Comments on: Waste

By: Purva Brown

Purva Brown — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:39:54 +0000

Sorry for the double comments. For some reason in the earlier comment the website got messed up. Thanks for your blog. An online friend sent me a link to it and I love it!!!

By: Purva Brown

Purva Brown — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:37:25 +0000

The realization of the waste is always such a shock when you’ve been cooking exclusively at home for a while, isn’t it? I noticed that as well for the same reasons you did – we moved recently and, while it was convenient not to have to cook, it was pretty wasteful as well to eat out. Thankfully, we’re back to the old homecooking!

By: Kika

Kika — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:46:20 +0000

My husband and I enjoyed an anniversary lunch out this week (rarely eat at restaurants) and while we truly enjoyed the time together, we both quickly recognized how unhealthy it would be to do that regularly – all the salt, fat and who knows what else in restaurant food. Well, it could be different, perhaps, if we had any healthy vegan-type places around?! Anyways, while I sometimes wish we had the $ to enjoy a meal out more often, I see the multiple benefits of living within our means.

By: Susan

Susan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:47:02 +0000

Yesterday was the day to take a van-load of my son’s stuff to college and drop it off. After unloading the van, I needed some calories and ordered a baked potato at Wendy’s. While waiting for my food, I noticed what happened at the deep fryer. A new batch of fries had finished cooking. Before dumping the fresh, hot fries out of the fry-basket, the employee removed all the older fries and put them in the garbage pail. Oh my goodness, that garbage pail held about FIVE GALLONS of old fries that were being discarded. Now, I don’t know if that’s the whole day’s worth or just a few hours’ worth; I can’t imagine that they leave them overnight. I was stunned!!! But that’s how it is: stores and restaurants throw out all sorts of edible foods because we all want the freshest and the best-est. It really bothered me to see that.

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:23:26 +0000

I LOVE to eat out, but we only do it once a month, as a treat for our date night. As a family, we don’t eat out very often. Like you, I feel like I could make much healthier meals at home, plus it’s just SO expensive for our big family. That being said, I think it’s important for kiddos to learn to eat in a restaurant in a quiet and polite way. Nothing worse than seeing hooligans race around a restaurant when you’ve paid for an expensive meal and would like a little peace. LOL!

By: Karen Lange

Karen Lange — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:22:32 +0000

Eating out is nice in moderation, as a break from the routine, I think. But when you have to b/c circumstances dictate it, and just have a taste for regular, homemade food, it isn’t as appealing. So here’s to you getting boxes unpacked and getting settled and back to normal cooking. What’s the first home cooked meal on the menu?

By: Katherine

Katherine — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:09:21 +0000

AMEN! I’ve had to rely on fast food and convenience food a bit too much this summer too, as we’ve had lots of big projects around the house going on. I can taste the salt and fat! Not to mention the price tag doesn’t make my checkbook feel nice!