LuvOrlando
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- Joined
- Jun 8, 2006
Love the ideas! I think I have about 100 cloth napkins I've collected with holiday tablecloth sets and I'm sure they can stand a few rounds before they show any age at all, perfect!
Came back to say I will try the bacon in oven for BLT, I can't stand the splatter mess - although I collect as much fat as possible in a ziplock in the freezer to season some things like split pea soup. I also collect chicken fat and beef to either add to soup flavor or saute veggies for fried rice or to brown meat for stew.
I am also in the zero food waste department, I grew up poor too so I've always been careful but this is a whole new level for my family, who are of the class that grew up with the luxury of what I call specialty bread - I did not have buns, I put a hotdog on reg bread diagonally & did just fine. Anyway, the only waste these days is when the spinach or salad turns too fast - if I catch it I will saute and refrigerate for either a side dish or adding to am omelette. Left over everything goes into a chicken, lentil or barley soup or omelette. Weird alarming issues that lead to waste, so far 2 times I noticed food having been tampered with, one was a ricotta which was sliced open & the other was a salsa that didn't pop last night so they both got tossed :/ no chances here. These days opening and washing under lids on dips and sour cream is the new routine. I did discover, also during taco night last night, that if you freeze sour cream it gets watery and gross so now I need to find something to do with the sour cream I ruined because I refuse to toss it if the consistency is the only problem
Grocery delivery is every three weeks, I start my list the day it comes and preen every few days. It gets pricey all at once but I can control what is coming into the house much better and keep interesting meals flowing. I actually think I spend less overall, even with prices climbing, because I don't forget what I have or do impulse buys.
Came back to say I will try the bacon in oven for BLT, I can't stand the splatter mess - although I collect as much fat as possible in a ziplock in the freezer to season some things like split pea soup. I also collect chicken fat and beef to either add to soup flavor or saute veggies for fried rice or to brown meat for stew.
I am also in the zero food waste department, I grew up poor too so I've always been careful but this is a whole new level for my family, who are of the class that grew up with the luxury of what I call specialty bread - I did not have buns, I put a hotdog on reg bread diagonally & did just fine. Anyway, the only waste these days is when the spinach or salad turns too fast - if I catch it I will saute and refrigerate for either a side dish or adding to am omelette. Left over everything goes into a chicken, lentil or barley soup or omelette. Weird alarming issues that lead to waste, so far 2 times I noticed food having been tampered with, one was a ricotta which was sliced open & the other was a salsa that didn't pop last night so they both got tossed :/ no chances here. These days opening and washing under lids on dips and sour cream is the new routine. I did discover, also during taco night last night, that if you freeze sour cream it gets watery and gross so now I need to find something to do with the sour cream I ruined because I refuse to toss it if the consistency is the only problem
Grocery delivery is every three weeks, I start my list the day it comes and preen every few days. It gets pricey all at once but I can control what is coming into the house much better and keep interesting meals flowing. I actually think I spend less overall, even with prices climbing, because I don't forget what I have or do impulse buys.
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