http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/11/eating-down-the-fridge-one-week-at-a-time/ Sustainable Table Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:02:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/11/eating-down-the-fridge-one-week-at-a-time/#comment-270441 Judy Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:01:00 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=4000#comment-270441 This is a regular way of life for us. L/O from the night before become lunchs for my husband and I to take to work. and once every 6 weeks or so we go without shopping for a few days and clean out the fridge. You get good at "cooking by the seat of your pants" soup, frittata, stir fry, jambalya. You have to have good basic in your pantry though. I also make a point of cleaning out the freezer every 3 or 4 months, anything no longer prime for humans (too freezery tasting) goes into "dog food soup" to add to the regular kibble - nothing goes to waste and Moose and Zoey are happy, well fed dogs! This is a regular way of life for us. L/O from the night before become lunchs for my husband and I to take to work. and once every 6 weeks or so we go without shopping for a few days and clean out the fridge. You get good at “cooking by the seat of your pants” soup, frittata, stir fry, jambalya. You have to have good basic in your pantry though. I also make a point of cleaning out the freezer every 3 or 4 months, anything no longer prime for humans (too freezery tasting) goes into “dog food soup” to add to the regular kibble – nothing goes to waste and Moose and Zoey are happy, well fed dogs!

]]> http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/11/eating-down-the-fridge-one-week-at-a-time/#comment-270390 Kathy Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:23:23 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=4000#comment-270390 Havent been grocery shopping since before Thanksgiving!! I am using my meats and summer veges from canning and freezing. I get dairy and other at my local market if I need it. Havent been grocery shopping since before Thanksgiving!! I am using my meats and summer veges from canning and freezing. I get dairy and other at my local market if I need it.

]]> http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/11/eating-down-the-fridge-one-week-at-a-time/#comment-270345 Dawn Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:39:11 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=4000#comment-270345 Freezing leftovers is such a great idea! They last so much longer... and you don't find strange things hiding in your fridge way past their date. Freezing leftovers is such a great idea! They last so much longer… and you don’t find strange things hiding in your fridge way past their date.

]]> http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/11/eating-down-the-fridge-one-week-at-a-time/#comment-270323 Sally Buttshaw Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:26:06 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=4000#comment-270323 Actually, we eat like this all the time. My husband and I are on somewhat fixed food budgets being on social security and retired from regular full time work, I have always had a bad habit of making too much for dinner, it is hard to cook for 2 people ! so I freeze my leftovers in plastic bags and the containers for cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt etc., then when it is time to plan the weeks meals i just check my list of leftovers. very easy, and a break for the cook (me) too ! Actually, we eat like this all the time. My husband and I are on somewhat fixed food budgets being on social security and retired from regular full time work, I have always had a bad habit of making too much for dinner, it is hard to cook for 2 people ! so I freeze my leftovers in plastic bags and the containers for cottage cheese, sour cream, yogurt etc., then when it is time to plan the weeks meals i just check my list of leftovers. very easy, and a break for the cook (me) too !

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