Culinary Advice
I believe wasting food is a sin. Note that there aren't a lot of things I file under the "sin" category, so you will perhaps understand that this is a Big Deal for me.
As such, I do my best not to let things go bad in the 'fridge, not throw away leftovers, not throw away what the kids don't finish. (I consider giving leftover bread to the birds an acceptable use of food, and leftover other things to the dog less so --- it makes her fat.) This means I often fill the role of garbage disposal for the few bits of leftovers on the kids' trays when the food can't be incorporated into a Leftover Dish and eaten for lunch the following day.
And from this, I have learned something I should have realized sooner (ten seconds would have been enough, but alas, I was distracted): under no circumstances should one ever put into one's mouth at the same time the last bite of hotdog and the last bite of strawberry-banana snack bar.
Trust me on this one.
As such, I do my best not to let things go bad in the 'fridge, not throw away leftovers, not throw away what the kids don't finish. (I consider giving leftover bread to the birds an acceptable use of food, and leftover other things to the dog less so --- it makes her fat.) This means I often fill the role of garbage disposal for the few bits of leftovers on the kids' trays when the food can't be incorporated into a Leftover Dish and eaten for lunch the following day.
And from this, I have learned something I should have realized sooner (ten seconds would have been enough, but alas, I was distracted): under no circumstances should one ever put into one's mouth at the same time the last bite of hotdog and the last bite of strawberry-banana snack bar.
Trust me on this one.