I don't know who needs to hear this, but here it is- it is ok to throw away food.
Every Sunday we visit my MIL for Sunday lunch and she cooks enough for the whole village. She always packs us up leftovers, which we then eat another 2-3 days- this part I don't mind. But she always makes a cake. Most of the time I have a slice and ask her not to pack extra for us. But she does it anyway. For months I would always eat it, because it turns out I'm incapable of having sweet food at home without eating it. And then I would feel super guilty.
Then one time my husband just said 'Why don't we just throw it away?'. At first I was horrified because where I grew up, you do NOT ever throw away food- I mean there are starving children in Africa, so you'll be damned if you don't eat that whole cake. But guess what- my extra slice of an average tasting cake will not help any children in Africa, it will only hurt me.
Once I made this connection, it was like a lightbulb came on. Yes, why DON'T we just throw it away (and not tell her)? So that's what I've been doing every Sunday when we come home - food goes into fridge, cake into bin.
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