Hot Diggety Dog, take a look at the boxes of produce we were able to reclaim this week. I guess you were right, people are not spending money on melon this time of year. Not only was there plenty of fresh melon for us to keep, but there was plenty of fresh grapes and lettuce Read More >>
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How to Get Free Food Week #28 – Reclaimed Food Show and Tell
I’m thinking about breaking up with Mr. Produce Guy. This was the 4th week in a row I have received boxes of “chicken scraps” that have been mostly, well, scraps. Gone are the days of finding ridiculous amounts of fresh fruit and veggies. Freezing quarts and quarts of fresh strawberries, heaping bowls of mushrooms, tropical Read More >>
How to Get Free Food Week #27 – Reclaimed Food Show and Tell
I think this may have been the first in a very long time there were not strawberries in our boxes of free chicken scraps. This time around it was mostly water melon, cantaloup and apples. Plus a few grapes. Kind of a snooze fest of you ask me. In the summer Mr. Produce Guy was Read More >>
How to Get Free Food Week # 26 – Reclaimed Food Show and Tell
The last two weeks the quantity of the “good” chicken scraps has been decreasing. Which is a good thing for the stores, because they are tossing out less produce. But on the other hand, it’s kind of a bummer for my family as well. We are not seeing boxes and boxes filled with boatloads of Read More >>
How to Get Free Food Week #25 – Reclaimed Food Show and Tell
When I picked up my 4 free boxes of “chicken scraps” from Mr. Produce Guy this week I was pretty hopeful. As I quickly placed the boxes in the back of the car, I was thinking, cool we’d have grapes and cantaloupe for lunches, and plenty of lettuce for soft tacos this week. Sweet! Then Read More >>