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.
I found half a yellow squash in my fridge yesterday, with unfortunate spots of mold.
What happened?
Well.
I saw the Pioneer Woman’s carb buster breakfast bowl and was all, “Oh, what a good idea! Why do I not eat zucchini and yellow squash at breakfast?”
I figured out why.
Despite valiant and repeated attempts to change my preferences, I just flat out do not like yellow summer squash.
Zucchini, I can hang with, though it’s not my favorite. But yellow squash? I have to choke that down.
And considering that there are a lot of other nutritious foods that I don’t have to choke down, I’m just going to give up and decide that I’m not going to buy yellow squash anymore.
So, off to the compost bin it went.
What else?
I cut open an avocado this week and it was the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen in an avocado. I think it was ripe, but somehow it was super chalky and dry and just not good. So, that got composted.
I also have some deli ham slices in the fridge that need to go. If I were smarter, I’d have frozen them before they got to this point, but I didn’t.
And I need to remember to opt for a smaller package next time, even if the price per pound is worse (because sometimes, the price per pound isn’t most important)
We did eat up a lot of leftovers this week, though. And as I shared the other I day, I used up some buttermilk this week and made a fajita bowl out of a number of random leftovers.
So, as usual, some wins and some losses.
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Katie
Monday 11th of November 2013
I love yellow squash and zucchini! I usually just sautee them and sprinkle with garlic salt. Or make zucchini cake.
Cynthia
Saturday 9th of November 2013
I feel exactly the same about yellow squash. A few weeks ago I made a vegetable lasagna with a mix of yellow squash and zucchini and I could tell every time I bit into some yellow squash. I froze the leftovers and even though the parts with zucchini were tasty, the thought of the yellow squash makes it unappetizing. I'm still deciding if I should keep it.
Jodi
Friday 8th of November 2013
Tomorrow I will have to throw away approx. 4 clementine. I am disappointed that this was the first box I bought this season and 4 of them went moldy too quickly. I also have a cup of pumpkin to use in a muffin recipe tomorrow, so it doesn't end up as waste.
Micro
Friday 8th of November 2013
I really enjoyed getting yellow squash in my CSA shares over the summer. Cut it up into slices and fry it up in some butter. Delicious. Of course, butter can make many things delicious.
Kari
Friday 8th of November 2013
Just goona say buy the big pkg and freeze half in a zip lock bag right way when you get home from the store.