Counted 14 jars of half-used sauce in my fridge and it finally clicked

Honestly, I always thought I was pretty good about using stuff up but last weekend I did a deep clean and counted 14 jars of half-used sauces and marinades from the last 6 months. Must have wasted like $40 total. What convinced me to change was a friend saying she freezes her leftover pesto and curry paste in ice cube trays. I never even thought of that. Has anyone else found a good system for actually finishing those random jars before they go bad?

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ryanf663d ago

Take that ice cube tray idea and run with it, but label the cubes with a sharpie on the bag so you don't end up with mystery frozen sauce blobs. Works great for tomato paste and chipotle peppers in adobo too since you just pop out a cube instead of opening a new can. Pretty much doubled the shelf life on everything in my fridge after I started doing that.

craig.grant3d ago

Freezing leftovers in cubes never really clicked for me. The sharpie on the bag trick is smart, no doubt about that. But I've had too many cubes that just don't pop out clean, then you're chipping at a block of frozen sauce with a butter knife. Plus it always felt like the cubes took up more space in the freezer than just laying the extra sauce flat in a ziplock bag. Guess I'd rather just freeze a whole batch flat and snap off what I need. Different strokes, I suppose.