Too much food waste this week for my liking!
Since the key to wasting less is to keep track of things, it’s a lot easier when I’m home. When I’m out of town or working away from home, we have more waste. This week involved both factors. The soy milk was a couple of weeks too old and I had forgotten to use it or freeze it when we went out of town. The apple I had bought outside our CSA to make a dessert for my husband that was forgotten about (actually we had been eating too many sweets), the lemon went bad in that plastic bag, and I made the peanut butter sandwich for our hike the other day and only ate half of it. The next day the flattened sandwich couldn’t compete with all the fresh CSA goodies that had been delivered.
Throwing food in the garbage is bad for the environment, and it’s also a waste of money. If you want to learn the details of how it breaks down in the landfill to create harmful gasses, plus get tips on how to reduce your waste, visit Wasted Food. And if you’re curious about how you compare to other families, check out The Frugal Girl for the weekly food waste carnival. Nearly everyone admits that their food waste goes way down as soon as they start tracking it, and especially when they commit to taking a photo to show to the world.
Are you watching your food waste? How did you do this week? Feel free to share your best tips for wasting less in the Comments section. I’m determined to do better next week.
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