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Five Frugal Things | food waste prevention

The Frugal Girl

I did not plan this to be themed, but today’s Five Frugal Things is gonna be all food-related! It’s basically a tour through my adventures in trying to avoid food waste. but for temporary purposes, this works fine. The post Five Frugal Things | food waste prevention appeared first on The Frugal Girl.

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Can you freeze food in glass jars?

The Frugal Girl

You can freeze food in glass jars! Which is a me problem, not a freezing-food-in-glass-jars problem. I know we are all rather terrified of causing glass breakage…that’s a messy problem, and it also results in food waste because WHO is going to try to eat food that might have glass shards in it?

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Five Frugal (mostly tiny) Things

The Frugal Girl

I did a good job of eating my fridge down Remember how I didn’t really go grocery shopping last week, and only spent $18 on food? A full fridge tends to encourage food waste because things get lost. And I left the rest at home for Zoe to eat after she got off from work last night. and hummus, and that was my dinner.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)

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

Family Balance Sheet

Eating leftovers is one of my tenets of saving money in the kitchen but I am even guilty of wasting food at times. I started wondering how much money I am actually wasting when I throw food away. According to the EPA, Americans dump 34 million tons of food a year and it accounts for 14% of total municipal waste.

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Q&A | focus, blogging for money, and prepping for a split

The Frugal Girl

I also think that while you are working to get out of debt, it’s helpful to have a kind attitude toward yourself. I started it mainly as a passion project, and to help hold myself accountable about food waste. Few of us humans are motivated by shame, and that includes shame we heap on ourselves. JEG I really did not!

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World Wisdom: Clear Drop Recycling Innovations

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Everyone has probably heard about the staggering numbers of unrecycled plastics and food waste, contributing to 11% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. initiative, Clear Drop is working to solve this problem, providing 100% processing of all home refuse without leaving anything for the landfill.” With our ZERO TRASH!

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