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Definitely a waster. I am trying to be better but stuff definitely gets thrown out all the time. =(

DH and I try really hard to not waste food. So I try to have meals in mind when I buy my food and not just buy willy-nilly like we had before. Leftovers we try to eat too, but I'm not the most creative when it comes to turning one meal into something else!

Now my Mom... man, she could make something awesome out of nothing! We were quite poor growing up, so she had to use whatever was in the pantry for a meal and there usually wasn't much to choose from! She never wasted anything.

We try hard not to. We take smaller helpings and make sure to finish what's on our plate so then if we're still hungry we take another helping. Leftovers are usually the next days lunch. Most of our meals are made from scratch and I have to say we're both good cooks so luckily we both look forward to left overs.

too funny! we were just watching that on netflix the other day. didn't get to finish it but it's crazy the billion pounds of food we waste on an annual basis. i am a big waster of food. i intend to cook things. and then, i don't cook them. and then they become rotten. and i have to chuck them. sigh. 1. i have to freeze more often. but not really sure about freezing veggies or anything other than meat. 2. i need to stick to my menu and cook them when i intend to cook them.

Before getting pregnant, I used to sooo good at not wasting any food! We just bought our first house and got married - we were anticipating for unexpected expenses.

But since I got pregnant, I've just been forgetful and lazy. I forget all about the leftovers and let husband handle it all and it always ends up in the back of the fridge! I have at least 3 things to throw out right now

How we did it before was I'd make a bunch of food and automatically put them in lunchboxes and freeze them. DH can take them to work or I can have them another day. That way nothing is really "leftover" it's just premade food. I would also make dishes good for 2 days in a row (like roasted chicken with root veggies one day and the next day make chicken soup or stir-fry jerk chicken with rice the next day). Sometimes I'd even manage to resurrect a meal to last 3 days - all completely different but with the same main ingredient.

Nowerdays, I sporadically cook and when I do, I don't want to see the food again and don't want to eat it again, no matter what! DH makes his lunch after we eat and he never has enough containers to put the rest in the freezer. (Container washing is his duty.)

We do sometimes throw out fresh fruit we don't eat. Now I feel pressured to eat all of our fresh fruit so we don't throw it out! Probably a good thing overall.

I used to be more wasteful, but then I saw that scene in Castaway where Tom Hanks gets back from the island and looks around at all that wasted food left over from the banquet.

My husband also hates leftovers and it's up to me. I cleaned out our fridge yesterday and threw away old fruit/veggies and 3 tubberwares of food. I hate it but I guess there isn't much I can do about it. I have tried adjusting portion sizes and freezing casseroles instead of making a full batch, this helps a lot.

Sadly, we do. We throw away a lot of leftovers as well as veggies that we don't end up eating. About once a month I throw away an uncooked package of meat or chicken that we buy but don't get a chance to cook. It is not intentional - we just run out of time during the week to cook.

Yes, we waste food DD is only 9 months, so I'm just cooking for DH & I at the moment. It's hard to cook for 2! I just threw away 2 tupperware containers filled with leftovers.

I really, really hate wasting food. Especially ingredients like fresh fruits and vegetables... I feel less bad about throwing out leftovers. But we definitely still do it.