Please excuse the lame photo that is grainy, blurry, and slightly yellow. I had the fabulous idea to check my fridge for waste last night instead of this morning, and the picture-taking conditions were, uh, less than fabulous. And for some odd reason, it did not occur to me to switch to my faster lens. Duh.
Next week, maybe I will clean out my fridge on Thursday before it gets dark outside. Actually, next Thursday is Thanksgiving, so who knows if I will manage that.
Anyhoo, we have here a bit of bacon, half of a Beef Au Jus sandwich, and some cooked beef in broth (the fixings for Beef Au Jus sandwiches). The sandwich would probably not have been great left over, and there are only a few small pieces of bacon, but I’m really irritated with myself over wasting the beef, because beef isn’t exactly cheap.
On the upside, we did manage to eat all of our vegetables. Oh, wait. I just remembered that I threw out a few cubes of cooked potato earlier in the week (they were left from the potato I cooked while making Deep Dish Pizza). So, we didn’t exactly eat allll of our vegetables.
It has been f o r e v e r since I’ve had a no-waste photo, but I’m really, really going to try this week.
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Kristen
Friday 20th of November 2009
@Linda What can I say? I'm picky about my pictures! lol
Ashley, mushy apples work great in homemade applesauce. You can also use them in baking.
Linda
Friday 20th of November 2009
Pictures look great to me....I guess I know nothing about good picture taking and should start paying attention!! Would not have had a clue if you had not pointed it out-same with the rolls earlier in the week. The first pics looked just fine to me! lol
Ashley
Friday 20th of November 2009
We found a portabello mushroom that got shoved to the back of the fridge and had decided to try sweet potatoes since they were on sale but were not thrilled with them. I just baked them because I had no idea what else to do (didn't want a sweet potato pie). Also had two apples from a 10 pound batch that were not reached in time; kinda mushy:P
Kristen
Friday 20th of November 2009
Angela-none of the six of us is a big meat eater. My kids all prefer protein that comes from things like yogurt, cheese, or nuts. I mean, we do eat meat, but it's not a big favorite with any of us.
Allie-what the heck is kaak?? lol And I TOTALLY understand about how busy weeks interfere with food waste efforts. That's happened to me a lot.
Allie
Friday 20th of November 2009
I am really embarrassed at how poorly I did this week. I wasted a lot of food: 2 loaves of kaak, 3 slices of white bread and half a head of lettuce. I was doing really well, but I guess it just got away from me while I was getting ready for the tests I had this week. :(