Even though I’ve been faithfully eating spinach salads at lunch, I didn’t manage to get all of this eaten. Oddly enough, it seemed to go bad almost overnight…I had a lunch salad one day, and the next day, the remaining spinach was inedible.
At least it was only a handful of leaves at the bottom of the bag.
Katy
Saturday 25th of June 2011
This is my first week of blogging my food waste! Thanks for the inspiration, I am hoping this leads to less food waste for my and my husband!
Meal Plan Mom (Brenda)
Friday 24th of June 2011
I have not been linking up regularly lately because I have been too embarrassed to even write a post about it. For a meal planner, I'm not doing so great on the food waste--I can plan what to buy but I guess I tend to overbuy (i.e. size of package we need) and really need to work on that. Thanks for hosting this link up--I'm hoping eventually it will get better.
BTW, I find that the bagged salad tends to go bad faster. A few years ago we got a salad spinner and buy a whole head of lettuce instead--cheaper and lasts a lot longer (and tastes better IMO too!) Good job on only having that waste though--at least it is compostable!
Kristen
Saturday 25th of June 2011
I buy my lettuce unbagged, but I haven't found spinach that comes any other way.
I grew some spinach this spring, but now it's a little too hot here for spinach to do well. I plan to plant some more in the fall, though!
Margaret
Friday 24th of June 2011
Hi. Just wanted to suggest that you try removing you spinach from the cellaphane bag asap. And to store it with a paper towel in another bag or container. See if that helps it last longer. :) God bless!
Kristen
Saturday 25th of June 2011
Yes! I should try that.
Jessie@Jessie:Improved
Friday 24th of June 2011
Wheeeeeee! No waste this week! We do have some salad left, but we plan to eat that tonight. Wish me luck for next week!
EngineerMom
Friday 24th of June 2011
I've had a LOT of trouble with salad lately. I was buying the precut, prewashed salad in the hopes it would make it super-easy to throw a meal together, but it all keeps going bad BEFORE the "sell by" date! And sometimes at the store I frequent, I can't find any bags that don't expire in the next 2-3 days (not useful when I only shop once a week).
I tried buying hearts of romaine, but even that I was having trouble getting through. I'd plan to have salad for lunches (topped with lots of chicken), and then lunchtime would roll around and my pregnant tummy couldn't handle the thought of salad and wanted CHEESE. And chicken.
So frustrating! I also bought extra salad at my last shopping trip because my mom always wants to eat salad when she's visiting (in town for DS's birthday), and this time, she didn't eat any! Usually she ends up buying her own, then leaving it with us, and we can't manage to get it eaten in time. This time she bought that Ezekiel bread, ate ONE slice, then left us with a loaf of bread that goes bad quickly and none of us want to eat. Yay.