What you see: Black on top of your broccoli head. What it is: Rot from microbial growth. Eat or toss: Cut off the affected area, with generous margins. Inspect
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Defrosted milk looks weird, chunky
What you see: The milk you had frozen is now...weird. Maybe it’s chunky or separated or grainy. You might notice this after defrosting or while it's
Winning Dishes from the Food Waste Prevention Week Cooking Challenge!
It was an honor to host and judge the first ever Food Waste Prevention Week Cooking Challenge! The challenge, a new addition to FWPW in 2024, invited home cooks
Floppy celery?
What you see: Your celery is limp, bendy or floppy.What it is: The celery lost water, which caused it to lose turgidity and go floppy. Eat or toss: Eat! As long
Eating well, saving money & fighting food waste – in the Washington Post
Check out EatOrToss Founding Editor Rachael Jackson's latest piece in The Washington Post! She writes about the delicious, waste-fighting power of cutting out
Resources for determining if your food is good to eat
Here at EatOrToss our goal is to help you make informed choices–not guesses–when you’re determining whether to eat or throw away food. We’ve got loads of
Win $ for making a low-waste dinner!
If you’re here, odds are good that you love cooking with what you have and embrace low-waste cooking as much as you can. And I'm excited to share that you
Cloudiness or sediment at the bottom of a jar of maple syrup?
What you see: Some sediment or cloudiness at the bottom of your jar of maple syrup. What it is: Sugar sand! Also called “niter.” These are solids that fall out
Can you eat food after the “expiration” date?
Whether the package says “best by,” “use by,” or even “expires on,” food doesn’t instantly become poisonous once it hits its printed date. Many products are
Can you eat “expired” deli meats? What if your sliced turkey or chicken breast is past its “use by” or “sell by” date?
Quick summary: Whether you call them deli meats or lunch meats, as long as they're properly handled, these sandwich classics are safe for healthy people. Still,
How to evaluate greens past their “best by” date
Quick summary: If your clamshell or bag of fresh greens is a little past its “best by” date, but still looks fresh and dry, the greens are probably fine. If,
How to evaluate dairy products after their “best by,” “use by” or “sell by” dates
The world of dairy products is vast, and includes some foods that can last a while, others that quickly spoil in obvious ways, and still others, like soft
Use up stale donuts in this easy donut bread pudding
Stale donuts. They might seem unredeemable. But that’s only if you don’t know how to make donut bread pudding, which is one of the easiest, crowd-pleasing-est,
How can you tell if an avocado is rotten?
Avocados can "go bad" in many different ways. You’ll know an avocado is rotten if you cut into it and discover widespread discoloration in shades of brown, gray
What’s the white stuff on the ends of some bananas?
What you see: A subtle mold, likely white, on the stem or end of your banana. It may be almost like powdered sugar or cotton ball fluff that won’t brush
What’s the white liquid that oozes from sweet potatoes?
What you see: A milky white liquid that appears on freshly cut surfaces of raw sweet potatoes. What it is: A milky sap produced by sweet potatoes.Eat or toss:
