A tip for that leftover fruit salad, turn it into freezer jam. Just puree it all, add in the correct amount of sugar and fruit for each batch, I usually follow the strawberry freezer jam recipe in the Sure Jell box and process by following the directions. I call it my Summer blend jam and it is amazing!!

I have learned so much from your videos. I was so proud of myself this week. I had almost a pound of hamburger cooked with white gravy. No one wanted to eat that ever. I found a half box of bow tie noodles. Instead of buying egg noodles, I used the bow ties. There was almost 1/2 block of cream cheese, 1/2 cup delicious brown gravy and almost 1/2 cup of sour cream left. I added it all together. 😊It made a huge batch of beef stroganoff that everyone wants to eat. We’ve been busy freezing blueberries, corn and strawberries on sale.

I save a bag in the freezer of various buns and bread heels that are torn apart in cubes. When the bag is filled up I toss it with egg awash and let it soak overnight. In the morning I sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the top and bake at 350. ---French toast casserole ‼️

I shared with my neighbor, I knew they probably would not have leftovers from their son’s house on the 4th. We share stuff all of the time. They are great neighbors to have.

My husband’s birthday was Wednesday. It’s the one time of the year that we go out to a fine restaurant for steak. (My favorite is different.) Anyway we ended up with 2-3 servings each of mushrooms and the same with Brussels sprouts. We added mushrooms to our scrambled eggs the next morning; then I made a cream soup out of the rest. I made a separate cream soup of the Brussels sprouts! We are our leftover entrees the next day for lunch. We do not waste food…and certainly not when we have paid a pretty penny for it!

I really appreciate you showed me how to use all my leftovers. Zero food waste! Thank you!

Take several of those cooked meatballs, some marinara sauce, and two of those club rolls for meatball sandwiches the next night. Add some of the sautéed peppers and onions on top. Freeze all of the rest. We grilled alot on the Fourth, and I always say, cook once, eat 2-3 times!

Sorry I missed the premier today, I was in the kitchen canning sweet pickles trying to use up all the cucumbers from the garden. When I have leftover buns, I like to chunk them and make homemade croutons with them. Add a few of those hotdogs to the baked beans and you have beanie weenies! Thanks for showing us how to do the meatballs, they look delicious!

I've found that I have saved a lot of money when I do an inventory of what I have. Before I go shopping. It's also nice to know I don't have to shop every week. And we are eating a lot better food.

When we BBQ we like to cook a lot of food so that we can use it for leftovers. Well I made some shish-ka-bobs and some side veggies this time. We ate it that way, then we ate it over rice with some extra veggies on the side. Then I took my leftover shish-ka-bobs and removed them from the skewers. I then took freezer bags and separated that and all the veggies into the bags to serve over rice as like a bowl type meal, or stir fry. I got 4 meals from it for easy meals for future use. I call that a win for that one dinner that we cooked.

I just love when you show how you preserve or use your leftovers - very inspiring! Have a great weekend Emmy and Paul and Dixie!

I remember my Grandma making Skorps in the 70s with leftover rolls. I come from a Swedish background and all the old Swedes in my family had 3 o'clock tea and or coffee each day. Skorps were a frugal sweet treat at 3 o'clock coffee. I thought maybe it was just butter, sugar and cinnamon on thin strips of rolls but the recipes I'm finding on the internet also say cardamom and allspice. You toast them in the oven. I don't think my Grandma added those last 2 ingredients. Alone they were very dry but you ate them with coffee of tea. It's a fond childhood memory for me.

I have so much less food waste since watching your videos! Making meatballs was a great solution.

Thank you for the tip on reheating pastry’s. I love learning new things. ❤️

Hot dog buns also make great French toast stick

Thank you. I feel like I have a friend who I can learn from everyday.

When I have leftovers from a big meal, I make my own “frozen TV dinners”…..then I have these on hand for a nice Sunday meal…..thanks for all the useful tips…..I miss seeing Dixie!

