I didn't want to fess up to this because I thought my family would think I had gone too far in cheap-skating them.
But you know all those odd bits of cheese that are usually left over from dinner parties? I scoop them all up—doesn't matter what the cheeses are—and toss them into my favorite mac and cheese recipe. No, it never tastes quite the same, but it's always delicious— and best of all, I feel like I got a free meal!
What makes me feel even better is that I've even found kindred bloggers who do the same. I especially liked this tip from SaveMoneyBlog: "Use everything possible. Got a bunch of left over ingredients—half an onion, a bit of tomato, some pasta, a few other veggies? Combine them into a quick meal so that they don't go to waste before your next grocery trip. The more you can stretch your food and the less you waste, the less you'll spend in the long run."
Amen!
SB
05:54:59 PM on Thu Jun 4 2009
I think you meant to link to http://www.savemoneyblog.net/