{"id":215421,"date":"2025-04-30T20:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/budget-food\/weekend-meals-saving-money-on-food-using-things-up\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T20:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:24:02","slug":"weekend-meals-saving-money-on-food-using-things-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=215421","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Meals &#038; Saving Money on Food &#038; Using Things Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Using up what we have on hand is a great way to save money. I save money almost weekly by using the foods I have stored in the fridge, on the shelf, and in the freezer from previous meal prep days, rather than buying everything I need to make meals. With the cost of food these days, it\u2019s important to keep track of what we have on hand, and to use everything up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I used the celery from the previous week a couple of different ways. I had it with peanut butter for a couple of light meals at home, and I used it in the weekend\u2019s meal prep for the coming week. Apparently, I found last week\u2019s work meal packs extremely filling because I had vegetables left over each night. Those are now in this week\u2019s meal packs. I also used the last of the cabbage during meal prep, and had <a href=\"https:\/\/frugalrecipes.wordpress.com\/2025\/04\/28\/easy-trail-mix\/\">a trail mix<\/a> for a snack last week. This was the last pack of mix so I will need to make another soon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I made a tasty <a href=\"https:\/\/frugalrecipes.wordpress.com\/2025\/04\/24\/kielbasa-corn\/\">kielbasa and corn skillet meal <\/a>for my work meal packs. I had enough for five meals, so I enjoyed some Sunday evening. I also <a href=\"https:\/\/frugalrecipes.wordpress.com\/2025\/03\/11\/the-egg-bake\/\">made baked eggs<\/a> to have in the mornings before heading to the bus stop. I didn\u2019t put any extras in it this time, but it is delicious. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I ate a <a href=\"https:\/\/frugalrecipes.wordpress.com\/2025\/03\/27\/easy-skillet-chili\/\">meal of chili from the freezer<\/a>, heating it with mozzarella cheese and then adding nutrional yeast, sea salt and pepper, onion and garlic powder, parsley, oregano, and chives. I had celery with this, to use up the last of it. It was delicious! One of my new favorite meals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I decided to go ahead and <a href=\"https:\/\/frugalrecipes.wordpress.com\/2025\/04\/23\/garlic-in-oil\/\">make my own garlic in oil<\/a> for recipes I make over the next few weeks. I couldn\u2019t find any at the store, and I had both garlic and oil to use up. It\u2019s a significant savings when made at home, even with an organic oil. I\u2019m saving the papery skins because I want to try to make my own garlic powder as well. When I have enough saved I will try. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Other things I used up this past weekend for meal prep were the frozen corn, eggs, the last of the olive oil and a freezer smoothie. I\u2019m so happy I had these on hand, so I did not have to spend more money on groceries for the week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Because I didn\u2019t realize the new bottle of olive oil is in a plastic bottle, I washed out the glass jar from the previous purchase and reused that by pouring the contents of the new bottle into it. I try not to keep things in plastic containers they are bought in as much as possible. I think they stay fresh longer in glass, and the plastic may leach more things into food over time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">I put what was left of the mozzarella cheese in the freezer, as well as the (diced) tomatoes. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll use them up soon enough. I put the rest of the cabbage and the sliced cucumbers in canning jars in the fridge. I also made <a href=\"https:\/\/frugalrecipes.wordpress.com\/2025\/04\/22\/yogurt-topped-fruit\/\">yogurt and fruit bowls<\/a> for work meals, and put the rest of the raspberries and kiwi in the freezer for next week. The rest of the greens from <a href=\"https:\/\/frugalrecipes.wordpress.com\/2025\/03\/19\/simple-tossed-side-salad\/\">the tossed salad<\/a> are in a bag in the fridge, and I moved the plain yogurt from the plastic container to a quart size canning jar and put that in the fridge as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>I am working hard at making sure not to waste the food I am spending money on. The way food costs keep rising, I don\u2019t see any way around doing these things. How about you? How are you trying to spend less on food these days? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-large-font-size\">~ Shannon<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using up what we have on hand is a great way to save money. I save money almost weekly by using the foods I have stored in the fridge, on the shelf, and in the freezer from previous meal prep days, rather than buying everything I need to make meals. 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