You could even freeze half of one loaf to avoid waste.

I always buy two loaves of bread and freeze one of them. Tip #2- Freeze your bread or baked goods. Use frozen spinach for smoothies or in spaghetti sauce or in soups. I simply put mine in a freezer zip lock bag. Tips on Avoiding Food Waste- Tip #1- Freeze Spinach that is starting to wilt or go bad. All of the ingredients are so flavorful that it really didn’t need it. I skipped that step and just cooked it without the flour. For instance the chicken recipe said to cover it in flour and cook it. I really liked that we could make a few tweaks to fit our needs. This is what we got to make and how it turned out-īraised Chicken with Spinach and Mashed Potatoes So I looked online at and it said “their chefs pick the freshest ingredients so their meals will last in the fridge for a week”! We ended up making this on Tuesday night, 6 days after the delivery and everything looked like it did on day one.īlue Apron offered me a special to share with my readers- The first 25 readers from my blog can get THREE FREE MEALS off of your first Blue Apron order just by clicking HERE I was starting to stress about using the food, not wanting to waste it. Also we got the delivery on Thursday and that is the day my sisters got into town for the weekend. There was plenty of food for all of us including my baby, so really 5 of us.

I got my food delivery from Blue Apron and decided to make the most of every piece of food they sent with our meal.įirst of all we got two meals that fed a family of 4. I partnered with Blue Apron to come up with 5 tips to avoid food waste. After reading that statistic on food waste I started to look for and think of ways to avoid food waste. I notice when I go to the grocery store without a list or a meal plan for the week that is when I have food that gets wasted.

We do eat and love leftovers and rarely have food waste, but it does happen to the best of us. When I start to notice something is going to expire I get creative and think of ways to use it or freeze it. I read a statistic the other day that said “Americans aren’t eating about 40% of the food we buy.” That is a lot of wasted food! I don’t know about you but I start to get stressed when I have to throw out food that went bad.

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