Learn about common pantry items and when it’s safe to enjoy them past their expiration dates. Make informed choices to reduce waste and save money in your kitchen.
Rice milk is a very popular dairy milk alternative for those that have allergies, only eat a vegan diet, or just don’t like the taste of cow’s milk. Rice milk is so yummy, but when it goes on sale it is very easy to overbuy it. If you end up with a lot of rice…
Powdered creamer is super popular in medical offices, workplace breakrooms, and even when going camping. One of the reasons it is so widely used is because it doesn’t require a refrigerator and has a very long shelf life. Although it may not be the best tasting coffee creamer, it is far better than drinking black…
I am a huge fan of sipping my coffee with a splash of liquid coffee creamer. I prefer to drink coffee creamer in Vanilla Caramel, but I’ve also used French vanilla and pumpkin spice if the mood suited. Normally, I am buying the liquid coffee creamer from the refrigerated section, but you can also find…
Your super hungry and ready to make yourself a sandwich for lunch. As you pull the bread out of the bag, you notice that it expired two days ago. Thankfully bread doesn’t instantly go bad on the expiration date! Commercially made bread like sandwich loaves, hamburger buns, and hotdog buns are made with preservatives to…
I love to drink coffee so much that I actually worry about having enough coffee on hand at all times. I typically keep 3-6 months’ worth at any given time. I could stockpile more ground coffee just in case, but I worry about having expired coffee grounds. If I over bought coffee and it expired…
Rice comes in so many varieties and has long been a pantry staple for good reason. The most popular kinds of rice are the white and the brown varieties. If you find rice past the expiration date in your pantry, you can still safely eat it without getting food poisoning in most cases. To find…
Life happens and sometimes we forget to eat all of the groceries we buy. Sometimes they get hidden in the back of the fridge or we just get busy and buy more when we already have some. This happens with Greek yogurt at our house all the time. In general, Greek yogurt is perfectly fine…