Leftovers

blushingbride_08

dairygirl19:

I think you take this food thing way too seriously.

Too much thought for me. I don't have the time or energy to portion it all out and makeup leftover rules.

There are ways to save money on food, not waste and not have to eat the same thing 4 days in a row.

I can't imagine it's all that healthy. What are you going to do when your kid is not okay with that?

it's actually quite simple. Just make 1 meal and no wondering what's for dinner for a few days. And we do eat quite healthy and lol regarding my kid not being ok with it. He will eat with the family as a family. I'm raising him early that I'm not a short order cook.

Chapter79

I'm sitting here kinda sorta ick'ed out simply because the thought of food in my fridge 4 days later for dinner kinda skeeves me.  That's longer than I keep leftovers. And I'm not even food safety anal like some can be.

Curious what kinds of foods you make for the four days, but you're not really answering that when anyone asks

hjk5000

This is one of the weirdest things I've ever heard. No offense, if it works for you guys then that's cool.

We eat any leftovers the next day for lunches or dinner but otherwise I don't typically make meals that are big enough to last all week long. Other than making a big roast chicken and using it in other stuff throughout the week as PP's have said.

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Chapter79:

I'm sitting here kinda sorta ick'ed out simply because the thought of food in my fridge 4 days later for dinner kinda skeeves me.nbsp; That's longer than I keep leftovers. And I'm not even food safety anal like some can be. Curious what kinds of foods you make for the four days, but you're not really answering that when anyone asks :

This. I would never eat food that had been in the fridge for four days. Ugh.

I'm not calling you out at all but I hear this a lot on this board. It seems like many people are bothered by food that's more than a day or two old. That is odd to me. I'm not eating week old fish but pot roast or soup or lunch meat? That stuff lasts many days.  

Oh I will most certainly do 2 days of leftovers.  I might do 3, it depends on the item (a soup for me is ok after 3 days).. I will do NOTHING for 4 days. I don't mean lunch meat.  I'm talking things I would cook.. I would not eat it 4 days later. Blech.

Edited to add a clarification. I will not do many days of the same leftover  in a row   I meant, I will eat soup 3 days after I made it (maybe) with OTHER foods the days before it.

jnksmom

That would never work at our house but if it works for you guys, cool. We don't eat leftovers for dinner often. H will take leftovers for the lunch the next day but won't eat anything leftover after the 1st day. The only things I will eat for more than a day is soup/chili and I usually eat it for lunch the next 2 days and that is all. I adjust recipes so that we don't have many leftovers because I know it won't be eaten and I try not to waste too much food. 

cyncho

blushing: I don't relate to any of the other posters who think that your meal schedule is "weird." But I am not surprised at how narrow minded the majority of the comments to your post are. I am a creepy lurker but felt compelled to respond to your question.

I am a Korean-American and was raised on traditional Korean cuisine and food traditions. Korean meals are traditionally centered around a bowl of rice, various vegetable side dishes, a single pot of soup and protein that is all shared. Everyone has their own bowl of rice but everything else is placed in the center of the table; even the soup is in one bowl and everyone eats from the same bowl. A household will usually have 3-7 different kinds of prepared vegetable side dishes ("banchan") in their fridge at any given time. At meal time, they are pulled out and if they aren't finished, they are put right back in the fridge. The side dishes can last anywhere from one meal to multiple days. Therefore, I wouldn't consider four day old food, if stored and handled correctly, to be "gross" or "icky." It was not uncommon for my family to have the exact same food for every meal for multiple days. 

I know you weren't asking for a lesson in Korean food, but I just wanted to offer another perspective for you and the other posters. You are obviously solid and know that nothing's wrong with your family's food choices because it works for you. Personally, I'd rather eat the same, thoughtfully prepared meal for dinner 4+ nights a week than a grilled cheese and veggie sticks for the sake of "variety."