Saving Food: The Ice Cube Methodby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 04 Oct 2007 06:15 AM I have spoken a little bit about food waste before. Among the strategies to curb food waste (and money in the rash) are having a leftover or clean out the fridge night, using leftovers in savory muffins and keeping a container to make freezer soup. Now here is one more strategy: Using ice cub trays. We now have our water hooked up to our refrigerator and have automatic ice. I won't get rid of the ice cube trays, though. They come in handy for saving leftover food, especially when you need small amounts of something. A good example for using ice cube trays to save food is when you have canned milk, such as evaporated milk. There are times when just a small amount is needed, leaving most of the can left to spoil. Maybe you use some of the milk in mashed potatoes, or pumpkin pie or coleslaw. Pour the rest of the can into the ice cube tray and freeze it. Then pop out the cubes and store them in a freezer bag. You can take out as many cubes as you need. Do you have just a little bit of leftover peas? Mash the peas and then freeze them in the ice cub tray the same way. Then you can defrost them later for instant baby food. Try this method with all sorts of food that you baby is able to eat. Not only will you save the leftovers, but you'll save on baby food, too. Broth is another great candidate for the ice cube tray method, as is any clear liquid, such as apple juice. One of the food that I keep finding myself freezing with this method is diced onion. Many times a recipe will call for half an onion. I simply dice up the rest and freeze it in the ice cube tray. What food do you think you can save? Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here. Related Articles Avoid Waste with A Leftover List Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments jonesx6 (1606) 04 Oct 2007 11:35 AMGreat ideas. I have a lot of basil in my garden. I plan on making pesto and then popping it into ice cube trays. It sure will be nice to pull out some pesto during the dreary days of winter. Laura  CheapCoach (81) 23 Jun 2008 09:26 AMSo I know I'm almost a year too late...but I'm new around here and catching up on some great stuff....Anyhoo.. I was lucky enough to recieve an electric juicer as a gift a couple years back and when i have fruit & veggies that are about to go bad I just juice them all down (even in weird combinations) and put them into trays...then later they can be blended into smoothies or even add sticks for bite-size juice pops! I assume a food processor or just mashing would work as well Community Tags Freezer Cooking, frugal, ice cube tray, leftovers, meals Discuss this article
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