throwing away food

do you throw away a lot of food or do you make sure you eat everything you buy?

We don't throw that much away here, we try to use everything up or freeze what we can.

I do throw away some things, although I try not to waste too much.

If it's still edible, it'll get eaten! I can't afford to buy food just to tip into the bin!

Bread....all the time!

I do detest wasting food, so also freeze what I can.
Since having the food waste bins I realised just how much I do chuck away! 

We don't throw food away, if it's off and appropriate the boys eat it, if it's cheese that's got a little moldy i just cut it off, but if something isn't going to get eaten it goes in the freezer

i buy food daily cause if i dont feel like it it will get thrown out, but most of my food is edible by the chickens or cats so thrown out in my house is really thrown to the animals

Try my best not to waste things but yes we do throw some things away

Hubby and me are now trying to plan meals ahead for the week, not easy but I'm sure we will ge there. This is a way to reduce waste food too.

Planning meals ahead is definitely a good idea, together with making a shopping list around that plan and sticking to it (no shopping on an empty tummy and thinking ooh I might fancy that some time).

Also not chucking food out the moment it comes up to the "sell-by" date. This is a device invented by Elf'n'Safety. If the food looks or smells off you'll know it - just like we did in the olden days, commonsense.

see that doesnt work for me. that is a sure way to get things thrown out. i need to fancy something or i wont eat it and i can go a week not fancying the thing that it in the frideg lol

It can work Hayley! If you know in the morning that tonight is Spag Bol (for an example), don't you look forward to it? You can always swap around the days if you really can't face Spag Bol that night, for some reason.

No I dont. Best before dates are just that . Ive got 5 days over bbf dates on eggs (lion mark) and milk etc

Nathan wrote:No I dont. Best before dates are just that . Ive got 5 days over bbf dates on eggs (lion mark) and milk etc

My OH nan used to say BBF dates were just suggestions  

Darcy-may wrote:

Nathan wrote:No I dont. Best before dates are just that . Ive got 5 days over bbf dates on eggs (lion mark) and milk etc

My OH nan used to say BBF dates were just suggestions  

Exactly. Too many people waste perfectly good food by chucking it out on BBF date, like it would go suddenly poisonous or something.

I really try not to!

I never look at BBF dates i just eat it when i want