Comments on: How to reduce food waste to zero!

By: Mrs Green

Mrs Green — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:09:59 +0000

@nadine sellers: maybe that should be our 2012 campaign. To incinerate the words leftovers and rubbish from our vocab

@Small Footprints: I tend to army cook too. It’s because there is a closet ‘Mum of six’ residing inside me I think

@All Natural Katie: Sounds like you had some great plans in place Katie; Good luck with the challenge!

@Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking: Thanks Alicia - hopefully we can ALL reduce some food waste over Christmas

By: Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking

Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:20:21 +0000

Oh wow this is an awesome post!! What great ideas and tips. I love how you have your food placed on different shelves. That is such an awesome tip and I agree I love the idea of thinking ingredients rather than leftovers.

By: All Natural Katie

All Natural Katie — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:02:21 +0000

I really like your shelf system! Sometimes, I put stuff that needs to be used on the top shelf, but not always. Food always getting shoved to the back on the middle shelf, so I need to reorganize more throughout the week!

By: Small Footprints

Small Footprints — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:36:22 +0000

@nadine sellers:

I really like the idea of eliminating the idea of leftovers and, instead, thinking of them as ingredients. It’s a whole new mindset! Thank you for the idea!

By: Small Footprints

Small Footprints — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:32:29 +0000

What a great idea!! Your food placement plan totally eliminates the “outta sight, outta mind” dilemma. Brilliant! As I was growing up, my family always cooked a lot of food … no one was ever to go hungry and there was enough for the frequent visitors. In truth, though … it was way too much food. When I became an adult, even though there were only two of us, I still cooked for an army. I’ve since learned that cooking just a little more than we’ll eat at one sitting works better. As you’ve suggested, we serve it family-style but since I’m not making a ton of food, there usually isn’t much leftover. What is leftover works great as a breakfast the next day or a snack.

By: nadine sellers

nadine sellers — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:22:39 +0000

with holiday cooking and baking ahead, these tips need to be glued to the fridge door..(with a magnet)
perhaps the most important turn around change will be to scratch that “leftover” word from the public lexicon…children imitate their parent’s attitudes so perfectly that it takes a whole generation to remove a poor habit and instill positive thinking..like..make the most of everything..

turkey broth in glass jars this week, chicken noodle tomorrow< turkey is just a big fowl, isn’t it? tetrazinni casserole next round…sandwiches with grated cheese and red pepper in between..i love lefto…i mean ‘ingredients’