Comments on: Tips

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:38:48 +0000

Looking through tips—see no STIR-FRY. Saves fuel and veggies taste great. Lucky to have one market have a mark down bin for produce. Our one chain Von’s (owned by Safeway) composts, has 50% markdowns on Dairy and 50% markdown area of dry and can goods. Plus breads and desserts are donated. Since I live in a forest, don’t mind raccoons or other animals forefinger in my compost. In winter I put out any stale bread for the birds (if ravens don’t get it first before the little ones)—plus I get some of the bread from the Senior Sack program who gets it from the chains and Costco. No waste from me, my grandma taught me well.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:32:41 +0000

Yesterday, I bought a box of Fruity Pebbles and at like half of it. But I didn’t want to eat anymore, so I poured it out into the garbage. Now I feel bad that I did that. Or like that time I bought some milk to take pictures of me pouring milk. The lady next to me in the dairy case was complaining about how expensive milk is, and all I was going to do with mine is take shots and then pour it down the drain. Kind of a bad human being, I know, At least I don’t have kids, right?

By: Shelf Life of Eggs

Shelf Life of Eggs — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:05:18 +0000

Great tips at this page! My suggestion for those who plan to make eggs this thanksgiving is to not boil them until the day before! That way you can preserve the freshness and the shelf life of the egg, since boiling them actually reduces the shelf life!

By: What a Waste « Raxa Collective

What a Waste « Raxa Collective — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:33:55 +0000

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By: Terry B.

Terry B. — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 21:27:51 +0000

best thing with veggies is to put them into the mixer !

It can give you a good soup or cream

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Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:53:02 +0000

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By: Laura McElfresh

Laura McElfresh — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:35:25 +0000

I’ve changed our food habits over the last 4 years dramatically and saved us $400 a month! Besides the weekly meal planning, we also rotate our food in the fridge -newest at the back, and freeze tidbits of meat and veggies. I throw all kinds of stuff into omeletts, save veggie scraps, peels, onion skins, celery ends, bones, etc in the freezer in a bag and then make and pressure can my own broth. My favorite tricks include cleaning out the fridge twice a week, reminders to kids and hubby to take leftovers- learning to cook with what we have, and lefttover smorgasbord night. Snack trays too – I make a tray of things I find in the pantry and fridge that need to be used up. I put this out for snacktime for the kids- we have 6. Great way to get more veggies used, and feed them the stuff that gets neglected and pushed to the back of the fridge. I save scraps of fruit in the freezer -like when daughter doesn’t eat all her banana- I cut off the bitten part and stick the rest in a freezer bag and we have smoothies later using all the leftover bits. Peel goes into the compost. Food waste is immoral and such nonsense. Also the focus of my blog-squirrel it away. So happy to have found likeminded folks.

By: Lorna Fay

Lorna Fay — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:49:44 +0000

Leftovers can be turned into completely different meals, if one has a slight knack for creativity. Leftover roast pork can become pork fried rice. Leftover meatloaf makes wonderful sandwiches, it can also be cut into chunks and served with gravy on top of rice or pasta. Stale bread can be used to make savory bread pudding also known as 24 hour souffle (main dish with cheese), or a dessert bread pudding. Any leftover roast can be cut up and placed in a food processor with an equal amount of butter, some garlic or shallot, and herbs. Puree everything together to produce a pate spread which can be used for sandwiches or eaten on crackers. Buy cuts of meat which have bones, so that broth can be made from the bones. You stretch the value of your dollar when you buy a cut of meat which can be used to produce multiple meals. Rice and other grains such as wheat berries or farro taste great cooked in broth. Soup is a great way to make good use of leftovers and odds and ends in the produce bin of your refrigerator.

By: Kris Johnson

Kris Johnson — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 00:21:22 +0000

One excellent way to better utilize food is to learn to use the whole animal. The organ meats are very nutritious and there are delicious ways to fix them. The bones should be made into bone broth, which has valuable proteins and other nutrients in it that balance the proteins in the flesh of the animal, and make for healthier delicious meals. Check the links under “Soup” on my website. I almost never throw food in the trash. What doesn’t get eaten, goes into the compost or worm bed and back on to the garden. I don’t eat out much, but when I do I often bring home any leftovers.