5 Ways to Stop Wasting Food

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Just to add another note it doesn't help much to have a grocery list if you don't plan a menu first that really helps the most and saves a lot of money its a good idea to have a smorgashborg or soup made with all the left overs but if you know about how much everyone will eat and plan the menu properly you shouldn't have much left overs and won't waste much money either the best things for you like fish and fresh fruits/vegetables are most expensive but if you have a garden or can go fishing you'll save a bundle there too

prjasper of AR 11:27PM May 03, 2010

Think about all the people in the United States, Africa; even Philippines and the almost "gone" side of Europe who don't have food and could get bombed or left in a ditch somehow or drowned in water or end up in a homeless shelter or lose their home and have crude jokes about them. Think about the orphaned kids in America who are going to buy guns and steal and drink and blow up people and do all kinds of dumb stuff--like say, "I'm going to break in here because I want money NOW!"

Ana of MI 8:36PM November 18, 2009

wasting food is also causing alot of sicknesses in other cities such as Afghanistan,Pakistan,Africa, and Iraq. Before wasting food you should think of how people in the other part of the worl don't have food and are starving and dying without any food so that is why I think atleast every one should take as mu ch as they need and I also agree with what everyone thinks about wasting food and I am with them on this cause that is a type of place my background comes from.

alyssa of MS 5:38PM March 30, 2009

Instead of throwing your leftovers, you can refrigerate or store it so you can eat it for future times. Also, you might want to give to other people who you think might want the food or a neighbour you know who is eager to try something new to eat, or give it to the poor. Just don't ever,ever WASTE or THROW the food away. The environment is counting on you to be able to save and store food.

paolo 8:11AM March 15, 2009

i take small helpings and limit the no of dishes to three or four per meal.
this is good right?

rekha 7:13AM July 01, 2008

Somewhere I read that keeping celery wrapped in aluminum foil keeps it from going bad. It's true. No more slimy celery in my hydrator. I just make a bag out of foil, whack off the bottom of the celery so that I can pull out one stalk at a time, and I'm set for several weeks. If it gets a little limp and you need it crisper, soak it in water for a while.

Linda Varner of OR 3:33PM June 06, 2008

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fico of DC 9:17PM June 01, 2008

Hear! Hear! I've enlisted my friends and neighbors and we moniter each other . . . . How much did you buy today? Do you really need it? I love the change I've seen in my fridg. No more cleaning out slimmmmie stuff from the veg drawer!

Earthmaid of CA 12:54PM May 26, 2008

Each week before we go grocery shopping, we inventory all of our left over ingredients (especially perishables we didn't finish the week before) and find recipes that will allow us to utilize those ingredients. Those are the dishes we make first; we use our fresher ingredients later in the week. That way, our produce has little opportunity to sit long enough to go bad.
We freeze servings of left overs if we don't think we'll have the chance to eat them all. That saves them from being dumped, and is an easy way to get lunch together when I have a time crunch in the morning.
Also, eating left over dinners is an easy breakfast. Veggie chili is a delicious way to start my morning, and the oatmeal I would usually eat isn't going anywhere.

Molly of FL 12:30PM May 19, 2008