I saw some really nice looking cole slaw, pre-cut, at Whole Foods. It had a variety of cabbages and I bought it. At $3.99, it was about twice as much as I would pay for regular cole slaw, and it was also about twice as much as I needed. When I got home, I made a batch of slaw with half the mixture, then got out my trusty Food Saver and air-sealed the rest of the mix. A week later, I opened the sealed slaw, and it was as fresh as the day I bought it. If I had not used the Food Saver, I would have had to toss it, or make twice as much as I wanted, then toss that.
I need to use my Food Save more often, even for small jobs such as this.
Every week, we throw out a ton of leftover food. It seems like we waste about as much as we use. With just two of us, it’s hard not to have some waste, but with a Food Saver, you can cut back throw-a-ways to a minimum.
Last week, I bought a 10-pound bag of chicken leg quarters for $7.99 and packaged up enough for 4 meals. That is tremendous savings. Often Eye or NY Strip steaks are on sale and available in bulk packages– a perfect job for a Food Saver
The only problem with the Food Saver system is that their bags are really expensive. However, I found some generic bags online that were far less than the brand name bags, and they work just as well with the Food Saver machine.
Fellow cooks and grocery shoppers, if you want to save money, use your Food Saver, and use it often.