One
of the easiest ways to save money and control waste is to be diligent about
using our leftover food. Most of our
leftovers get consumed in our weekday lunches.
Others are eaten for supper saving me from having to make an entirely new
meal and giving me a little break.
I
save leftover veggies and broth in a plastic container in the freezer to add to
soup. Whenever I brown meat I like to
remove a little to freeze and use later to top a pizza. Stale bread becomes bread crumbs or croutons.
Freezing
things we can't eat up right away makes for a quick grab for someone's lunch
later down the road.
In the rare
instance we have sour milk it is used in recipes and baked goods. Especially pancakes and waffles.
We
compost our kitchen scraps. Soon a lot
of that will be going to our chickens to supplement their feed and give them
variety. I love to spoil my girls and
give them lots of bread and produce.
I love leftovers- and not just because they get me off the hook for cooking for a night! :) We usually eat up our leftovers as lunches also. If there is too much and I am able to freeze it I will do that also to use later in casseroles or soup. Another way we use up leftovers is that we wait until we have 2 or 3 different meals piled up in the fridge and then we have a "Buffet Night At Home." We line up the leftovers all along the counter, buffet-style, and each of us serves ourselves a little of this and a little of that, and then we get to the end of the line and warm up our plate in the microwave. We like doing this and it has a sort of 'restaurant type of feel' to it. Plus it gets rid of whatever is hanging around the fridge that has to go. :)
ReplyDeleteWe do buffet night too. It is fun and I think the food is way better than at an all you can eat restaurant. Don't you. :) Definitely cheaper.
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