Living The Lifestyle Thursday 5/01/25
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Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday-misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard
Today's Topic: Leftovers / What if anything do leftovers have to do with your overall eating program. Do they help with portion control? Also do you think leftovers help with the food budget?
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With the price of groceries skyrocketing, throwing away good food kills the food budget. And I don’t mind eating leftovers. I was raised that way by two parents who experienced the Great Depression.
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We eat a lot of leftovers. Since it's only the two of us, if we cook chicken, it's just as easy to cook enough for a couple of days rather than one meal, and that's the same with any meal we make. I'm not sure it help with portion-control per se, as we only ever serve ourselves single portions regardless of what we're eating. Leftovers definitely help with the budget too.
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For me its as much as making a plan to have leftovers at the end of my meal, not matter if we are eating out or cooking in, looking at the amount of food at the start of the meal and saying to myself "that's enough for 2 meals (or more)" helps me with portion control.
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I aim for cooking for 2, unless it's a soup/stew, or, like my summer squash (yellow, zucchini, and onion). Seldom have leftover chicken breast (we tend towards smaller ones), or a roast (beef or pork). Veggies (usually frozen) are pretty easy to portion out.
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Only cook for 2 weighing and measure out proper portions not to over eat or have left overs. If we go to a restaurant we will bring a 1/2 home so not to throw food away.
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I personally love leftovers for a variety of reasons. Definitely saved in the food budget. Eating out for us now a days has become a luxury event. I also was raised not to waste food. How sad to ribbing of starving people in our in country that need the food banks everyday for survival. The thought of throwing away good food ( not stale or toxic foods) makes me want to throw up.
Lastly some dishes left over are more tasty than fresh cookies in some cases.
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While working we started cooking 1 time per week on weekends. Still doing it. I’m a creature of habit.
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Leftovers are important. We do the whole “cook once, eat many” thing like Steve, using our crockpot. The key is that we know how many servings are in the recipe, so we dish out two servings when it’s ready and portion the remainder into two-person meal sizes for storage. (Right now, I’ve got ten servings of chili going in the crockpot.) Otherwise, our meals at home are portioned for two.
in terms of eating out, leftovers let me have the 14-18 ounce steak without breaking the points bank. I’ll cut it in half when it arrives, and know that half is going home. Sides may our may not got home with it, but I’ll say the air fryer function on our microwave extends the range of things when “to go, please” is more feasible.0 -
I plan for leftovers. I meal prep for the week, with lunch typically being leftovers from the evening previous.
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