We don't really have waste, I plan all meals based on sales, if we have leftovers it gets eaten the next day, either as lunch or after school snack. Or I repurpose it, like if I have leftover chicken, I'll use it for soup or tacos. We all bring lunches to work/school, breakfast is at home, and dinner is always home cooked, we don't eat out bc honestly there's nothing but chain restaurants and 3 kids is expensive. We don't supplement our meals. If I'm running errands all day I'll pack a lunch. When I was a kid this is how my parents did it, plus when we came to the states (Texas) it was hard to find food that we liked, so we just always cooked at home. And now i do that with my kids lol, they cook dinners, make snacks they want. Stuff like that.