eating childrens leftovers!

I find it hard, but I've stopped it now. I do try to cook 'leftover' meals, bubble and squeak, or make a frittata the following day ...

we have chickens so the leftovers go to them. They sometimes even pinch stuff off of my plate.. Just stick with if you eat it log it. even if it is just a few more mouthfuls as you siad it all adds up

Do you have a garden? Start a compost heap, anything that the kids eat, stick it on that quick sharp so you don't eat it, or cover it in washing up liquid (remember sex and the city with miranda and the chocolate cake?), I've had to do it more than once to stop me from eating extra!

I have a Beagle dog. He is very, very chubby. He will eat anything he can get to. I look at him and it reminds me of what I will look like if I eat all of the kids leftovers.

I don't have that problem... LOL. My kids (5 and 7) either eat all of their food, or it looks disgusting when their done with what they want to eat that I have no desire to eat it. Something you could do though is have a container that you put all the misc. meats and veggies in that are left over Monday-Thursday then on Friday cook some sort of catch all casserole. I like to use all the misc leftover meat/veggies, a can of stewed tomatos and 1 box of jiffy mix... put all the ingredients in a glass dish, mix up the jiffy mix and pour over top and cook as directed on the jiffy mix box. It's really yummy, you don't feel guilty about snacking on the leftovers each night and your saving $$ by not waisting any food. :happy:

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I have a problem with throwing out food, when my children have finished their dinners and leave some meat/york puds etc.. it looks so nice and tempting when you are on a diet!! i think oh a bit wont hurt but day after day it adds up lo l i just cant bring myself to bin it!!

Anyone else have this prob with temptation or is it just mr being greedy!! lol:blushing:

i used to, a tip from weight watcher buy a cheap bottle of washing up liquid and squirt it on their left over's then you can't eat them!

lets face it wether they eat the food or it goes in the bin or you eat it its gone! But if you eat it you feel the guilt the bin does NOT..

Haha this reminds me on Sex and the City when Miranda didn't want to keep eating the chocolate cake so she threw it in the garbage, and then grabbed it out later and kept eating it. But yes that's a good idea I do that sometimes too!

My mother used to have the same problem. I can't say I have ever been tempted by the children's cold, usually half chewed left overs. I can't think of many things less appealing!

Exactly what I was thinking. Anything that touches my toddlers plates is no longer edible to anyone else.

I don't mind eating my son's leftovers because being my child he is perfect, never sick, and never has a snotty nose. Now, other people's kids are yucky of course. :0) Fortunately my son usually leaves his chair pulled out after dinner and the dachshund gets the leftovers well before I can.

I have a Beagle dog. He is very, very chubby. He will eat anything he can get to. I look at him and it reminds me of what I will look like if I eat all of the kids leftovers.

I am very tempted by things that I like but if I give it to the dog I don't feel like I'm wasting it. I can cut him back on his dog food to make up. He much prefers people food to his dog food.