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.
This photo will make you feel like you’re reading vintage Frugal Girl, in a very not-charming sort of way.
From the top:
Cheese
Pineapple
Chicken
Tortellini
Spinach
Potatoes
Plus, I lost an avocado earlier in the week.
Dear heavens.
The good news is that my fridge is now thoroughly cleaned out and organized, and I have Pyrex containers at my disposal again.
I was getting a little low.
I haven’t done a fridge overhaul in several weeks, and I didn’t realize how much my disorganized, dirty fridge was bothering me until I got it nicely cleaned up.
Yay for fresh starts, I say.
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Grammomsblog
Wednesday 16th of May 2012
I usually have my weekly leftover "clean-out" on Thursdays.....it's a mishmash of everything left over from suppers all week! During the week, though, I will eat leftovers for lunch so that decreases the amount of containers that get pushed to the back of the fridge all week LOL! GMom
Stef
Monday 14th of May 2012
Oo! I need to do this today...I will def. have a bad pile up of something too! First I know some bad green beans and garlic will be at the top (we kept saving them for eachother!) too bad! And 2nd, 2 cups of white rice, and maybe 2cups of tuna...
Larissa
Saturday 12th of May 2012
Sadly, my fridge is in need of a serious deep clean and i'm avoiding it today as I don't want to be sick to my stomach looking at my own stack of wasted items. Should do it though so I can move on with a clean slate for a new week. We had been doing sooo well lately. :(
Skirnir Hamilton
Saturday 12th of May 2012
This week I think we did fairly good. There was a slice and a half of provolone cheese. Weird that there was green mold on the sliced cheese, on one and a half of the slices, but no further. There was an apple that we had to cut around a large bad spot. But used what we could to make apple pancakes. Used my bananas to make banana bread. I think the 2 lbs. of strawberries I bought, there was only one strawberry that was tossed, and the rest has about ten strawberries left. Have been having a harder time finding apples and lettuce that look good at the grocery store, so tossing a few more outer lettuce leaves. Did toss one yogurt that was sliced on the side, and I don't know if it was like that at the grocery store, but can't imagine how it could happen between the grocery store and me unloading the groceries. Had one cracked egg in a dozen we just started, but transferred the eggs to the carton we just finished, then poured the egg from the open egg into the bowl we were using and used it in the recipe. So hopefully my son then used any of the wet eggs next in the recipe and hopefully the ones that are left are in good shape. But we probably have about 9 eggsish left, so useable soon. Probably tomorrow for an egg crockpot dish for dinner. IF I had 12 eggs, would do the larger version, but will just do the 6 egg version tomorrow. What do you do with a tablespoon or two of cooked rice? I also have my chicken mole sauce that wasn't quite right. May have to do burrito taco night again this week, but my family doesn't help me eat the mole sauce. Same with the chinese leftovers that I just finished. They don't help sometimes. *sigh*
Karen
Monday 14th of May 2012
In my house cooked rice can be added to almost anything of a muffin/pancake/waffle nature or it goes into a freezer bag with the other tablespoon size bits of ingredients for an eventual chicken rice type soup. I like it reheated with milk and a little honey or similar for breakfast in winter. You could also mash it with some of the liquid in almost anything to be thickened to lose the individual grain texture. It might not be enough thickening on it's own, but it won't be wasted.
Lara@Mrs. A's World
Saturday 12th of May 2012
I'm sure this week will be much better, Kristen! I understand the angst you may feel in missing your Pyrex. I have only two, and when they are occupied I don't know what to do with myself. Same with our three little reusable ziplock bags. That is great that you have your wonderful containers waiting and ready to go again!