After catering an event, a friend of mine was saddened to see tray after tray of untouched food tossed out, so she brought me approximately 79 pounds of pesto pasta. I froze it in baggies, and have enjoyed a plate of it weekly for going on three months.
FRUGAN - living sparingly with regard to the detriment of one's wallet, environment, climate, society, and general sense of well being.
[i.e. the years I lived as a dumpster diver in NYC]