I am saving all of my yogurt, sour cream, and whipped topping containers for our Thanksgiving feast. I found a bunch of them in my fridge with a scoop of this and a dab of that in them.
These were run through the dishwasher and are now waiting for all of those Thanksgiving leftovers. I am sure our guests will want to take home some of the leftovers from our feast so I am making sure we are prepared this year. No one likes the burden of returning a dish so these will make the perfect containers to send home all of the goodies without the hassle. Best of all, we are putting these containers to good use rather than adding them to the recycle bin.
If you were feeling ambitious, you could cover them with scrapbook paper. I, however, feel hosting Thanksgiving dinner is ambitious enough and I hope our guests will appreciate the thoughtful gesture of having these containers to enjoy a little of the feasting in their own home.
great idea Amy
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What a great idea!
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That’s a great idea to start saving those now!
Thanks!
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Awesome idea. Right on so many levels fiscally and enviornmentally resposible and thoughtful. YOU ROCK! Your guests are lucky to be dining with you.
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That’s a wonderful idea, then you don’t have to worry about getting them back.
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I’ve been doing the same. It seems come cleanup time we never have enough containers.
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Good idea! Add some masking tape and a sharpie – for names and food items.
I can tell you shop at Aldi’s!
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Great tip, we save ours for freezing purees and such in. I am a little cautious over storing food in them but it is really hard to use glass in the freezer. This is great for the short time until they get at which time they will more than likely transfer to a glass container or better yet a plate. Like you said the best part is you don’t have to worry about getting it back, which never happens. Now if only my family would leave enough food for leftovers.
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I try to do this year round! Great tip!!!
~from a fellow Aldi shopper!
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This is also a great time to clean out your frig before stocking it with all of the Thanksgiving goodies….I also used this time to give away lots of canned goods and boxed foods from my pantry. One of the local high schools has a food drive and I used that opportunity to clean out the pantry. God Bless, Pam, South Bend
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My husbands grandmother does this. Especially when she is sending food to other people. She says you don’t have to worry about your tupperware not being returned.
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But, just make sure that you don't microwave the leftovers in those containers. The plastic isn't made for that, and can leach some pretty nasty stuff into your food!
See this, especially mid-way down the page where it talks about safe containers to nuke in:
http://www.publix.com/wellness/greenwise/feature/Article.do?id=2011&childId;=2267
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