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Your Money in the Trash: How to Stop Wasting Food (Part 1)

This post is part 1 in the series Your Money in the Trash: How to Stop Wasting Food.

Your Money in the Trash - How to Stop Wasting Food

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Is it refrigerator clean-out day at your house?  You know that day . . . you dig through the recesses of your fridge, pull out forgotten-food-turned-moldy-science-experiment, and toss your unrecognizably icky food into the trash.

Most of us don’t like to handle stinky, bacteria-infested mystery foods . . . but we also hate to throw away money!  That food in the dumpster was something you bought and possibly even something you spent time preparing.

Waste no more!  It’s time to get serious about keeping your food — and your money — from winding up in the dump.  Here’s how: [Read more…]

Tagged With: Saving, Freezer, Food, Budget

Your Money in the Trash: How to Stop Wasting Food (Part 2)

This post is part 2 in the series Your Money in the Trash: How to Stop Wasting Food.

Your Money in the Trash - How to Stop Wasting Food

Note:  This post contains affiliate links.  Read my policy here.

In Part 1 of this series, we looked at how you can stop food waste — and money waste — by making a meal plan, being realistic about what you eat, and making your food visible.

I even recommended some food storage containers that not only allow you to see your food as it happily awaits your return to the fridge but also double as dishes for reheating.  Speaking of which . . . [Read more…]

Tagged With: Saving, Freezer, Food, Budget

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Megan Nye I'm a personal finance writer, wife, and mom. And I know we’re all looking for the secrets, the systems, and the hacks that will make our lives easier & better.

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