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From: Chrysantha
Date: 09-18-2003, 03:03 PM (1 of 14)
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My husband is gone (a lot), 2-3 wks out of month, EVERY month and I always wind up throwing out food. Theres only 2 of us here ( I don't count the 3 ferrets...they don't like people food) you'd think we'd plan better or something...I eat out or eat frozen while he's gone (who wants to cook for one person...)But we always seem to have food that goes bad....I hate the waste but everything comes in packages for families and thats fine, if there are more than two in your house... ::just had to speak up...tired now:: 
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
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From: Aimee S
Date: 09-18-2003, 05:06 PM (2 of 14)
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Well for a large family.. We also through out alot of food. cause sometimes the time gets away and before you know it there is not enough time to make the food or better yet I dont make enough and have to make more and there is too much left over cause by the time you make more they are not hungrey or if you do make enough it is not what they want tonight and wont eat... The more you disaprove, the more fun I am having!
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User: Aimee S
Member since: 02-23-2003 Total posts: 488 
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From: mamahoogie
Date: 09-18-2003, 05:55 PM (3 of 14)
There is just hubby and I here now but I still cook enough for a large family - and freeze it in the proper serving size for the two of us. I make huge pots of homemade soups, vegetarian cabbage rolls, vegetarian lasagna, etc. This way, we eat healthy food that is easy to heat and serve with just the addition of a salad or steamed veggies. It's a pain cooking for just two, so must be worse for just one. We don't eat those over processed canned or frozen foods - no food value and full of chemicals and sodium. This works for me anyway!
I've decided to live forever - so far, so good.
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User: mamahoogie
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From: MaryW
Date: 09-18-2003, 06:27 PM (4 of 14)
I have the same problem. I hate to waste food, but by the time we are done our day and I clean up, I am too pooped to divide and freeze for another time. Not only that, hubby really doesn't like freezer food that much. 
MaryW
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User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: Bama
Date: 09-18-2003, 08:09 PM (5 of 14)
I try to make large quantities when I cook things like chili, red beans, jambalaya, etc. to have enough left over to freeze for another meal. It comes in handy when I don't have time to cook, or just don't feel like it. Since I get home before hubby, I thaw it in the microwave, heat it up, and put it in another pot or pan. He never realizes it's left-overs. When you get used to freezing left overs, it's not that much trouble to pour them into a freezer container or ziplock bag and throw them in the freezer. I figure if I'm going to the trouble to make something, might as well make enough for another meal. It takes about the same amount of time. When DH isn't here, I usually don't cook though.  Chrys, have you thought about putting left overs in those containers that are divided? You could freeze it in portions for one person. |
User: Bama
Member since: 03-21-2000 Total posts: 2116 
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From: Skye
Date: 09-18-2003, 08:24 PM (6 of 14)
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I have tried that cooking extra for another day but the 2 teenage piranas that live here raid it before it hits the freezer. It is hard to judge the amounts sometimes we are often like Aimee either too much or too little. My pet peeve is getting everyone to write up on the shopping list what they have used so that I replace it when I do the shopping I have been on strike lately ie not checking the cupboards and only buying what is on the list . The message is filtering thru' even to me who has been know to "forget" Skye |
User: Skye
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 09-18-2003, 08:27 PM (7 of 14)
well I HAVE thought about leftovers, but I never make enough FOR leftovers....I don't make or eat chili and the only soup I eat comes out of a can...I gotta say I'm not really much of a cook....I'm tried of all the packages of stuff that comes too large...tortillas, hotdogs, things like that....
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414
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From: Magot
Date: 09-18-2003, 09:53 PM (8 of 14)
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There are times when I am wondering around the supermarket thinking, " If only there was another animal..." I'm peeved that the only butcher in town has just closed and the that only greengrocer shut 2 monthes ago. We have a weds market - not muuch good if you work and then run away at 2 o'clock. ( Town is 14,000 people) we have a lot of estate agents though. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: weB2cats
Date: 10-17-2003, 02:22 PM (9 of 14)
| ..they call the crisper. Why do they call it that when foods is put here to die? They should call it what it is...the ROTTER! |
User: weB2cats
Member since: 11-07-2002 Total posts: 232 |
From: Magot
Date: 10-17-2003, 05:18 PM (10 of 14)
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Important food safety tip here web2cats - when it's hairy throw it away.
love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: weB2cats
Date: 10-17-2003, 10:12 PM (11 of 14)
We are talking food, right? And don't forget rubber gloves!
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User: weB2cats
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From: Aimee S
Date: 10-17-2003, 10:19 PM (12 of 14)
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our just hold the door open and let it walk away. My pet peeve about the crisper is you buy a bag of pre cut salad and it looks fresh you open the bag and by the time dinner is over it is more brown then your hard wood floors. The more you disaprove, the more fun I am having!
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User: Aimee S
Member since: 02-23-2003 Total posts: 488
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From: james.diane
Date: 10-18-2003, 08:23 AM (13 of 14)
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Aimee, that is so true!! My rule is that if it has turned green, grown a "fur" coat or can walk it should not be in the fridge.....
Diane :)
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User: james.diane
Member since: 09-23-2003 Total posts: 100 |
From: Sherri
Date: 10-18-2003, 09:57 AM (14 of 14)
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I was sick of rotten vegetable so I bought some of those glad bags and they actually do work like it says on the TV. Sherri My website
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
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