I don't know if it has to do with the fact that there are a lot of boys in this house or it's just my people in general, but unless you put food out in the open for them to find, they won't eat it. Many-a-baked good has met a moldy death because it was waiting in a Tupperware container on the counter. And unless leftovers are in see-through containers on the front of the refrigerator shelf, they are liable to overstay their welcome. It seems my family has an aversion to looking for anything that requires using their hands to find it. If they can't see it in a cursory 10 second glance then it doesn't exist. Even my delicious Christmas cookies almost ended up in the garbage because nobody was willing to lift the tinfoil off the tray and look to see what was inside.
So to avert the waste of all my homemade goodies and the money it cost to make them, I've adopted a simple plan.
So to avert the waste of all my homemade goodies and the money it cost to make them, I've adopted a simple plan.
I went to the thrift store and found this great covered cake pedestal. It stays on my kitchen counter in a prominent place and all my leftover scones or cookies or pumpkin bread or whatever ends up inside it. It stops all the questions of, "Do we have any snacks?" and not a single goodie ends up in the garbage anymore. Plus, since it's covered, nothing dries out. This is a picture of some leftover Christmas scones that I had in a ziploc bag in the bread basket. No one had touched them until I stuck them in my cake plate and then....they were gone in an hour.
So if you find yourself throwing away un-eaten goodies, this just might help.
So if you find yourself throwing away un-eaten goodies, this just might help.
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