August 4, 2008

Save money by not wasting fruits and vegetables

No rocket science here: make sure you use your fruits and vegetables before they go bad. We are usually pretty good about this at our house since we love fruits and vegetables. But every now and then, I throw something out. I hate to do it. Seems like such a waste.

So, besides only buying what I think we will use, I will now try to freeze any leftovers. Again, this seems so obvious, especially since I freeze extra portions of soups and such. Apparently it took reading Shauna's post to get me to really think about freezing extras.

Here is a trick to freezing portions of soups, stews, and I assume just about anything: label and fill a plastic bag with the portion that you will need in the future, close and lay flat on a cookie sheet, and place in freezer. When it is frozen, you will be able to stack the flat portion more easily than a lumpy version that's just thrown in the freezer. Now, there's some rocket science!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the idea of using the baking sheet to make them flat.

Find that one of our problems is that I over buy. Yes, I am feeding a small army, but the army is mostly small too!

Diana said...

SimplyCatholic,

I overbuy too. I have grand ideas about what I will cook, but only some of them actually come to fruition. Thanks for stopping by!

Diana