Average Americans toss $71.55 in food each month. How do you stack up?

[ceejay74]

We're pretty good. The only bad thing is when we get cucumbers from our farm share (CSA); none of us likes cukes, so if we see any friends while they're still good they get given away, but otherwise they eventually go bad and get tossed.

We toss the occasional piece of fruit but my husband keeps a pretty good eye on the fruitbowl and gives us smoothies or fruit cocktails of whatever is ripe.

We've tossed more leftovers since I got pregnant since my body is a bit finicky and it can be hard for the rest of the family to get through everything, but that will end soon.

We did have to toss half a bottle of pure cranberry (stomach can't take the acidity and I'm the only one who drinks it)-- $4 or $5 worth. That stung.

I agree about bread--it freezes well and it thaws well. When my husband was single he'd divvy it up into two- or three-piece chunks and freeze in baggies, and just pull out what he needed.

[investingnoob]

Food is definitely a big expense.
I am a big eater, so I don't worry about wasting food. My parents cook
dinner usually and if there's left overs, im all over it the next day.
I'm like a food disposal

[Justice44]

Thread: Average Americans toss $71.55 in food each month. How do you stack up?

Food is definitely a big expense.
I am a big eater, so I don't worry about wasting food. My parents cook
dinner usually and if there's left overs, im all over it the next day.
I'm like a food disposal

I am a big eater too, but I have a high metabolism. Are you that lucky?

[Cylenchar]

We don't drink milk, so it usually get tossed out when it goes out of date. I try and buy the smallest bottle possible for things like pancakes, etc.
We also tend to throw out bread because it is hard for 2 people to eat a whole loaf. We do usually eat any leftovers.

Ima, a trick I found for baking, is to use the canned evaporated milk. You get get 5 oz-12 oz for much cheaper than milk.

[Justice44]

Re: Average Americans toss

We don't drink milk, so it usually get tossed out when it goes out of date. I try and buy the smallest bottle possible for things like pancakes, etc.
We also tend to throw out bread because it is hard for 2 people to eat a whole loaf. We do usually eat any leftovers.

I am single guy who throws out bread. So thanks for making me feel better.

[zakity]

We don't drink milk, so it usually get tossed out when it goes out of date. I try and buy the smallest bottle possible for things like pancakes, etc.

I was thinking powdered milk. I always keep some powdered on hand to use for cooking if we are low.

Also, what about freezing milk? I know we had a huge surplus at one point. I poured out a half a cup out of each milk jug and put the half cups in another container labeled "pancake milk" and the amount that it was (luckily, it was just what we needed for us for pancakes).