Hennepin County | Ramsey County | Washington County

Stop Food Waste Challenge

August 1 - August 31, 2025

Jessi Ganzel

Washington County

POINTS TOTAL

0 TODAY
0 THIS WEEK
330 TOTAL

participant impact

UP TO

7.0

zero-waste meals

consumed
UP TO

20

pounds of CO2

have been saved
UP TO

8.8

pounds

food waste prevented

Jessi'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 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Planning

Try a Food Tracking App

I will download and use an app that helps me track and manage my food.

COMPLETED
ONE-TIME ACTION

Planning

Plan a Leftovers Day

I will plan a meal to use up leftovers by creating a tasty smorgasbord or using a recipe that repurposes them.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Participant Feed

REFLECTION QUESTION
Planning

What kinds of foods do you like to eat as leftovers? If you or your household members don't like eating leftovers, are there any foods you would be more willing to try than others?
Jessi Ganzel 8/29/2025 4:43 AM
Anything but meat, it tastes different when reheated!

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- Jenny Kedward 8/29/2025 9:01 AM
  I good guide is the reheat leftovers (including meat) how they were originally cooked. This might help with texture issues. Or planning your meat meals so you don't have leftovers.
  
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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?
Jessi Ganzel 8/12/2025 5:10 AM
Fruit. I'm realizing I buy a lot of fruit and it rots before I eat it. I need to grocery shop more often and only buy what I'm going to eat for the next couple days.

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