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Most of our food waste is stuff you'd keep in the fridge that doesn't get used. So, produce, like a whole pack of celery for a recipe that only needs two stalks, carrots for same reason, herbs that come in a bunch, limes or lemons that get forgotten (this is easy - only buy when needed instead of stocking), deli meat where we make one sandwich and don't use the rest, hummus containers half used, shredded cheese that we only use some of, cream cheese that doesn't get used up.

From the pantry sometimes cereal or bread that gets forgotten and stale or moldy.

Dinners are always cooked at home and we do really well eating up or freezing all the leftovers. I do need to make sure the kids only put on their plates what they will actually eat so we have fewer scrapings into the garbage.

So, looking at this, composting our leftover produce, veggies, and tea leaves/coffee grounds, would vastly reduce our food waste. But composting seems overwhelming. We live in the suburbs and have a yard, but we don't have anywhere nearby to bring compost, so we'd need to do it at our home. Is there a truly simple way to start this?[/quote]

You can freeze herbs in OO I believe. 
Same with Lime or Lemon juice. 
There should be one day a week- either lunch or dinner- that is an empty fridge meal. So you could do a charcuterie with deli meat, hummus and cream cheese for dipping along with any veggies and fruit.
 I have started making my 5 yo a small snack plate because somehow dinner is never early enough and if we eat too early then he needs a bedtime snack. So today the plate includes: fruit snacks, some sliced cucumbers, blackberries, a few tortilla chips, and some kiwi. We will basically do this every day, especially on the weekends, and whatever he doesnt finish his Dad or I will eat along with dinner or tea at bedtime.

Stale bread = croutons or bread crumbs. Cereal- only buy 1 box. I only buy cereal 1x month because we dont eat a lot of cereal. I buy fruit and veggies fri/sat and then will do more fruit/veg if needed wednesday. Maybe an extra berry pack or kiwis or whatever Aldi has on sale Wednesday.

Meal planning also cuts this down. Are you taking inventory before you shop and meal plan? [/quote]

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