Tips for reducing food waste
How do you plan to reduce food waste this holiday season? MNN's lifestyle blogger suggests making a good stir-fry whenever the fridge gets full.
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It's a fascinating topic, isn't it? For those interested in learning more about the effect of our food waste, my book American Wasteland may be just the thing. It features plenty of ideas on how you can trim your own waste (like the fabulous stir fry idea given by Siel).
Wenchypoo--thanks for those links (and I love the name!)
What-Ya-Got Casserole: http://wenchwisdom.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-ya-got-casserole-recipe-mea...
Thanksgiving leftover idea: http://wenchwisdom.blogspot.com/2010/11/in-advance-of-thansgiving-what-t...
There's always the stew/soup pot, or meat loaf, or fritters, or even muffins...
What-Ya-Got Cake: .... More
Don't know what constitutes a serving size? Go to the Food Guide Pyramid.
As well as buying too much, we EAT too much. Meat = 3 oz. serving size, everything else = 1/2 cup (cooked if necessary to eat it).
If people used these measures more when they BOUGHT and PREPARED foods, there wouldn't be so much left over.
Also, this would lead to so much money saved when buying foods, especially dried foods like beans, rice, etc. A blog article about it: .... More
Let's take turkeys. Depending on how may people you feed, just turkey PARTS can suffice instead of a whole bird. With a whole bird, you have tons of inherent waste: fat, bones, and an empty carcass--that you paid for! If frozen, add the cost of ice weight to the bird.
When buying meat, take these things into consideration: portions of meat per person, amount of bones/fat/empty space, weight of ice if frozen, and whether or not you can deal with the leftovers and for how long.
We.... More
