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Day 16: How to Stop Food Waste in the Kitchen

Family Balance Sheet

Day 16 of 31 Days to Slash your Grocery Spending: Avoid Food Waste. family of four discards around $1,500 a year on food. family of four discards around $1,500 a year on food. Imagine saving your family’s budget $1500 a year just by being more aware of your food waste and taking action to stop it.

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4 Quick Tips to Cut Down on Food Waste

Couponing 101

There are countless causes of food waste, but the effects may be less well known. Wasted food can consume a good chunk of your budget, and it’s harmful to the environment. A few simple lifestyle changes are all you need to reduce your food waste, allowing you to save money and be kinder to Mother Earth.

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From Garbage to Gourmet: Prevent Food Waste and Create Delicious Food

Family Balance Sheet

American households throw away 25% of the food that we purchase - and it's not just bread heels and moldy leftovers. There's a whole host of edible things that we automatically throw away that can be used to make delicious food! This ebook will challenge and inspire you to do more than you ever thought possible with food.

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Want a Month of Free Groceries? Stop Wasting Food | Kitchen Economics Link Up

Family Balance Sheet

As I was flushing a very old, forgotten-about, slimy Greek salad down the disposal last week, it occurred to me that I have gotten a little lax about leftovers at our house. (I I didn't compost the salad, because it had feta cheese mixed in) We certainly eat leftovers, but by the end of last week, we were (1) lazy and (2) lazy.

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Ways to Have a Green Christmas

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Food Waste Doesn’t Have to Be Inevitable. The amount of food waste that goes on at this time of year is shocking. You can easily cut back on food waste by just buying fewer ingredients, or meal planning to use leftovers. Anything is better than the stuff that you buy at Walmart.

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Clean Your Refrigerator | Weekly Decluttering Challenge

Family Balance Sheet

By keeping our kitchens organized, menu planning will be much easier, we’ll reduce our food waste, and we’ll be less likely to buy duplicates. Discard outdated food. Sort the food by category, such as dairy, condiments, drinks, leftovers, etc, and group categories together.

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Chicken Protein Bowls + Tips & Variations

Saving Everyday

Meal bowls are also a great way to use leftovers and random ingredients with endless variations. Most people struggle with leftovers, and this is a perfect way to turn them into a completely different meal ! Less waste. To reduce food waste, we prepared these mostly with ingredients that needed to be used.