I have not posted my food waste since the week before the baby was born. I don't have any pictures. Why? Because there was simply too much waste!
Before I left for the hospital, I made out a meal plan and my husband went to the store to stock up on fresh fruits and vegetables. Thankfully, my husband is a bit of a healthy eating zealot, so he makes sure we all eat plenty of fruits and vegetables.
The problem with our approach, though, was that my mom, who was watching the kids while we were in the hospital for four days, would much rather clean than cook. She abandoned our meal plan and made a few of her favorite meals. (I am not complaining because I know she was really busy taking care of our two kids at home. However, abandoning the food plan lead to quite a bit of waste.)
Another problem is that my mom is not the health food nut my husband is. For instance, when I was little, I never had fresh peaches, just canned because my mom does not like touching fuzzy fruit. (I am not joking! I even asked her while she was here why we never ate kiwi or peaches when I was little and that was her honest answer.) So, quite a bit of the fruit went to waste.
Lastly, my mom hates to eat leftovers. When I go to visit her, I clean out her refrigerator each time and find many science projects she intended to eat but didn't because she just really doesn't like leftovers.
I would honestly estimate that our food waste over the past few weeks is near $25. I hate to write this post and admit that, but it is the truth.
Food waste since February 1st: $48.48
2 comments:
I haven't done any food waste calculations but your posts have made me think about it. Once it was stuck in my head, I started noticing how much 'end of the box' stuff we were throwing out, and how many leftovers were being ignored. You've inspired me and I now keep an eye on potential food waste and use it up. In fact, today's lunch used up my baked potato stash and my dinner was the last of both the basmati rice and the coconut chicken :)
I have to admit that I too have been more cognizant of our food waste. I've always been pretty good, but with your post began to notice that I'd gotten a bit lazy in using leftovers properly.
Thank you
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