I had bits and bobs this week in my refrigerator. I thought what would Emmy do? I cut it all up, put it in a freezer bag and put it in the freezer. Now I have the start of a soup.

I never thought to use the everything seasoning on garlic bread. These are all fantastic ideas!

Hi Emmy and Paul. Excellent vidéo. When I use ziplock bags for the freezer I used a straw to pull out the air .I t seals the bags . Have a nice week end

I used to gladly take all the left over veggie tray contents home from potluck/ buffet type events complete with those dribbled by dip and wilting. Once home i grew them in a colander, washed the dressing off, chopped or diced as needed,and tossed them directly in a crockpot or pot for some type of a soup or stew., Next stop was a clean out of tge fridge followed by a purview of the freezer. Lastly it was look at what i had, maybe add some onions or garlic, maybe add a little bullion type product.

Wish I had room for a small separate freezer. I have a small refrigerator with top freezer that doesn't hold a lot. Really need freezer space to save leftovers. But, I guess I just need to buy less so I waste less.

Love it food looks great 👍 I recycle food to dogs bread to Canadian geese and their babies and lettuce to rabbits I eat all .y leftovers with zero waste or feed gods creatures 😅

I’ve used leftover rolls to make garlic toast for years. Butter the bread, sprinkle on garlic salt, and sometimes a little garlic powder to n make them extra garlicky, then toast or broil.

Great motivational video! Yes, working very hard on zero food waste. With the garden now providing food, it’s even more important to be on top of it! Happy 4th of July!

Nice ideas from you and viewers. We usually throw bread that is getting close to stale in freezer. Use it when we want dressing.

Left over shredded carrot and also coleslaw can be washed of thier dressing then used elsewise.

I always look so much forward to your vlogs. Thanks a million. I am not the best housewife, but the motivation and encouragement you give with such grace and love has changed me completely- I aim to be as good as you (….a little bit of a longer journey😀) - but my goodness - my life has changed and my days are filled with exciting projects. You are simply the best, warm and encouraging lady. I live in Europe and the mixer you recently bought is also on special offer here and exactly what I have been searching for the last years. I am over the moon. Keep healthy and surrounded by the love you deserve. 💐🍾💐🍾

Great ideas! I'd love to see how you manage your inventory sometime.❤

I just made corn chowder with leftover corn on the cob and diced up cooked bratwurst leftovers. It turned out delicious for lunch. And my buns are going to be freezer bread crumbs for future garden frittata.

Great tips, very inspiring! Never thought of making pizza buns upside down. 😊

I absolutely love doing this. My sister NEVER does and it makes me sick. 😢

Hooray! You got a food processor. Saves so much time and energy. ❤

Those hot dog buns make awesome french toast

Some other ideas for leftover bread Croutons Breadcrumbs Bread pudding Garlic bread Stuffing/dressing. Easy

I made garlicky croutons with my leftover bread. Have a great weekend!

This video was outstanding! Thank you for the wonderful ideas. I love your nail polish...so pretty.

My frig was getting empty yesterday. Picked up an order at 7 am today and then began working on other things I need to complete today.

These are great ideas for anyone who needs to evacuate and will have a way to cook. We returned home after evacuating in our RV because of the Thompson wildfire in Oroville Ca. Your cooked leftover meal ideas will be in a bin in my freezer. I can grab and go when immediate evac alarm in our home goes off. Fire evac too hot 111° and smokey to cook outsie or inside rv but could use microwave. I really appreciate your channel.

My grandmother made a cold salad with leftover baked beans, some Miracle Whip or mayo, chopped onion, and cut up tomatoes. This may sound terrible to some, but I found it delicious and I'm not a fan of baked beans! Nothing went to waste with her and she was a fabulous cook.

deviled eggs leftover never happen at my house. My sister made 48 this 4th and I didn't even get one 😢 We love the 4th and have a large gathering every year.

