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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!!!!!

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.

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)

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.

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.

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!

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.

I throw away a lot when my son doesn't eat it. I can't be finishing his meal or I put on weight!

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.