growing families one meal at a time
Posts made in March, 2011
Use it or Loose it!
This sounds so ominous, but food waste is a huge problem in this country and in our homes. By definition, food waste is the “uneaten food and food preparation wastes” and includes household as well as retail foods. At our house food waste is usually in the form of refrigerated items that turned green as they grew mold and bacteria, were dated and had reached expiration, and fresh fruits and vegetables that were buried in the bottom of the crisper and their remains removed with gloves. In some homes, food waste may also include whatever isn’t eaten at the end of the meal, leftovers!
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