What do feta cheese, KFC side dishes, and sliced lunch meats have in common? Sounds to me like a creative use of leftovers known in my house as Cauhape Soopreeze!
"While proud of saving money at the snack machines, I realized I'd cut out possibly his only exercise opportunity at work...." Oh, the irony! Good luck to you on your new crusade, Sue. It is more difficult when you are deciding for two people -- one possibly a little more reluctant than the other?
Awesome post, Sue! I reuse containers as much as possible - I use (inherited) ice-cream tubs for all kinds of things, and my source for those tubs has told me that the manufacturers are now packaging their product in cardboard instead - now, that's not a bad thing in terms of recycling, but in terms of reuse, well, they're missing a trick.
Every time I cook a meal I make loads and freeze half a dozen portions in tubs, and tip the frozen blocks out to store in the freezer in small polythene bags, which I also reuse (unless they've been used for raw meat). I always keep used bags-in-waiting IN the freezer, so any moisture or tiny bits of food residue on them don't cause them to spoil.
And jars! Jars get reused a gazillion times. We use and reuse tiny little plastic tubs for snacks on the go, and always take our own coffee with us when we're out.
WOW! You've got the recycling thing down, girlfriend. I used to buy these plastic jars of snacks like pretzels, etc., but we ran out of things to use them for. I bought a couple of gallon ice cream tubs just so I could put my grandson's toys in them to keep all the pieces in tact, but that has limitations too. As Jeff and I age and lose our appetites, we're scaling down the food plastics too. Little by little day by day.
Thanks for this sharing of debris management. Despite death threats from the cabal at Bounty, we’re using cloth napkins now at dinner. Of course, if I spill my cup of coffee on the way to the living room, I am hard-wired to grab a paper towel. I’m trying to be more careful and avoid spills, but my klutziness often prevails!
It's an eternal struggle for those of us born in the Age of Paper and Convenience. I think I've shared the incident after dining in a KFC restaurant how my other looked at her plate of condiment wrappings and buried her face in her hands. I could see American Linen going out of business for lack of table linen clients. It was a harbinger of sad changes to come.
Thanks for the post! This is a constant battle in my family. My hubby and eldest son continues to purchase single use plastic food, while my younger son and I are striving to eliminate more plastic. It is a struggle to find food in glass containers these days. We try to buy bulk food when possible and decant it into glass containers. It is simply amazing how much food comes in plastic.
True. I've even started decanting bulk grains into the plastic bottles that trail mixes, nuts, and other snacks come in. Of course, the factory uses this adhesive that makes it almost impossible to remove labels; although I've heard that mixing baking soda and vinegar helps with that? Hmmmm..... BOOM!?
"While proud of saving money at the snack machines, I realized I'd cut out possibly his only exercise opportunity at work...." Oh, the irony! Good luck to you on your new crusade, Sue. It is more difficult when you are deciding for two people -- one possibly a little more reluctant than the other?
So true. And though I attempt to vegetate the man with stews and rice, there will always be a hedge of broccoli lining the edge of the plate.
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Awesome post, Sue! I reuse containers as much as possible - I use (inherited) ice-cream tubs for all kinds of things, and my source for those tubs has told me that the manufacturers are now packaging their product in cardboard instead - now, that's not a bad thing in terms of recycling, but in terms of reuse, well, they're missing a trick.
Every time I cook a meal I make loads and freeze half a dozen portions in tubs, and tip the frozen blocks out to store in the freezer in small polythene bags, which I also reuse (unless they've been used for raw meat). I always keep used bags-in-waiting IN the freezer, so any moisture or tiny bits of food residue on them don't cause them to spoil.
And jars! Jars get reused a gazillion times. We use and reuse tiny little plastic tubs for snacks on the go, and always take our own coffee with us when we're out.
WOW! You've got the recycling thing down, girlfriend. I used to buy these plastic jars of snacks like pretzels, etc., but we ran out of things to use them for. I bought a couple of gallon ice cream tubs just so I could put my grandson's toys in them to keep all the pieces in tact, but that has limitations too. As Jeff and I age and lose our appetites, we're scaling down the food plastics too. Little by little day by day.
Thanks for this sharing of debris management. Despite death threats from the cabal at Bounty, we’re using cloth napkins now at dinner. Of course, if I spill my cup of coffee on the way to the living room, I am hard-wired to grab a paper towel. I’m trying to be more careful and avoid spills, but my klutziness often prevails!
It's an eternal struggle for those of us born in the Age of Paper and Convenience. I think I've shared the incident after dining in a KFC restaurant how my other looked at her plate of condiment wrappings and buried her face in her hands. I could see American Linen going out of business for lack of table linen clients. It was a harbinger of sad changes to come.
Thanks for the post! This is a constant battle in my family. My hubby and eldest son continues to purchase single use plastic food, while my younger son and I are striving to eliminate more plastic. It is a struggle to find food in glass containers these days. We try to buy bulk food when possible and decant it into glass containers. It is simply amazing how much food comes in plastic.
True. I've even started decanting bulk grains into the plastic bottles that trail mixes, nuts, and other snacks come in. Of course, the factory uses this adhesive that makes it almost impossible to remove labels; although I've heard that mixing baking soda and vinegar helps with that? Hmmmm..... BOOM!?
My son hates those stickers. 🤪