You said wedge! I grew up calling submarine sandwiches wedge! I grew up in sleepy Hollow. Been living up state for 40 years . And nobody calls it a wedge! But I feel a little nostalgia going on ❤ that was awesome

I love leftovers. Thanks much🎉

Your channel is my favorite. You inspire me. I had 4 hot dog buns left and I made french toast with them. Never thought to do that in the past. I loved them. My son was like mom it's not the great depression. But they were delicious and the buns were used up with no waste.

Emmy, I think I would put some cheese on that garlic bread. Love my cheese! 😊 I love this type of video! Thanks!

Thanks for the great tips ! Lots of love from a chilly Auckland, New Zealand ❤️❤️

Your video was full of tips I will use. And your subscribers have wonderful idead, too. Thank you. So glad I found your channel.

We joined a CSA this year and have a lot of produce that the two of us cannot eat up before they go bad. I’ve been dehydrating greens, freezing the extra zucchini into 2 cup portions for zucchini bread come fall and winter, and trying new dishes with things we have never eaten before. I don’t believe in food waste either. Great video with wonderful ideas. Thanks so much. I really like the way you’ve done your hair. It looks soft and very summery. Take care.

Rinse out your large bowl and use the rinse water as a soup broth for the week

To day I will make bread dumplings and a white mushroom sauce, to use up my dry bread.

Didn't have my readers on and thought this said, "RV prepping," instead of "by prepping." I got excited for you guys for a moment. 😆

Great Tips as always! We had leftovers for lunch today and still have burger buns left over. I never thought of making them into garlic bread, but that is exactly what I will be doing now 🙂 Here is a tip regarding the pastry/bread in the Ziploc bags: Use any kind of drinking straw (I keep some just for this purpose) and stick it into the bag to a point where there is an air pocket. Then seal the top all the way to the straw. Now through the straw suck as much air out of the bag as possible. With your last sucks, pull the straw already a bit more to the top. Then pull out the straw and seal the bag completely immediately. You have to be fast! Now you have a nicely vacuumed bag, but not as much as with the FoodSaver which would smash the content.

Hot dog buns make great pizza subs ! You can even make them up now and freeze them uncooked. Take them out of the freezer and pop in the oven all ready when you want a snacky dinner. Those baked beans are a meal on their own with a crusty toasted roll.

These are my videos. It's really hard as a single person to cook for one especially since food usually comes family size. I'll always looking for ideas.

I made the lovely crotons and a cold meat salad combo from left overs last week and a fruitsalad. This week I will be sprucing up the lovely Greek yguhrt I still have with strawberries and cherries that have to go, it was a delight to see the fridge neat and tidy and no waste this week ❤

The fruit I like to put in small ziplock bags and mark smoothies. Any fruit can work for this. My bananas sometimes ripen too fast and I throw them in the freezer right in the peel. Leftovers are the best :)

Great video !! My favorite tip was turning deviled eggs into egg salad sandwiches Happy summer

I got a free giant zucchini lifted to me this past week! Breakfast this coming week will include zucchini muffins and we will also have grilled zucchini with our dinner 😋

I watch every video you publish❤ you are like my advice grandma(mine are both old)

Great video! Headed out this morning to pick my berries and veggies from the yard and store them!

Another awesome video. Thank you .

I love these ideas!! I live alone and any one of these will work here in my home. And just look at how many items you have for upcoming meals!!

Emmy thank you for the tips. I have one you’ve probably used. When storing foods in a ziplock bag especially for the freezer I seal the bag up to about 1/2” then I insert a straw in the opening seal it as much as possible and suck out the remaining air with the straw. I know it sounds crazy but it works. I learned this when I used to decorate cakes.

Interesting video tfs

Oh there is a video today. Great!

One thing I always have trouble finding is guidelines on how long different things need to be frozen individually before they’ll be frozen hard enough to transfer to freezer bags or vacuum sealed. My web searches are more often than not in vain.

Thank you so much for this video❤❤

Love you guys to the 🌙..

Thanks, Emmy and Paul!😁

I've reused bags that contain raw meat for years. I just make sure they only get reused to contain more raw meat. Now i use vaccum bags for raw meat, and i reuse them all the time. Use them, wash them well, dry, and reuse.

