I’ve always had a problem with “remembering” to eat leftovers.
You know, after dinner you plop them in the fridge, say to your husband “Don’t forget that’s in there!” and then happily wade through the next 2 weeks until the rotten smell from decomposted leftovers knocks you over as you open the fridge door.
So, I’ve come up with some tricks that help us remember to eat leftovers!
First, whatever is leftover after dinner gets put into a serving size container immediately after a meal or divvied up into a “tupperware plate”. I then lable them with my handy-dandy dyno labler (I’m addicted) placing the name of the dish as well as an “Eat By” date (our own expiration date…usually no more than 3 months from that night). The only thing that goes into the refrigerator is what I KNOW will be eaten. The rest goes into the freezer immediately.
Example..
Last night we had meatloaf for dinner.
A big meatloaf.
After Kevin and I had enjoyed 3rd’s there was still almost half of the original dish left!
That was enough to make 16 Meatloaf sandwhiches.
Immediately after dinner, I got out the hamburger buns, aluminum foil, shredded cheese, and ketchup. On each bun I placed a bit of ketchup, meatloaf, and some cheese. Then I wrapped each sandwhich in its own little aluminum foil pack.
All in all, I made 16 meatloaf sandwhiches. 8 of the were placed in the ‘fridge to use for dinner tomrrow night and the other 8 were divvied up 2 by 2 into quart freezer bags.
Now anytime we want a quick meal, we pull out the wrap, pop it into the oven and toast for 15 mins or so.
Simple, easy….works for me!
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Good idea! My husband would love for me to: (a) cook a big meatloaf, and (b) divy up the leftovers so he could have lunch! Could you just hook me up here? Maybe send me some of the freezer sammies? =)