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[quote=Anonymous]I do not like wasting food. I was raised to be a good steward of what was given to me. My DD loves to cook and wastes a tremendous amount of food. A package containing a pound and a half of ground meat will feed the 3 of us, usually with leftovers. She always insists on using two packages which is 3 pounds, and we always end up throwing a lot away. She'll cook a pound of beans and we end up throwing the other pound away. Macaroni and cheese can be made with a half pound of macaroni, but she always makes a full pound and we end up throwing the rest away, etc. No matter what she is cooking, it is always too much and a lot goes to waste. I talk to her about this over and over again. She now wants to argue that it is okay to waste food because we have money to buy more.

She has it in her mind somehow that her friend's mom wastes food all the time with no repercussions, so what is the big deal. Her friend and her mom go out to lunch and dinner all the time, take a few bites of their food and leave it, never taking home leftovers. My daughter thinks I equate wasting food with a scarcity mentality which is why we do not have as much money as her friend's family. I am a single mom. Her friend comes from a two-parent household.

As I said, my daughter loves to cook and is always making new dishes. Many don't turn out right and go to waste. Or, she might go on a kick of making lots of desserts. I have diabetes and cannot eat these desserts she makes with sugar, I also can rarely eat the foods she makes with a bunch of carbs, so all of these end up in the trash. Weight is an issue with her. I keep mine under control. I am typically not even home when she begins to cook. We spend about $1600 a month on food and toiletries and always have plenty, but I am sick and tired of the waste! How do I convey to her that wasting food to this extent is a terrible thing and wasting food has nothing to do with a scarcity mindset?[/quote]

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