It’s Friday Guys – My turn once more to host Food Waste Friday!
Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and Food Waste Friday was born.
I started participating in October 2010 and have found, that 2-years on, the amount of food I waste is minimal. In fact every Friday, as part of my No Waste Tastes Great routine, I account (and devise a plan) for all my potential food waste as well as confessing to any items that I failed to save.
Kristen has kindly asked me to host Food Waste Friday, alternate weeks (when she doesn’t post herself), and her initial invite for everyone to join in is cordially extended here!
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Simply Being Mum’s Friday Fridge
Top Shelf – The usual spreads, cheeses and yoghurt – all in date
Middle Shelf – Grapes, 2 cherry tomatoes, cucumber and some more cheese
Bottom Shelf – Milk and uncooked ham/gammon
Door – Milk, OJ, Lime and Kiwi (the Kiwi is to be taken on a picnic today)
There’s not a lot to see here on the food-waste-front – Yay! As for No Waste Tastes Great, dinner this evening will be slow-cooked ham with eggs (cupboard) and mini-corn (freezer).
However, I did waste a teapot handle.
I must write a post titled ‘Life lessons learnt from cake decorating’, I have so much material. Without a doubt every cake I create, I learn something. And learn something that is applicable to life generally.
Fortunately I had time to make and dry another handle.
A slightly more robust design this time. Pity it didn’t quite fit in place as well as the broken one would have done. I’d already made the inserts, in the cake, based on the first design – duh!
As I said…Life lessons…
As always I’ll leave the last word to Kristen…
“How did you do this week? If you blogged about your food waste, link us up by entering your info into the widget below. You’ll save money, reduce your trash output, and get a little publicity for your blog! And if you don’t blog, you can still share about your food waste by leaving a comment.
**I’ve decided not to include the LINKY for the foreseeable. My blog doesn’t allow links on the actual post, and being redirected to another page isn’t ideal. Please drop your link in the comments section.** Jo
Those of you who participate in Food Waste Friday can now grab a fancy-schmancy button to perk up your posts. If you copy and paste the following code into your Food Waste Friday post, this little graphic will appear.”
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Yay for another zero Food Waste week, Jo!
I had a bit of a slip up last week, which I was quite disappointed about, but got myself up and going again for another zero waste week this week.
I also had a HUGE food save, which I was particularly proud of … a dozen badly cooked eggs! And these were straight-from-the-farm eggs, so the save was a particularly good one.
http://simplyburbs.blogspot.com/2013/05/food-waste-friday-slip-recovery-and-save.html
Heading on over to see what happened!
Yay for another zero Food Waste week, Jo!
I had a bit of a slip up last week, which I was quite disappointed about, but got myself up and going again for another zero waste week this week.
I also had a HUGE food save, which I was particularly proud of … a dozen badly cooked eggs! And these were straight-from-the-farm eggs, so the save was a particularly good one.
http://simplyburbs.blogspot.com/2013/05/food-waste-friday-slip-recovery-and-save.html
Heading on over to see what happened!
You can still eat the teapot handle, can’t you 🙂 I wasted some egg salad this week, which wasn’t particularly tasty to begin with:
http://www.economiesofkale.com/2013/05/food-waste-friday-egg-salad/
I’ve definitely noticed a drop in my food waste this month, since I’ve been doing the $21 Challenge. It makes me think I need to do no-spend weeks more often.
You are quite right, I could indeed eat the handle. But didn’t. Couldn’t bring myself too, which makes you question how committed I actually am haha! 🙂
The second egg waste story this week (see above – Becky’s).
Without a doubt less food in the house less waste… will pop on over…
You can still eat the teapot handle, can’t you 🙂 I wasted some egg salad this week, which wasn’t particularly tasty to begin with:
http://www.economiesofkale.com/2013/05/food-waste-friday-egg-salad/
I’ve definitely noticed a drop in my food waste this month, since I’ve been doing the $21 Challenge. It makes me think I need to do no-spend weeks more often.
You are quite right, I could indeed eat the handle. But didn’t. Couldn’t bring myself too, which makes you question how committed I actually am haha! 🙂
The second egg waste story this week (see above – Becky’s).
Without a doubt less food in the house less waste… will pop on over…
After spending a couple of week eating a really strange split pea salad I had to toss the rest. NOT a salad I’d do again!
http://roadnotchosen.blogspot.com/2013/05/food-waste-meets-goal-review-end-may.html
Hmmm now that’s one I haven’t tried. Expect to see me at yours in 5….
After spending a couple of week eating a really strange split pea salad I had to toss the rest. NOT a salad I’d do again!
http://roadnotchosen.blogspot.com/2013/05/food-waste-meets-goal-review-end-may.html
Hmmm now that’s one I haven’t tried. Expect to see me at yours in 5….
I had no waste this week, also. I worked hard at using up what we had on hand and didn’t go to the grocery store all week. I think that helped. However, a trip is needed today.
Always love to pictures of your cake creations.
Well done on no waste….avoiding buying (be that groceries or any other stuff) will reduce waste. I did a car-boot sale yesterday in my mission to reduce stuff from the home and as I looked at everything laid out it just hit me (again) how pointless some purchases are. Laying on the ground may have been 10x the original value of what I realised…
I had no waste this week, also. I worked hard at using up what we had on hand and didn’t go to the grocery store all week. I think that helped. However, a trip is needed today.
Always love to pictures of your cake creations.
Well done on no waste….avoiding buying (be that groceries or any other stuff) will reduce waste. I did a car-boot sale yesterday in my mission to reduce stuff from the home and as I looked at everything laid out it just hit me (again) how pointless some purchases are. Laying on the ground may have been 10x the original value of what I realised…
Your teapot cake is really lovely! You are so creative, Jo.
Thank you Susan. I know I shouldn’t criticise, but the handle was not in the right place and it grated on me all day at the party! Live and learn eh?
Your teapot cake is really lovely! You are so creative, Jo.
Thank you Susan. I know I shouldn’t criticise, but the handle was not in the right place and it grated on me all day at the party! Live and learn eh?
Your cakes are always so beautiful! Is this your main source of income or something you do on the side? Also, reporting no waste here 🙂
Linking up:
http://myliladventures.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/food-waste-friday-53113/
Well done on no waste, I’ll pop over to congratulate you at yours…
My cakes are currently a hobby, but I am considering stepping it up a gear.
Your cakes are absolutely beautiful! 🙂
Thank you!
Your cakes are always so beautiful! Is this your main source of income or something you do on the side? Also, reporting no waste here 🙂
Linking up:
http://myliladventures.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/food-waste-friday-53113/
Well done on no waste, I’ll pop over to congratulate you at yours…
My cakes are currently a hobby, but I am considering stepping it up a gear.
Your cakes are absolutely beautiful! 🙂
Thank you!