Thank you, Frugal Girl 911

So, this is the story of how The Frugal Girl saved me from being a major food waster last week.
It was Thursday... I realized I had some mold growing in my shredded mozzarella and some Pizza sauce in the fridge that needed to be eaten, stat.
I thought I would make Thin Crust Pizza again, because I made it about a month ago and it was delicous, see?The only problem? The recipe calls for the pizza dough to be made ahead and refrigerated, which is usually great, but under my circumstances, not so much. So, Frugal Girl to the rescue! I e-mailed her asking if there was any way I could make the dough and bake it right away. Thankfully, she was Johnny-on-the-spot in getting back to me, told me to add more yeast and let it set for about an hour, and then I was on my merry way.It was perfect! (Please forgive me for not taking a picture of the final product... we ate it so fast, I forgot!) And, the best part... it led to only one thing being photographed for Food Waste Friday, the old and moldy cheese.
Thank you, Frugal Girl 911!!

Food Waste Friday

These grapes couldn't be eaten fast enough! They got tossed. I guess that's not too bad. There is some homemade bread on the counter I just remembered... Guess we better wolf the rest of it down tonight or we're going to have to take another food waste picture.

Update: We did not manage to wolf that bread down, so it was also, sadly, tossed in the trash can.

Oh, and by the way, this is my attempt to cut down on our food waste, inspired by The Frugal Girl.

Food Waste Friday

I have been meaning to participate in The Frugal Girl's "Food Waste Friday" forever! I just can't ever seem to remember to take a picture of my food waste ON A FRIDAY and post it and link to her post.

Well... it's your lucky day! I'm actually off today and have the free time to participate. So, here you go.

I had to throw away a giant Costco sized container of salsa. This has been in our fridge, forever. Funny, because the giant bag of chips we bought along with it, has not had a problem being eaten. But... the expiration date on the salsa was 3/9. I kept it through March, even though we still didn't touch it, but now that it's April, I'm thinking I have to let go. There's also an acorn squash that's questionable. I had grand plans to cut this up and bake it in pumpkin seed oil, but... I didn't. Now, it has the beginning stages of rotting, and I'm not okay with that.