What do you always end up throwing away in your house?

[LondonStone]

In our household we can’t seem to get through a packet of raspberries or beansprouts without them going off.

Fancied some raspberries this morning and half of them are covered in furry mould and the other half are just brown mush. They were only bought on Friday night!

I’ve realised we quite often throw raspberries away so I think I probably won’t bother in future unless it’s for something specific.

Blueberries.
I really like them but they go mouldy so quickly.

Green peppers.

Whole pineapples

Spring onions. I have good intentions, they can be used in so many things yet they end up dry and crispy languishing in the fridge.

For those saying bagged salad - put a piece of dry kitchen roll in the bag, and close with a tie. The kitchen roll absorbs the moisture, and it lasts much longer

I’m the same with raspberries. I love them but find if I don’t eat them in the day I buy them or maybe the day after they’ve always gone mouldy or turned to mush.

Spinach, coriander and salad leaves which others have mentioned also often end up getting thrown away half-way through the bag as well. Often have to throw away cucumbers when I’m only halfway through them as well. I live on my own so it’s hard to get through a lot of fresh foods before they spoil and salad fruits are definitely the worst.

Berries barely last an hour here!

Ham, potatoes, grapes are our ‘most wasted’ products

I throw away shameful amounts of food too, the other day I chucked nearly a bin bag full of food from the freezer, I forget what's in there so end up buying more and had so many half bags of chips, nuggets, veg, burgers etc, all out of date and no idea when I froze them.

It's the reason I don't shop at Aldi too because their fruit and veg is bagged and I only ever want one or two of things.

When your tomatoes start looking a bit wizened and sad, cut them up and oven-roast them slowly overnight with olive oil. Then put them in a jar in the fridge and they’re good for sauces etc for at least another couple of weeks.

You can freeze hummus.

Fruit & veg tends to keep better in a fruit bowl or veg rack.

i'm shocked at all the food wasted on here.

Little jars - chutney etc. They sit taking up valuable real estate in the fridge door and months later when I think to use them again I open them up and find they’re growing a new civilisation of mould.

Bread. I eat low-carb, so don't have it all; the DC only eat it at weekends, and not in large quantities, so it's down to DH to have it for breakfast and lunch, but he frequently skips both because he's he's too busy with work/too lazy to make himself something.

Most loaves go stale before they get finished.

Me too, we rarely throw any food away. Last thing I can think of was some paté that went out of date, but that was a few weeks ago.

I need a new fridge so lots of things go mushy Cucumber lettuce etc But if I am organised I make smoothies eg: green smoothies with cucumber apple juice spinach and banana.

Frozen? Just buy frozen everything..

At this time of year we put raw vegetable food waste in the garden bin. So if you do have to discard something past it’s best at least it’s not going to landfill.
(E.g cabbage outer leaves, limp celery, broccoli stalk, half bags of salad, corn leaves)

Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food - 222 million tonnes - as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa - 230 million tons. Add to the that the resources wasted in water for irrigation, transport to processing, packaging and retail distribution then food waste is one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters. Then there's the economics - by pass the shop and just chuck a good couple of fivers in your bin a week.

There are some horrifically blasé comments on here about food waste - you need to get your shopping acts together - but there are good ideas to save stuff too. Next time you pick up your salad bag or punnet of flown in from god knows where punnet of perishable soft fruit, pause and think "do I really need this" "how can I plan to use this" etc.

Online delivery meant that I got more items with a short date, then struggle to eat it all & most things I'll still eat the day after use by. I find it hard to keep track of whats in fridge if ends up out of sight.

Someone gave me the tip to briefly microwave a french baguette to restore softness and it did work.

@GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal

Bread. I eat low-carb, so don't have it all; the DC only eat it at weekends, and not in large quantities, so it's down to DH to have it for breakfast and lunch, but he frequently skips both because he's he's too busy with work/too lazy to make himself something.

Most loaves go stale before they get finished.

Freeze bread - put half the loaf in the freezer, and even if your DH runs out, if it is sliced, it takes a few minutes to defrost.

@yetmorewaiting

Every year, consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food - 222 million tonnes - as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa - 230 million tons. Add to the that the resources wasted in water for irrigation, transport to processing, packaging and retail distribution then food waste is one of the biggest greenhouse gas emitters. Then there's the economics - by pass the shop and just chuck a good couple of fivers in your bin a week.

There are some horrifically blasé comments on here about food waste - you need to get your shopping acts together - but there are good ideas to save stuff too. Next time you pick up your salad bag or punnet of flown in from god knows where punnet of perishable soft fruit, pause and think "do I really need this" "how can I plan to use this" etc.

Absolutely agree with this!

Mozzarella. I always buy it with the intention of making fresh pizza, life then gets in the way and I find it at the back of the fridge a month or two later.

I keep bread products in the freezer, it doesn't take long to defrost, or 20-30 secs in the microwave per slice is fine if you're in a bind.

Top tip for bagged salad is - you can cook it! I often chuck it into a curry or similar if it's started to turn.

Hummus - goes off far too quick.
Bread - I’ve tried freezing it but it’s not the same as fresh.
Berries - I’m sure the shops have some sort of magic trick where they’re shiny and plump in the shop, but as soon as you walk out they go to mush.

The last slice of cold meat, such as ham. It sits there looking all sad and begging to be eaten before being dispatched to the dog.

Usually bread get put into the food waste bin, we just don’t get through it in time.

Cucumber seems to be a popular wasted food on here, if you are storing cucumber in the fridge that is probably why, they are going slushy, cucumber is better stored out of the fridge, keeps really well.