Monday, August 20, 2012

Food waste Monday and a menu, week 8/20-8/26

Pin It    I finally organized our fridge and freezer today and to my surprise my food waste is exactly the same as last week- just a couple of yucky strawberries! For some reason, the kiddos don't want to eat strawberries right now :( I have some more wilted but still edible, I'll add them to a smoothie (yes, with kale :) tonight! I finally tackled all the kale in a fridge- I used it in more smoothies, in lasagna and froze some. I still want to try making chips some time this week. Just didn't find time last week.

   And this week we are eating:

Mon.- potatoes, chicken, salad
Tues.- eating at IKEA (kids eat free on Tuesday and we need to buy a few things)
Wed.- cheese quesadillas
Thurs.- zucchini pasta
Fr.- fritatta, some sort of a veggie
Sat.- coconut shrimp, rice, frozen veggies/ leftovers
Sun.- steak, sweet potato fries, salad

  What are you eating this week?

11 comments:

  1. I love kids eat free at Ikea, we do that too! :)

    Congrats on your lack of food waste!

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    1. Thanks! We rarely do it because IKEA is a bit of a drive for us but we wanted to buy new chairs for kids' room anyway and a couple more things.Win-win :)

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  2. Had to go back and find your zucchini pasta recipe. It looks delicious! What do you use in your fritatta?

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    1. Sorry about that :) I changed to a link now. I usually put whatever we have in our fritatta. This week we will probbaly have some leftover potatoes that I will add to it, peppers from our garden, possibly tomatoes (again, from our garden). Really, it's very versatile :)

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  3. I like that you share your menus. I am not very good at planning meals. (In fact I just finished my lunch and its 4 pm!!)

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    1. I wasn't very good before but since I started I save so much more money on food every month! And menu planning helps me to use up what I have in a fridge and keep food waste low.

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  4. BBQ'd pork tenderloin, new potatoes & cauliflower tonight; not sure what the rest of the week is bringing since I am busy running the dang roads again :( .... could you email or post your method/recipe for the zucchini pasta please Lena? xxx Thanks !

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    1. Sounds yummy!! I changed it in the original post to a link :)In case it doesn't work here it is again :http://frugalandthankful.blogspot.com/2012/01/zucchini-pasta.html. And I can e-mail it to you too :)

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  5. Yummmmm it all sounds so good, tried a new recipe tonight for lemon chicken pasta with zucchini and cherry tomatoes, needed to find more ways to use up the garden bounty besides canning!

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  6. My kids are older now, but there used to be a lot of places that they could eat free. This was usually on Monday and Tuesday nights which are slow nights for restaurants.

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  7. A good food waste week for you! The menu sounds good too!

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