Reduce Food Waste

Even though veggie straws are touted as a healthy alternative to potato chips and tortilla chips, they are not as fragile as vegetables. There is even some debate as to whether there are any vegetables in veggie straws. Whether they are healthy or a vegetable replacement, veggie straws are a great handy snack for kids…

It’s a busy night full of sports practices and other after school activities and dinner needs to be made quickly. It will be the perfect night to make a pasta dish for dinner and garlic bread adds that extra flavorful crunch on the side. As you grab the frozen garlic bread from the freezer, you…

Breadcrumbs are a pretty normal pantry staple in most homes that cook a lot. We use them in meatloaf, breaded porkchops, and even in our homemade hamburgers. (I swear they help keep burgers from falling apart while cooking!) Breadcrumbs are relatively cheap to buy in bags or canisters and sometimes they go on sale too,…

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…