13th of August 2010
Oh, a contest - which is worse, cheez dip or cilantro?
Jenna
Friday 13th of August 2010
Today I threw out one slice of manager's-special pumpkin pie and half a small loaf (All told, about the size of a man's fist) of homemade beer bread.
I -thought- the plums that I'd forgotten about in my fruit drawer were going to have to be tossed out, but! They seem to be doing great. I have at least a few more days for those, so they will be my afternoon-snack today and tomorrow.
Brandy
Friday 13th of August 2010
Another suggestion - maybe make up the needed sports watching cheese dip from scratch with 'real' cheese? I know you do a ton of scratch cooking so this is definetely not a snarky judgement! I just think you could control the quantity better as well as be more likely to enjoy some of it yourself.