I hate to throw away food but it happens more than it should.  I just threw away some strawberries that were overripe and I knew that I wouldn't eat them.  I also threw away some bagels that had mold and tortillas that were a year past the expiration date.  This is definately an area I need to improve on too. 

I bet your wife appreciates that!

I really dont have any stories. We just have a family of 2, and less than a bag of waste a week. (A kitchen garbage bag).

My wife did throw out a few rotten bananas 2 weeks ago however. I remember when I was young and they got over ripe, my mother would make Banana Bread of muffins with them. My waistline cant take any more muffins tho.

Actually your fridge is more efficient when full! It's when it's empty it doesn't work as good.

I suppose what little I do to help conserve isn't enough,  however I try.  It's probably only common sense,  yet this is what I do.  Truth be told,  most of it comes from being low income....

I don't "run the water" while washing dishes,  I wash and turn the water on and off as needed,  sometimes fill the sink with water to rinse.

I don't "run the water" while brushing my teeth,  I fill the cup and use that to rinse from.

I only run the air when it hits 85,  lower than that I can tolerate.

I don't have on appliances if I"m not using them,  like the tv and the computer at the same time.

The last food I threw out was some baked beans I was given by the lady that made them,  and they weren't too good.....only one serving anyway.  I buy food and then freeze what I can't use right away. 

I'll be buying those energy saving bulbs in Aug.

I hang my clothes on the clothesline except in winter,  and then I try to hang most of the stuff in the apt. on a rack.

If I"m going to have the oven on to cook something,  I cook more than one thing and freeze whatever extra there is for one of those days when I'm at a medical appt.

Being as I"m unable to work,  I have much more time than $$$ so it's easy to try to do things like those I"ve mentioned...

 

That's what I do is make banana bread. You can freeze the over ripe bananas and make muffins later...when you have company.   

Now that is a great idea! Thanks, I think I will try that. (You can do a lot more with frozen bananas too, I just never thought of freezing them).

Hi All,

I freeze strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries when they get overripe and use them in fruit smoothies. 

...let's see, I used less than a quarter tank of gasoline this week.  and have less than a bag of trash. I just cleaned (as My Little Honey returns from Memphis this evening).  We rarely waste food. Good to do or not, I offer unsaved leftovers to my dogs. And I cook mostly from scratch so packaging is not so much a problem. Except the last two weeks I've been using one lean cuisine a day...I'm on a sort of diet. I don't drink soft drinks or beer very often and rarely have it at the house, so we don't have cans around.

See ya!

I rarely waste food too but even so on occasion I wince when I do.  It goes against the grain for me because I am very frugal. 

Last week I threw away four old looking oranges that sat in the fridge for a long time.  Once in a while a pepper or a cuke will get by me; sometimes the end of a gallon of milk will sour before I get to it...this week it was a bunch of celery.  Had to throw it. 

Usually I try my best to save energy.  We have the AC set at 78 at night and 80 during the day when we know others who keep it as cool as 74...brrrrrrr.  

I do hang up some clothes especially jeans and anything heavy to save electricity or gas.  I used to dry all my clothes outside but I'm not allowed to here.  So I hang them on those wooden racks and put out on my lanai. 

Oh and I take my own cloth bags to the store instead of bringing home those little plastic ones.  These bags are great and can be washed in the machine if they get too grimy.  They also hold alot more groceries and can be filled heavy since they won't tear.  I just leave them in my car. 

Leftover bread can be turned into bread pudding with leftover milk. You can use almost anything for that even donuts, muffins or bagels.   Sour milk can even be used to make a cake or muffins.  I like Sodaiho's idea of using fruit that's getting ready to go. 

I'm guilty as then next person for being wasteful...but on the plus side....I dry all the clothes outside, the AC is set at 83 all the time, we only run the dishwasher when really full, I combine errands to save gas, I use my computer to price shop instead of going to a store.....and I have a garden.