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No food waste and great walleye meal

February 18th, 2010

I did a good job today in sticking with this week’s green challenge. Not only did I not throw away any food waste, but I also ate a meal that was mostly organic. This week’s green task is to eat organically and also to keep track of any food that I throw away. I did pretty darn well on both counts today.

First, let me tell you about my awesome meal today. I cooked us up some fresh walleye caught straight from Minnesota lakes. I cooked it in some Smart Balance Omega (good for the ticker and cholesterol) buttery spread along with some organic garlic and a bit of cayenne for some POW. We also had some green beans from the can and these were NOT organic. Hopefully, we will have some garden canned green beans next year, but it was not in the cards for tonight. Overall, tonight, we ate a fairly organic meal. I was going to take a picture, but we ate it too quick. J

As far as throwing food or any food waste away today? Nope… did not do it. Yay!

Let me know some of the organic food you eat in the comment areas below. Also, don’t forget to sign up to win a NatureMill composter at the link shown to the right.

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I threw away an orange peel and failed today

February 16th, 2010

Here I am on the first day of my new task and I threw away some food. For those of you just joining us, I am given a green challenge every week and this week’s challenge is to keep track of the food waste I am producing. Also, this week I am supposed to try and eat some organic meals. I threw some food away today… bummer.

I did not eat anything that was organic or from the garden today. I did, however, continue to make chicken stock from an Amish chicken I bought a few weeks ago. I started it yesterday, using an Alton Brown recipe, and it was not quite where I wanted it to be after cooling. So, as instructed by my reliable TV friend, I am boiling the liquid down further and hoping it will be ready for the freezer tomorrow.

I threw away one big fat orange peel today and that is all. I know I could keep these and use them for something, but it slipped my mind. For now on, I will keep my orange peels! I can make potpourri from it.

I did put some food into my NatureMill composter today and boy it is handy. BTW, if you have not done so yet…. Sign up to win a Nature Mill composter at the link to the right.

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Week 17 – Keeping an eye on our food

February 15th, 2010

It is a new week and Ashley has assigned me a new green challenge. Since we are having a giveaway this week where the winner gets a NatureMill composter, it is fitting that we have a challenge this week that involves food. Our green task for the week is to try and eat organically this week and keep track of all food items we throw in the garbage.

Eating organically can help remind us how good natural food is. In my opinion, the best kind of “organic” food is the kind that comes from our own gardens and caught outside of corporate farms. It is gratifying to be able to eat our own food and even though we are toward the end of winter, we still have some home grown food as well as some meat that we have caught ourselves.

Keeping track of our food waste for the week will help us determine what we can change about our habits and make sure we are staying honest with what we are throwing away. We will certainly be bringing up our NatureMill composter this week to promote the giveaway, but only because it has been a really good tool for us to use in our going green adventure. Stay tuned… it should be a fun week!