I don’t know what the weather is like in your neck of the woods today, but here in Trondheim, it is just snowing like the devil.
We’ve had some of the crappiest weather this winter. For the first part of the winter it was mostly a little warmish so we only got rain, no snow. (We didn’t even have a white Christmas!) Then we got a little snow, which promptly melted and then froze into hard ice. Norwegians have some inborn inhuman ability to walk on ice like it’s a normal surface- but not me. I’m a little better than I was when I first moved here, but if it wasn’t for the little spikey things I put on my shoes, I’d fall flat on my face the moment I walked out the door.
For the last few weeks the weather has just been grey, dark, and depressing. This week the temperature has mostly hovered a little over freezing, so there’s been a mix of rain and snow every single day this week. Add high winds into the mix, and this sort of weather is the stuff that makes you want to stay inside, put a fire in the wood stove and curl up with a book or knitting. Today its just poured the snow down all day, so that is exactly what I’ve been doing.
I didn’t forget, however, that it’s Food Waste Friday. I went quite smugly into the kitchen thinking to myself “this is going to be three weeks in a row without any food waste, aren’t I just little miss clever?” I opened up the fridge to dig around and make sure… and I was promptly taken down a notch or two in my smugness.
Bummer. Two lonely, sad, shriveled up old scallions that got buried somehow under the carrots and other such things in the vegetable drawer. I think I’ll throw those into my stock bag in the freezer, so those wont get wasted. But the squishy, molded on top jalapeno pepper? The sad thing is, I don’t remember when I bought it… or why. Maybe it was for a taco night WEEKS ago? Did I buy more than I needed and thought I’d use it up eventually? Oops.
Next week, back to NO waste!
If you’ve made the commitment to produce less food waste, how did you fare this week, I’d love to hear about it!
Sorry about your weather. We have had a mild winter in on the US east coast, but we’re waiting on rain and snow tomorrow. Although you didn’t make it three weeks in a row, you still had a good week as far as food waste goes.
My parents live on the east coast, they mentioned there was supposed to be snow this weekend. I agree, this week wasn’t so bad, I just wish I knew why I bought that silly jalapeno! :P
Jess you are doing so much better than I with the food waste. Do you compost? We compost pretty much anything not meat, dairy or cooked with oil. Luckily with Josh’s appetite we don’t have too any leftovers.
I hope your weather gets better soon!!!!
Anne, we’re on a REALLY tight budget, so we work really hard anyway not to buy more than we consume. It’s easier to have less waste when you budget as tight as we do. I make a menu for the week and pretty much only buy exactly what we need for each meal, it helps reduce waste a lot. Still, there are some things that slip by!
oh and no, we don’t compost. :( We live in an apartment and while I’ve *considered* what is known as balcony composting, I’m not sure if it would be entirely practical for us.
Yea I get it! Budgets have been the key to our success. As for composting, it bet it would be hard in the winter too with the temps less than mild. Hopefully next winter you will be rocking a sweet winter garden in VA.
Let’s hope, Anne!! Yngve just needs to get his phd finished!
Good luck with your no food wasting! I really ought to try this, my fiance and me are always complaining about how much money we waste on food that seems to get forgotten about in the back of ye’ old fridge!
Chrissy,
Do try it! If even for just a few weeks. My food budget has gotten so much smaller since being so careful about how much we purchase and making sure we don’t waste anything. It’s good for your pocketbook and good for the environment! It’s a win-win situation! :)