Comments on: Using it up https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/using-it-up/ Writer, Author, Speaker Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/using-it-up/#comment-272794 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 13:57:58 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18225#comment-272794 In reply to Sarah K.

@Sarah K – we are big french toast fans here too! However, what tends to get left on the bread front here are the end pieces, which the kids still won’t eat as French toast (why? why?) so I eat them. I guess motherhood means you always eat the end pieces on loaves of bread…

]]> By: Sarah K https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/using-it-up/#comment-271804 Sat, 16 Oct 2021 06:46:10 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18225#comment-271804 I really like using stuff up too and am also an under-buyer. I still feel like we end up throwing away so much food. My favorite “rescues” are French toast for dry bread and soups.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/using-it-up/#comment-271418 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 12:40:41 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18225#comment-271418 In reply to Kamala.

@Kamala – In general it’s a good tendency! I have to fight it in some situations but hey…

]]> By: Samme https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/using-it-up/#comment-271230 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:19:06 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18225#comment-271230 I just looooove using things up! So oddly satisfying.

]]> By: Elisa https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/using-it-up/#comment-271208 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 22:03:32 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18225#comment-271208 I find it even easier to just throw a bunch of apples (roughly sliced) into a crockpot with a cinnamon stick and a little water, forget about it for several hours, then eventually mash or use an immersion blender or just eat it chunky. I am always stunned how terrible apples make such great applesauce via this method.

]]> By: Kamala https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/using-it-up/#comment-271162 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:36:23 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18225#comment-271162 Happy to know about your using-it-up practices Laura. I am a fellow thrifty too.

]]> By: Kamala https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/using-it-up/#comment-271159 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:34:00 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18225#comment-271159 In reply to Calee.

Good to know about your composting practices. It would be satisfying to know that nothing goes waste.

]]> By: Calee https://lauravanderkam.com/2021/10/using-it-up/#comment-271148 Thu, 14 Oct 2021 17:13:51 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18225#comment-271148 I don’t think I can take credit for that recipe, but that is how I have made applesauce in the past.
My greatest use-it-up joy is now my little tumbling composter. Kids didn’t want to eat the grapes that fell off the vine- compost! Never got around to finishing that head of cabbage-compost! Teenager cut off her bread crusts before making a sandwich- compost!
I grew a ton of flowers this summer. There’s a big (yet wonderfully middle-aged) thrill in knowing those apple cores, coffee grounds, and moldy blueberries will make even better flowers next summer.

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