Awesome video. So much good information and tips. You have inspired me! Thank you.

Great idea about the garlic bread 🧄 I often have bread that I can no longer use so knowing how to turn it into another food-type is really helpful.

Excellent video. Thanks for all of the ideas!❤

Ooo that garlic bread making! Such a good idea! I love your videos, keep the money saving ideas coming! 😊🎉

You and Paul are such and inspiration to me. I love your content, your lifestyle and can tell that you have a huge heart. Thanks again!

Lots of delicious leftovers. Great ideas for no waste. Looks like you are getting a lot of use and loving your new food processor. That was a perfect gift for you from Paul!

Use a straw to suck out the extra air in freezer bags.

Great video I will use these ideas.

Hello,sweet friend, next time you have a cookout, can I.come,everything looks so yummy.

Great information! I never knew about freezing baked beans!

Excellent way to use leftovers. I also make garlic bread from left over buns, but have never made them ahead and froze them like you did! Thanks for the idea as I have some to use up now!!

Really great ideas!

Emmy, great tips on repurposing leftovers. Thank you!

Emmy I freeze bread then grat it I to bread crrumbs

Can you freeze some of the fruit salad and make smoothies from it after it's frozen? Diane

Hi great 👍 👌 frugal prep food y favorite frugal chef 😋 yummy.dinnet.meals and snacks .wow wee sav money and time .freezer meals fridge freezers ❤❤❤❤

I can’t find my original comment from a few weeks ago, but wanted to share this with you. Enjoy!! Any others also! Family recipe!! Squash Relish: •12 c shredded squash (or zucchini) •4 c chopped onion •2 c chopped green pepper •2 c chopped sweet red pepper •2 c (or to taste) chopped jalapeño •2TBS salt •2 1/2 c white vinegar •5 c sugar •3/4 tsp turmeric •1 tsp mustard seed •1 tsp black pepper ••Mix all ingredients in a dish pan, boil/cook 20 minutes. (Time from point of full boil) Have jars and tips in HOT water; dip HOT mixture into HOT jar, using funnel, place tip, tighten ring, set to side to cool…will seal as it cools. DO NOT move until completely cool and sealed. Wipe jars and store. This will make approximately 5-7 quarts, depending on how full you fill. I refrigerate after opening, but won’t spoil if you don’t… I serve on beans, peas, in potato salad, chicken, tuna, egg salad… got a friend puts on his hot dogs! 🤷🏼‍♀️ Let me know how you like it! From Sweet Home Alabama!! Roll Tide! God Bless!🇺🇸

I refreeze my ground and it's always fine

I’m still wasting some food to be honest but thank you for the motivation to keep moving forward into saving and using up more of my food and not wasting.

Love watching your videos! Your family is Blessed!

Totally motivating!

Really enjoyed watching this video Emmy & Paul. It was so interesting to see the ways you were using up the leftovers and freezing them. It certainly was motivating and inspiring. I freeze a lot of foods so that I don't waste anything. The freezer is indeed a great asset. By the way, your nails looked especially gorgeous with that colour you were wearing Emmy. I wish you both a really good week. May God bless you both.❤

Leftovers are my friend. I can think of other ways to use our leftovers. I had a rice and bean mixture flavored with taco seasoning for taco bowls a couple of days ago. I finished the little bit of "taco" mixture in a crafted sandwich maker. I had a heaping 1/3 cup of mixture and i added 1/4 cup shredded cheese. I made 10 triangle wedge hot pocket sandwiches out of that little bit. Such a money and food stretcher.

Love these ideas! I never know what to do with those little bits of leftovers. Thank you so much! ❤❤❤

Brilliant video, I love this type of video. You two are truly inspiring. Lots of love. ❤

That's a lot of leftovers. Emmy! Great job! 😊 ❤

Good evening Sweet Couple ❤️❤️

Thank you for all the great saver tips!

A great episode with lots of practical ideas - thanks again!

Love love all your ideas!!