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prairie_princess
True Blue Farmgirl
613 Posts
Elizabeth
Carpenter
WY
USA
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 Posted - Mar 16 2010 : 5:27:33 PM
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do you gals have certain foods you have trouble using all of? Celery has always been my food i have a hard time with... it gets to the point where i'll eat it, even though i'm not crazy about it, just so it gets used! but i try to come up with creative ways to eat it, like "ants on a log" (with peanut butter and raisins" or with cream cheese....
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beadbabe
True Blue Farmgirl
148 Posts
Therese
Valencia
California
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2010 : 07:58:38 AM
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Growing up in a family of 6, we rarely ever had leftovers. I learned to cook for 6, so when I struck out on my own, I had a hard time cooking just for me. I would have friends over a lot, and that helped, but I rarely threw food out. When I married, we were saving money to buy a house and leftovers became a necessity. For some reason, our daughter doesn't like them, I have tried calling them 'planned overs', but a rose by any other name, well,... you know! I have a freezer, and when I cook larger batches, they get frozen in single serve containers so my husband has a good home cooked meal for lunch.
Elizabeth, you bring up an interesing problem with certain foods that can be hard to use up. I have often used a recipe that calls for two stalks of celery. So what to do with the rest? No one here really likes eating it raw. I have begun to dehydrate any veggies that I know I won't be using before they spoil. I used to just put them in the compost, thinking that at least I wasn't 'really' throwing it out! But dehydrated foods can be stored in glass jars, or if you have a vacuum sealer for long term storage, and used later in soups.
Therese
Farmgirl Sister #1217
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Nigella
True Blue Farmgirl
386 Posts
Nigella
Chimacum
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 19 2010 : 11:20:48 AM
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I adore leftovers for luch or even breakfast the next day, but I tend to get burned out on them after that. My hubby hates them though! I've learned put enough in the fridge for me for the next day's luch and stash the rest in the freezer. A month later pull it out, reheat in the oven, serve, and hubby is none the wiser! ;)
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vintagejenta
True Blue Farmgirl
83 Posts
Sarah
Walden
NY
USA
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graciegreeneyes
True Blue Farmgirl
3107 Posts
Amy Grace
Rosalia
WA
USA
3107 Posts |
Posted - Apr 05 2010 : 08:06:11 AM
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The leftover ingredients part is where I run into trouble, and I hate wasting food. Now that we have chickens I can feed them the produce and bread products, and then we get eggs so that works out nicely. Otherwise I try my hardest to find recipes that use up things - I have a hard time with celery too.
Amy Grace
Farmgirl #224
"use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without"
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2010 : 03:25:32 AM
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Leftovers for sure!
I don't but pre made meals so a huge portion or pan will last a week so I don't have to cook....especially in the summer when we'd all rather be outside.
And whenever we go out to eat, I always take home the uneaten. It's indeed a waste to not and always tastes better the day after. Also too, portion sizes are huge and I just can't eat like a teenager anymore. It's not worth the overstuffed/half sick feeling afterward. |
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1735 Posts
angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - Apr 07 2010 : 04:35:44 AM
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I LIVE FOR LEFTOVERS!!!! I keep two large bowls in the freezer for them. One for that spoon or two of veggies and one for the 'bone pickins' my DH calls them. If we have broth or drippins from any meat it goes in a ziplock bag and gets put in the freezer as well. Gravy freezes nicely as well. Once a month I pull out all the broths, veggies, meat pieces and any brown gravy, throw them in a big pot and instant soup! My kids love fridays cause it's empty the fridge day. Everybody gets the non-soupable leftovers that had to go in the fridge. I also mix up three times what a recipe calls for and waxed paper line two pans to fill and freeze. You can pop the frozen uncooked meal out the next day and put it in a ziplock bag or wrap tightly and keep for weeks. My girls get to cook once a week out of the freezer and love it. You can also re-do most leftovers with a can of cream of mushroom soup and some shredded cheese into a whole new cassarole type dish. Try frying day old spaghetti that's soaked overnight in its sauce. Yummy!
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Rea231
True Blue Farmgirl
139 Posts
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Posted - Apr 08 2010 : 08:35:04 AM
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I take leftovers almost everyday to work...I save on an average of 4 to 7 dollars a day because I dont order out for lunch!
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sw80689
True Blue Farmgirl
207 Posts
Sharon
Papillion
Nebraska
USA
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Posted - Apr 11 2010 : 1:24:06 PM
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Love leftovers! I cook in large quantities so we have left overs during the week when it is harder for me to cook dishes that take a while. I struggle to keep my grocery bill down so left overs helps me stretch the meals. Some dishes taste better the second time anyway! My mother would have a fit if she saw any of us wasting food, she grew up in the depression and always taught us to be very frugal with food and cooking.
Blessings,
Sharon
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knittingmom
True Blue Farmgirl
665 Posts
AnneMarie
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
665 Posts |
Posted - Apr 14 2010 : 8:08:27 PM
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I like left overs for the next day's lunch and if there's enough I just create another dish. DH has an issue with leftovers though for some reason.
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