I've been MIA from Food Waste Friday for several weeks now. For the most part, the good habits I've cultivated over the last 2 years (wow, that long!) of posting about food waste continued even without the accountability. I'm back today for what may prove to be my last food waste picture, at least for a while. I think with the business of December and the family events of the start of a new year, it is best for me to focus my time elsewhere.
I'm still committing to use up leftover, not overbuy (especially produce), and to be purposeful with menu-planning, and I think I am much better equipped to succeed because of the habit of food waste Friday!
On to this week's food waste. Or really last week's, because I'm pretty sure all of these things were destined for the trash then too. I have one watermelon radish, one white (yes, it used to be white) radish, and one (head? stalk?) of fennel. All of these are from our CSA, which makes them 3 weeks old at least. The radishes simply got forgotten and the fennel I knew I wouldn't use because I'm not a fan. It was in a pre-packed box, otherwise I would not have chosen it!
Have you ever worked to reduce your food waste? When I first started taking pictures of ours, I was shocked at just how much we were throwing out. A lot of the time, I was buying to much of something, or not planning to use leftovers well. If you are looking for some inspiration, be sure to visit The Frugal Girl as she records her food waste each week and provides a linky for other bloggers to participate as well!
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Produce has a way of hiding from us until it's too late, doesn't it? What is a watermelon radish?
ReplyDeleteIt sure does! Watermelon radish is very mild, almost sweet. We ate them raw and even the kids loved them. They are green and white on the outside and pink on the inside, so when you slice them they look like a slice of watermelon. Here is a link with more info and a picture http://www.yougrowgirl.com/2009/07/15/your-questions-answered-watermelon-radish/
ReplyDeleteWe really enjoy trying these for the first time in our CSA this year! I'm sorry I never got a good picture of them though!