Less Waste... Week 1
Garbage day is tomorrow and I am happy to report that I won't have to put my cans out...
The obsession with garbage has evolved from a few things 1) Currently the only alternatives to landfills are waste reduction and recycling. 2) I have seen first hand the mass amounts of consumption resulting in mass amounts of waste 3) I hate taking the garbage cans out 4) The day I cleaned out my refrigerator and threw away enough food to feed a third world country!!
The reality is... I saw money going in the garbage... and when the food budget is tight you can't afford to throw any of it away!!
This week I will make a shepherds pie using leftover hamburger, tomatoes, and mixed veges and a couple of potatoes that would otherwise grow arms sometime this week.
A while back I started trying to "mix" up the weekday dinner menus attempting to grow my childrens' tiny little tasting palates; this would usually result in angry faces, 9 o-clock bowls of cereal, and mass amounts of leftovers...I am going back to making what they like, what they will enjoy and what they will finish...I will include some small portions of a few things that I HOPE they might try and that I know I will eat as leftovers!!
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I hate garbage!
wtg kassie! i have really been trying hard with "waste less" this new year too after reading your blog. i DID put out my garbage, but i DID also put out my recycling (and have been recycling for YEARS!) and i also used my rotten banana's to make muffins for my kids for breakfast instead of throwing them away! i am trying! :O)
Everyone who tries deserves major points!!! Take a field trip to the landfill yearly if you want to become a garbage freak. We put out our recycling every other week and our garbage about every third/fourth week. I still create food waste, and I hate that, but we're trying, and hoping to start a compost pile next spring...
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