However, I've been given to understand that we're very heaps within the minority in this factor. A 2012 examine with the aid of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) determined that the common American family throws away approximately 25% of all of the meals it buys, to the tune of $1,365 to $2,275 in step with three hundred and sixty five days. A 2015 survey by the American Chemistry Council came up with much less dramatic, however nonetheless huge estimate of $640 well worth of food wasted in keeping with household in line with yr.
The NRDC notes that meals gets wasted for numerous reasons, along with spoilage and misunderstandings approximately use-through dates, however a part of the problem is
To that end, I've written a piece for Money Crashers on all the different things you can do with leftovers. Many of these are tricks we use ourselves, such as eating leftovers for lunch, throwing odds and ends into flexible recipes like stir-fry and frittata, and turning bones and vegetable scraps into stock. Others are ideas I've picked up from frugal-living books and websites, including homemade freezer meals, the leftover smorgasbord, and the "perpetual soup container" (throw all your leftover meat and veggies in, and when it gets full, just add water and cross your fingers).
So I can't personally vouch for all the ideas in the article—but I can confirm that they're all ideas that someone out there has tried and found good enough to recommend. With a little luck, you should be able to find at least a few that work for you as well.
