Waste Not : Another Week in Food

I realised that looking at my food consumption for jet one week wasn't really going to show any trends or habits so I decided to keep going and scrutinise my habits for another week. I was rather worried, at the beginning of the week, that I would have to throw a lot out but I managed to make use of most things before they were lost forever. So here's the update for last week...

Used

• Almond milk, avocado, spinach, apple - smoothie with spirulina powder, cinnamon, vanilla and frozen banana
• Squash, leeks, onions - roasted veg soup
• Avocado, broccoli, sweet potato, eggs, beetroot, spinach - "healthy bowl" meals

• Carrot and apple juices - used for my barley grass shots
• Spinach, lettuce, apple, red pepper, cheese - salad

• Apples - snacked on these, some plain and some with almond butter
• Avocado, tomatoes, spinach, eggs - a lovely brunch

• Sheep's yogurt - this was mixed with granola 
• Apple juice - soaked some granola and topped with yogurt

• Left over lentil soup
• Left over rice, red pepper, broccoli, egg - egg fried rice

Bought
Avocado
Tomatoes
Sweet potatoes
Pomegranate juice
Sheep's yogurt

Wasted
I had to throw out  more tomatoes that had gone mouldy and the rest of the clementines.

What's Left
Excluding the things I bought this week...

• A broccoli stalk
• Half a red pepper
• Beetroot
• Apples 
• Chillies  
• Onions 
• Sheep's cheese
• Eggs
• Condiments and protein shakes
• Roast veg soup

So at the end of this experiment I'm fairly happy that I don't waste any fresh food but what I DO need to work on, and what will be a priority project in the new year, is to start using up my store cupboard staples. I've got stacks of pulses, grains, nut butters and so on, that I seem to keep adding to rather than using up. And there's no harm in using things up, I don't have to ration things out just in case, nor have a huge variety of these things on hand.

Are you guilty of hoarding dry goods? What store cupboard essential can't you be without?