Category Archives: Reducing waste
Food Waste Friday: Are We On a Roll Here?
We’re celebrating a third week with no food waste! Even though the refrigerator seems to be packed with food, we haven’t had to throw anything out (yet), although there’s a container of salad greens from Costco I’m watching closely. A … Continue reading
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Food Waste Friday: Not-So-Yummy Yogurt
It’s been a pretty good week here for food waste at Chez Losing It except for the half-quart of homemade vanilla yogurt I had to throw out day before yesterday. I had some on Tuesday and it was fine, but … Continue reading
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A No Food Waste Friday
We had zip, nada, no food waste this week! No leftovers, no vegetables rotting in the bins, nothing. We currently have a lot of vegetables coming from the garden, but so far have not had any problem incorporating them into … Continue reading
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Food Waste Friday: What a Lemon!
Doesn’t this look appealing? I needed a little lemon juice evening before last, but when I reached into the bag of lemons I have in the fridge I found this lovely specimen. It was fine when I picked it out … Continue reading
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Food Waste Friday: Another No-Waste Week!
Another no-waste week for us here at Chez Losing It! Mr. Losing It has been putting together some interesting lunches these days to use up items, especially vegetables that might otherwise get tossed. I think his creativity is the main … Continue reading
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A Surprisingly Productive Day
Yesterday we woke up to pouring rain . . . again. No one wanted to get up or get going, and even after I got the girls off to school I didn’t feel much like doing anything. I really needed … Continue reading
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Food Waste Friday: Cilantro Experiment
How long can a bunch of cilantro last? Well, the answer is not two weeks! Note to self: No matter how tempting its low price, don’t buy cilantro nearly two weeks before you need it. Our long streak of no … Continue reading
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Food Waste Friday: FIVE Weeks!!!
Yes!! Another week at Chez Losing It with no food waste!! I am not yet ready to claim that we have this food waste thing completely nailed, but we have made permanent changes that are helping to keep waste to … Continue reading
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Food Waste Friday: Third Time’s a Charm?
Another week with no food waste! It’s almost hard to believe that we used to always have food that had to be thrown away, until I joined up with The Frugal Girl and Food Waste Friday that is, and started documenting … Continue reading
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Food Waste Friday: Again, Again!
Whoo hoo! Another week without any food waste! I really had doubts about whether we could do it again this week as our oldest (and biggest eater) was still out of town so there were always lots of leftovers (she … Continue reading
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