I was thinking of my mother's fridge too.... she lives by herself and constantly stocks her fridge with way more than we do as a family of 5. It is always jam packed so that you can never find anywhere to put anything.
We pretty much eat ours out every week. I do a weekly shop and by shopping day, it's looking fairly bare. Nothing much goes in the bin, which makes me really happy!
Yes, hardly anything is wasted here. I have worked in commercial kitchens and seen sooo much waste.... terrible! Swore I would never waste food in my own kitchen. We can't afford to.
I buy in bulk only if the item is non perishable. Otherwise it's fresh all the way. I understand living on a farm or out of town can mean you have to stock up... but we have more than 5 supermarkets within walking distance! It's seriously easy to just buy things on a daily basis and not risk the waste.
Well I went and spent $400 on food the other day and our fridge is tiny sooooo, it's fairly packed! It ****s me though, because I always end up throughing out stuff that has gone out of date and hasn't even been opened! We just didn't see it as it was packed in the back
I was JUST talking about this with DH last night Bath - stalker much?
My fridge isn't that bad, but I have thrown some things out recently. My pantry is absolutely overflowing, and I have no idea what's in there We've got our local farmers market on next weekend, so I said to DH that I'll be writing up an inventory of the meat we buy, and an inventory of exactly what is in the pantry, and comparing the two to make meal plans for however long it takes to empty them out. From then on, we'll be working purely from fortnightly meal plans, so there shouldn't be any wastage/clutter.
My fridge is pretty good. We shop fortnightly and every fortnight, I am down to the dregs. I make and effort not to buy surplus food and will make a concerted effort cook things before it's over it's use by. Like when we went shopping this fortnight, DH put in more potatoes and pumpkin, which we didn't need, but I will just make sure I make some pumpkin and potato soup and have 1-2 baked dinners in the next fortnight so it won't go mouldy or gross.
At the mo, it's fairly full since we only went shopping last Thursday. Plus DH brought some beer which makes it look fuller than it is!
I ideally want to make up some fortnightly menu's and coinciding shopping lists, I actually worked on it a bit today, but it's taking some time to get it all sorted!
I love nothing more than an almost-empty fridge!! Because my fridge is usually so 'well-stocked' (ie, packed to the brim with a whole bunch of crud, some of it rotting or at the very least, past its use-by date) that to see it with lots of room means there's nothing unnecessary in there, whatever's left is good to eat and shopping day is just around the corner
Every few months I do a 'stocktake' of my pantry, see what I have lots of and do a meal plan to use up all the stuff that's been sitting there for months or is getting close to its use-by date, or has just been covered up with other stuff and forgotten about. I hate to see food go to waste (which means I'm constantly upset because the girls are SO bad for wasting food - a few bites here, another couple there, no I changed my mind, I now want to eat x instead of y, mum) so a bare fridge and pantry is a sign of success in my mind
And yes, reducing the snack attacks is another helpful feature, for me anyway... DH is ALWAYS carrying on like a pork chop about how we never have any snacky food in the house and mopes over a bowl of Coco-Pops for afternoon tea instead hehehe
I still prefer to do weekly shops over 'fresh' food shopping, I find it just costs far too much to go to the grocery store every day to get items, as I always end up buying more than I need. Easier to keep the impulse buying in check if I only go in once a week to buy actual food, then pop in a couple of times during the week for extra milk, bread, cold cuts and fruit & veg
Last edited by Glamourcide; August 11th, 2010 at 04:19 PM.
I would actually spend more that way as if I buy every day I can pick up whatever my latest cravings might be. LOL. We only have a mini fridge at the moment and it doesn't fit much in so we are pretty careful about how much we buy each time so it doesnt go off.
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We've got our local farmers market on next weekend, so I said to DH that I'll be writing up an inventory of the meat we buy, and an inventory of exactly what is in the pantry, and comparing the two to make meal plans for however long it takes to empty them out. From then on, we'll be working purely from fortnightly meal plans, so there shouldn't be any wastage/clutter.
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