Spinach in my eggs, spinach in my smoothie…

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.

So. I bought this bag of spinach, with great intentions of using it, and it sat in my fridge for a week.

For some reason, at that point I decided to get serious about using it up (a few leaves were starting to get funky!), and so for the past few days, I’ve been eating spinach like it’s going out of style. I added it to my scrambled eggs twice, added it to a salad, and made two green smoothies.

I’m happy to report that I finished the whole bag off just yesterday, except for a few yucky leaves.

Suh-weet.

I am always delighted when I manage to use up all of my green leafy vegetables, partially because they’re so nutritious but also because they are so perishable…it’s a triumph to not waste them.

Especially when you waited a whole week to start trying. Which is not such a triumphant thing.

Ahem.

I don’t have anything to throw away from my fridge currently, but last week, I had to get rid of half a bratwurst and about a cup of rice.
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