Comments on: Homemade Toppings http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:17:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Washte http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27437 Wed, 21 May 2008 18:26:52 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27437 My 4yo daughter has been making her own pizza for a year now. She is the pizza queen! She loves being able to decorate and top the pizza with whatever she chooses. We much prefer doing this than order one to have everone pick off this or that and not eat it. I must say we do try to avoid food wastage as much as possible, much to the frustration of my roomy who is always moaning about my getting after her and her kids for wasing so much. When we do have food we cannot save, the three dogs and three cats do get their share! My 4yo daughter has been making her own pizza for a year now. She is the pizza queen! She loves being able to decorate and top the pizza with whatever she chooses.

We much prefer doing this than order one to have everone pick off this or that and not eat it.

I must say we do try to avoid food wastage as much as possible, much to the frustration of my roomy who is always moaning about my getting after her and her kids for wasing so much.

When we do have food we cannot save, the three dogs and three cats do get their share!

]]> by: chakrates http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27430 Wed, 21 May 2008 14:28:07 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27430 If you have a bread machine (thrift stores often have them quite cheap, because lots of people got them and never used them), it takes just a few moments to make pizza dough. Pizzas use up lots of leftovers, vegies and meat, both. Another great way to use up leftovers is fried rice. Between the two, I use up lots of odds and ends. If you have a bread machine (thrift stores often have them quite cheap, because lots of people got them and never used them), it takes just a few moments to make pizza dough. Pizzas use up lots of leftovers, vegies and meat, both.

Another great way to use up leftovers is fried rice.

Between the two, I use up lots of odds and ends.

]]> by: Amanda http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27266 Wed, 14 May 2008 21:56:57 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27266 Brilliant! Wish I had thought of it years ago! Your blog and wasted food was a topic in our home last week-end. Our 11 yr old son is interested in reading the articles. Maybe I'll have some help in recruiting more families to stop wasting food! Brilliant! Wish I had thought of it years ago! Your blog and wasted food was a topic in our home last week-end. Our 11 yr old son is interested in reading the articles. Maybe I’ll have some help in recruiting more families to stop wasting food!

]]> by: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27199 Tue, 13 May 2008 21:27:31 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27199 Good one, Pidgeon92. I'll have to tell my somewhat long story about pizza toppings in my first newsletter. Sign up on the e-mail list to catch that. That's too bad, Kerry. Overzealous waiters are a real pet peeve of mine, especially at a non-buffet restaurant. But at an all-you-can-eat place, I would imagine the staff has to be pretty vigilant to keep up with all the food being wasted. Sad, but true. Good one, Pidgeon92. I’ll have to tell my somewhat long story about pizza toppings in my first newsletter. Sign up on the e-mail list to catch that.

That’s too bad, Kerry. Overzealous waiters are a real pet peeve of mine, especially at a non-buffet restaurant. But at an all-you-can-eat place, I would imagine the staff has to be pretty vigilant to keep up with all the food being wasted. Sad, but true.

]]> by: Kerry http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27178 Tue, 13 May 2008 01:48:29 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27178 I thought of you and your blog this weekend as I entered a buffet line on Mother's Day. What a waste of food buffets can be. I was careful not to pile my plate high with food that I might not eat. And then, I stepped away from the table - with a plate half empty (or half full depending on how you look at it) and when I came back to my seat the waitress had taken my plate! I was trying to be so careful and not waste food and then with a simple false assumption that I was on my second trip to the buffet - a perfectly good half eaten plate of food was wasted. I did not go back to get more. I thought of you and your blog this weekend as I entered a buffet line on Mother’s Day. What a waste of food buffets can be. I was careful not to pile my plate high with food that I might not eat. And then, I stepped away from the table - with a plate half empty (or half full depending on how you look at it) and when I came back to my seat the waitress had taken my plate! I was trying to be so careful and not waste food and then with a simple false assumption that I was on my second trip to the buffet - a perfectly good half eaten plate of food was wasted. I did not go back to get more.

]]> by: pidgeon92 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27177 Tue, 13 May 2008 01:15:12 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27177 I have been doing the same thing for a few months now.... Every Friday night is pizza night, and I tend to throw sad looking vegetables and leftovers on top of it. Tonight I made a small pizza for myself, using a chicken breast that was left over from last week. I have been doing the same thing for a few months now…. Every Friday night is pizza night, and I tend to throw sad looking vegetables and leftovers on top of it. Tonight I made a small pizza for myself, using a chicken breast that was left over from last week.

]]> by: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27170 Mon, 12 May 2008 20:41:21 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27170 I usually make my own, but once in a while will splurge at my local favorite Alfredo's. Although I have to admit, I don't make my own dough. Fresh dough for 99 cents at Trader Joe's--in my book that's well worth it. I usually make my own, but once in a while will splurge at my local favorite Alfredo’s. Although I have to admit, I don’t make my own dough. Fresh dough for 99 cents at Trader Joe’s–in my book that’s well worth it.

]]> by: Recovering Food Waster http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27166 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:04:22 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/05/12/homemade-toppings/#comment-27166 I have no idea about topping prices, because I make my own pizza. You're right though...pizza is a GREAT way to use up bits of stuff you have in your fridge or freezer(same with stromboli and calzones). If you're not a yeast-baking type of person, you can make a cheap use-up-the-leftovers pizza by using a loaf of french bread sliced horizontally. I have no idea about topping prices, because I make my own pizza. You’re right though…pizza is a GREAT way to use up bits of stuff you have in your fridge or freezer(same with stromboli and calzones). If you’re not a yeast-baking type of person, you can make a cheap use-up-the-leftovers pizza by using a loaf of french bread sliced horizontally.

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