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Nina Curvis

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"All food is good food, unless it's rotten. Eat it before it gets there!"

POINTS TOTAL

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  • 210 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    2.0
    zero-waste meals
    consumed
  • UP TO
    31
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    14
    pounds
    food waste prevented

Nina's actions

Planning

Keep a Food Inventory

I will take a fridge and pantry inventory to stay up to date with what I have at home before I go grocery shopping.

COMPLETED 7
DAILY ACTIONS

Planning

Create a Weekly Meal Plan

I will reduce food waste and save money by planning a weekly menu of meals and ingredients for my household of 2.

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DAILY ACTION

Planning

Make Time for Meal Prep

I will set aside time to prepare meals in advance.

COMPLETED 2
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Storage

Properly Store Berries

To keep berries fresh, place them on top of a paper towel in a sealed container to absorb excess moisture and reduce chances of molding. I will properly store 2 packs of berries.

COMPLETED 4
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Storage

Properly Store Leafy Greens

I will roll unwashed lettuce in a dry towel, then store it in a sealed bag in the refrigerator. I will properly store 1 bunches of leafy greens.

COMPLETED 3
DAILY ACTIONS

Cooking

Save the Peels

When life gives me lemons (or other citrus peels), I will use the rinds to make a nontoxic cleaner.

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ONE-TIME ACTION

Participant Feed


  • Nina Curvis's avatar
    Nina Curvis 8/07/2025 6:28 PM
    Can't wait to eat my leftovers tomorrow for dinner! I love how some meals actually taste better as leftovers!

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      Nina Curvis 8/08/2025 4:03 AM
      Vegan Sweet Potato Lentil Shepherd's Pie | The Full Helping
      https://www.thefullhelping.com/vegan-sweet-potato-and-lentil-shepherds-pie/

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      Nina Curvis 8/08/2025 4:00 AM
      I made some vegetarian Shepard's Pie that uses lentils instead of ground beef, and sweet potato instead of regular potato. It's so good right out of the oven but it is AMAZING 1-2 days later.

      The recipe looks complicated because of all of the ingredients, but I've used it as a base recipe and I swap in different items when I need to, so I find it a useful recipe for using up food that I don't want to go to waste!

      https://share.google/v9C8QygpOxBRaVWhI

    • H McCrillis 's avatar
      H McCrillis 8/08/2025 2:06 AM
      Ooh, what are you saving? 🙂

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    Nina Curvis 8/06/2025 9:58 PM
    We use dry erase marker for keeping track of what's in the fridge:

    • Emily Pollack's avatar
      Emily Pollack 8/07/2025 6:11 PM
      We attached a large dry erase board on side of our fridge to keep track. We just compete with the children who find it funny to erase things. Our lists are: Eat, Snack, Make, Buy

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      Nina Curvis 8/07/2025 7:22 AM
      @Benjamin Ensz: it can leave a residue over time, sort of depends on the fridge, honestly. So I wash the fridge off every now and then. We do this on our deep freezer as well so we don't find freezer burned meat or leftovers at the bottom two years later!

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      Benjamin Ensz 8/07/2025 6:55 AM
      That's so smart! Does it leave any kind of residue/staining over time? We constantly forget what's in the fridge if it's not within eyesight, so I'd love to make this a habit!

  • Nina Curvis's avatar
    Nina Curvis 8/06/2025 12:25 PM
    I'm a dietitian, so I know a out meal prep and strategies to avoid food waste, but I'm not always the best at practicing it. Excited for this challenge to get into better food saving habits!
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Planning
    Do you have days when you don't have time to spend making food? How has meal prep helped one those days?

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    Nina Curvis 8/06/2025 12:20 PM
    We made a plan and got delayed by a day but got back on track to prep for meals this week!

    • Sharon  Kephart 's avatar
      Sharon Kephart 8/07/2025 6:21 PM
      That's great that you got back on track. I need to do better on finding ways to not get distracted.
  • REFLECTION QUESTION
    Planning
    Are there food items you have been better about using up and not wasting since you started keeping an inventory of what's in your fridge?

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    Nina Curvis 8/01/2025 7:13 PM
    We keep an inventory of our produce and leftovers written in dry erase marker on our fridge doors. Helps reduce time looking in the fridge with the doors open!