Did you know, the average family wastes up to 40% of their food annually? That is the same thing as tossing our hard earned income in the trash.
There are lots of things you can do to avoid wasting food. keep track of what you have in your fridge, freezer and pantry. Don't buy it if your family doesn't like it. If you do buy something you don't usually eat, have a plan for it. If you don't typically buy eggplant and now it is sitting in your fridge, chop it up and toss it in a soup or shred it and put it on homemade pizza.
Don't throw out your leftovers! If your family complains about eating the same thing two days in a row, make something new with it. Got leftover ham and mashed potatoes from Christmas? Hopefully you froze them! We like to make big sub sandwiches with our Christmas leftovers. We pile our leftovers on french bread (yay clearance french bread!) add lots of cheese, some cranberry honey mustard if you want and bake it in the oven for 10-12 minutes! This is a huge hit in our house.
There are lots of things you can do to avoid wasting food. keep track of what you have in your fridge, freezer and pantry. Don't buy it if your family doesn't like it. If you do buy something you don't usually eat, have a plan for it. If you don't typically buy eggplant and now it is sitting in your fridge, chop it up and toss it in a soup or shred it and put it on homemade pizza.
Don't throw out your leftovers! If your family complains about eating the same thing two days in a row, make something new with it. Got leftover ham and mashed potatoes from Christmas? Hopefully you froze them! We like to make big sub sandwiches with our Christmas leftovers. We pile our leftovers on french bread (yay clearance french bread!) add lots of cheese, some cranberry honey mustard if you want and bake it in the oven for 10-12 minutes! This is a huge hit in our house.
Maybe you have lots of leftover chili. Use it for chili cheese fries (homemade or frozen)or chili cheese burritos. I can turn pretty much anything into a burrito and my kids will eat it.
You can always come up with something for leftovers and you will reduce your family's food waste.
Here is an example. I ruined my cupcakes but they made super delicious cake pops! No waste, not even close. These had a brownie texture and the family scarfed these down like they had been on a chocolate fast for a year.
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