Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you throw away a lot of food?

Hellobee Boards Topic: Do you throw away a lot of food? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 09:53:51 +0000 SleepyMonkey on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-239042 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:34:54 +0000 SleepyMonkey 239042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ yes, i won't eat leftovers past a couple days, and we always end up throwing a lot away because my husband travels mon-thurs and he isn't there to eat it! BKCaribBaby on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-239002 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:29:07 +0000 BKCaribBaby 239002@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I tend to throw away produce, which I hate. Primarily it's because it's still just the two of us. Sometimes DH is not home for dinner. Now I try to buy as little as possible and just walk to the market when I need something instead of buying large amounts. We'll see what happens when the baby comes. Sweet T on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238994 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:21:35 +0000 Sweet T 238994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're actually pretty good about not wasting food. We go grocery shopping once a week and I make a menu. We only buy produce for that week. I eat leftovers for lunch. We don't usually have a lot to throw away. I also try to make sure I don't make too much. We used to waste a lot of produce. It's nice to have overcome that problem! looch on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238971 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:26:00 +0000 looch 238971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I throw away a lot when my son doesn't eat it. I can't be finishing his meal or I put on weight! Mrs. Jacks on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238927 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 23:00:29 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 238927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We tend to mostly have to throw away fruits and vegetables :'( It's so hard to eat grapes or broccoli every day until it's gone. Red on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238911 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:19:45 +0000 Red 238911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not as much as I used too. Ever since I bought a juicer and a dehydrator, I've been able to salvage a lot of fruits and veggies. Ripe fruits get dehydrated or pureed and made into fruit rollups. Older veggies get juiced with a mix of fruit. I've also been better about freezing leftovers if I don't think they'll be eaten within 2 days. Plus is that it makes a handy meal when I don't want to cook. MsMini on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238903 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:10:27 +0000 MsMini 238903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We don't toss much, because we do ~2 small grocery trips per week instead of big trips less often, so we only buy what we need immediately. singingbee on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238888 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:30:49 +0000 singingbee 238888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We do because Hubby won't eat anything close to the expiration date or on it. I'm really bad about getting a lot of stuff and then forgetting that I bought it, like produce and stuff. I'm trying to shop more (once a week) and buy fewer items each week, like only what is on the menu. I'm really hoping to make this a habit this school. year. I will HAVE to bring my lunch every day because I can't leave my class to go pick something up. When I was a specialty teacher, I didn't have a class that I needed to sit with at lunch, so I could go and pick something up if I forgot to pack my lunch. This year, no way! Mrs. Pen on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238884 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:25:52 +0000 Mrs. Pen 238884@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Not too much, but sometimes. What happens is some of the leftovers of foods not eaten as often (such as tortillas) get shoved to the back of the fridge and I don't realize it. So when I clean out the fridge everytime I go grocery shopping, I throw it out. For the most part, DH takes leftovers to work and that takes care of leftovers. I always do a meal plan so that each thing I buy gets eaten as well. But sometimes there are things we can't eat quite as quickly Mrs. Pickle on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238881 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:21:29 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 238881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We try not to. My husband eats leftovers for lunch. However every couple weeks I clear out the fridge and we have more waste than I'd like. erwoo on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238875 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:15:14 +0000 erwoo 238875@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I don't throw away cooked food as much as I do with uncooked produce. But I do throw away some of Nicholas' food when he doesn't finish some of it b/c it's not enough to save. My husband gets on my case about letting fresh produce go to waste. I don't blame him... Sometimes I'm just too tired to cook but I buy them thinking I'm going to cook it. Trying to be better though. Although, I currently have a whole pack of persimmons in the fridge going bad... Oops... Maysprout on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238868 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:12:24 +0000 Maysprout 238868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We're pretty good about eating things before they go bad. I have big guilt if something goes bad before we eat it. I try to go through our fridge just briefly once a week to make sure nothing's slipped to the bottom and if we're starting to have a lot of veggies go soft then we just make a stir fry. I cook a big dinner most nights and then husband takes in the leftovers plus some fruit for lunch the next day or we'll have a leftover dinner one day. I also don't hesitate to cut mold off cheese or a bad piece of an apple away instead of throwing the whole thing away. Can't do that for everything but for some things it is safe. HLK208 on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238862 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 21:02:39 +0000 HLK208 238862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes but mainly because DH forgets about left overs...if I want them gone, I have to make his lunch in the morning. Also, I'm the only one who eats fruit in our house so those go bad quickly too ;-/ Mrs. Sunglasses on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238856 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:55:43 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 238856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ yes. it's so bad. We need to find a way to stop. It's a waste a money, food and moments i don't need to cook (leftovers) autumnlove on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238847 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:50:32 +0000 autumnlove 238847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I waste a lot of produce...especially veggies! I'm starting to buy a combo of fresh and frozen so I don't waste as much! BSB on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238833 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:42:52 +0000 BSB 238833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yeah because of me. I'm a picky eater so I might not finish my food. The DH will eat anything so he doesn't throw away a lot of food. Well, he has been trying to lose weight so he can't eat my portion. Rainbow Sprinkles on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238800 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:24:27 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 238800@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yes! We always throw away produce and deli meat. For some reason we just can't keep up with it before it goes bad... it makes me so sad every time. :( chopsuey on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238776 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:14:46 +0000 chopsuey 238776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We throw away a lot too. I feel so bad about all the wasted food. Especially when my LO stuffs an entire strawberry in her mouth, spits it out and tosses it on the floor. There are children in Africa who are starving, little girl!!!!! Mrs. Bee on "Do you throw away a lot of food?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-throw-away-a-lot-of-food#post-238765 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 20:09:07 +0000 Mrs. Bee 238765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Yep we do. We're terrible. It's because Charlie usually doesn't finish whatever I make for him, then I don't eat it either because I don't like leftovers, and Mr Bee eats different things than what Charlie eats, so we end up throwing away a lot of leftovers. I don't know how to be better about this, because we all eat different things. I regularly cook completely different meals for all of us. Are you good about eating all your leftovers and using all produce you buy?