Want Not, Waste Not, Want Naught

Posted by srhcb, June 25, 2008 at 11:30 PM

Do you ever eat something you don't really want just so it won't go to waste?

After twenty years of cooking for two I'd gotten pretty good at estimating quantities, so surplus ingredients or leftover food was never much of a problem. Then a couple months ago GF's daughter and her family moved in with us while they straighten out their finances.

I had to adjust my shopping and cooking to feed two more adults, the two grandchildren, (4 and 2), and sometimes their half-brother, (12). The kids are pretty good eaters, but they like to snack and have somewhat erratic habits, so there's usally some open packets and half-eaten items laying around.

I've always hated to waste food, so I find myself eating things I normally wouldn't think of, rather than thowing it away. For instance, I just finished off half a cold McD's double cheeseburger, along with some cold fries!

SB (well ... I shared with our dogs)

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