katie

This may not interest many people, but I have just come to a very sobering realization: I waste a lot of food.

Today, on the way home from work, I stopped at the local grocer to get something for dinner. I also needed milk and eggs. So there I was. I spent around $30, which included a salad from the salad bar in the store. On the way home I remembered how much left over food and pieces of vegetables I had in my fridge already.

They were just sitting there getting moldy. Leftover chicken and stir fry, pesto, some broccoli, leftover rice, over half of a cucumber, a small piece of cheese. I threw out an entire grocery bag of food. The same amount of food I had just picked up at the grocery store.

THIRTY. DOLLARS. IN. THE GARBAGE.

I could buy a lot (sorta) with $30. Moreover, I could do a lot (definitely) with all the other $30 from bags of food that I’ve surely thrown out since I moved into my own apartment. There has got to be a way around this. I know there is.

My plan:

WASTE LESS. Buy only what I know I will eat. It doesn’t matter if it’s healthy or not, but I have to vow to eat it, as opposed to buying it, eating a bit, then getting lazy and eating out every day after that.

It means taking a lunch to work. It means taking my extra food to share at work. Whatever. I just cannot stand to see more food go in the garbage. It’s redonk.

So - in case you’re wondering - this is what I bought tonight and how I [plan to consume it]:

• 1 avocado
  [I already ate this! I made an avocado melt with half and added the other half to half of the salad I bought.]
• 8 eggs.
  [I’ll boil these for breakfast mostly - so four mornings, give or take.]
• 1 litre of skim milk.
  [Already put a big dent in that with dinner. I loves my milk!]
• Havarti cheese
  [Cut up in pieces and bring for lunch/3 o’clock hunger attack at work.]
• Old Cheddar cheese
  [I put this on stuff. Pasta, etc. I also cut a piece off for a snack once in a while. Thankfully cheese has a decent fridge-life.]
• 1 tomato
  [Tomatoes are the worst for me. I always eat some of one and then it’ll just sit there. This one I will try to eat up, maybe in a tomato salad with some of that Havarti.]
• 6 english muffins
  [I ate one tonight as part of the avocado melt (wouldn’t recommend that, BTW); I will eat the others for breakfast(s) along with my eggs or alone when I run out of eggs.]
• 7 Small Yukon Gold Potatoes
  [I LOVE potatoes, but never make them. This week I will have them for dinner and pick up a piece of salmon or something to go along with them. I purposely didn’t buy the salmon yet, because I want to buy it fresh the day I will eat it - that way I won’t waste it! Plus it’ll taste better.]
• Small (but really not that small) salad from the Salad Bar
  [These are awesome. They pack a lot of punch and I can pick what I want from a smorgasbord of wicked stuff. Really, they can do two meals. So I ate half for dinner and because I didn’t get any dressing on it, I can take it for lunch tomorrow without it being too soggy and gross.]

Waste Less December is underway!
Updates will be forthcoming.

meganmcisaac:

(photograph made by the amazing neal casal.)

i know i have been nearly a complete stranger most recently, i am terribly sorry. shit has hit the fan and i have been doing my best to clean it up, despite the awful smell (haha.) with over 30 rolls of my negatives missing, feuds with friends and family, my significant other leaving for two months, and being more broke than i have ever even thought possible, it’s been easier just to sort of disappear for a while. fortunately (maybe) i have still been able to make photographs, thanks to a small stash of film i had saved up, and i even went through ten rolls on my mamiya, which will be interesting. unfortunately, i have over 40 rolls of film to develop and i cant even afford rent, so who knows when i will be reminded of those memories again. on the contrary, i have been working on some writing, i began working on my novel again, and i am trying to complete a few smaller projects in the meantime.

i have just been a debbie downer because i might have to turn down what could have been or what might possibly still be an incredible opportunity just because i was irresponsible with my negatives while couch surfing in thirteen different homes during those eight months and now i have absolutely no idea where over 30 rolls of my negatives are. it makes me feel empty.

anyway, i just wanted to give you my sincerest apologies for being such a stranger and give you a small tidbit of what is going on in my life at the moment. i miss you and hopefully we’ll speak again soon.

Someone please go buy some of this girl’s photos so she can pay her rent and take some more photos, and put the horrible feeling of losing important things behind her. Or at least send good energy her way, so maybe she can find them. I really like her work. I would buy some, but I’m pretty broke right now, too.

was the kind of day that I would classify as a doozy. Not in a good way, either.

Random Thoughts of People Our Age

This is definitely a must-read. I could have shared the list here, but it’s super long. Here’s a sample:

#32. Whenever I’m Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don’t mind if I do!

via

carlovely:

This innovative payment device is design to remove the hassle of splitting your bill with friends at restaurants and bars. We’ve all been there at the end of a meal no one has cash and everyone throws their credit card on the table. The poor waiter/waitress then has to split and charge each individual card. Well this payment concept designed by Jung You Chul, Her Miran, Lee Chang Ho, Lee Kiho & Shin Youngmi demonstrates it doesn’t have to be so painful.

(via : yanko design)

Heading out for some wine and cheese! So sophisticated?

Sick skate vid, dude.

But seriously, I wish i was a sk8ter gurl. Those boys are cute!

(source) (via @ecp911)

jgomes:

It would be even better if there was a Canadian equivalent!

We’ll see it when we go to NY (plan TBD). It’s awesome. But your feet get really cold so we might need some of those heat pack things. Either way it’ll be the best day ever.

(via kari-shma)

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ckck:

“Your Touch” by The Black Keys.