{"id":5078,"date":"2010-05-14T08:48:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-14T12:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/?p=5078"},"modified":"2017-02-09T18:43:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T18:43:15","slug":"spoiled-food-is-stinking-up-your-ability-to-cook-on-a-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/spoiled-food-is-stinking-up-your-ability-to-cook-on-a-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Spoiled Food Is Stinking Up Your Ability To Cook On a Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Food is a constant expense. Every day, three times a day, whether eating out or cooking at home,<\/strong> you have to spend money on food. If you have to cook on a budget, you\u2019re probably very careful about what you bring home from the grocery for everyday cooking, but how do you protect this investment once it\u2019s in your cabinets or refrigerator?<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/CYjA76wOk8k\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>As I have stated before, over-buying is the biggest detriment to cooking on a budget,<\/strong> because most of the food gets wasted. This occurs because when people over-buy, they also over-cook and over-portion which results in eventually throwing out the leftovers. This doesn&#8217;t have to be the case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Because of package sizing, you will probably purchase too much for one meal,<\/strong> but make sure that you DON\u2019T over-cook, over-portion and over-eat. You need to understand and follow correct portioning rules for your family. You will also have to make adjustments with the food that you purchase. If you don&#8217;t, then the asparagus or broccoli that aren\u2019t included in tonight\u2019s meal may be left in the refrigerator. But, 3 days later, they\u2019re limp, mushy, and need to be thrown away. Whether you\u2019ve cooked them or not, the result is the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today\u2019s tips are about extending the shelf-life of the items in your house <\/strong>so you\u2019re not throwing away money spent on food&#8230;sometimes food that hasn&#8217;t even been cooked.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Vegetables:<\/span><br \/>\nMost plants need air and water to survive.<\/strong> Broccoli, Asparagus, lettuces, and all other items were living in dirt, soaking up the sun not long ago. If you strangle them in a plastic bag, they\u2019ll steam in their own breathing. That&#8217;s not good! You have to let vegetables breath in your refrigerator. Take them out of the plastic bag.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Take notice of the root end of vegetables,<\/strong> and give them some water to further hydrate and not dry out. They\u2019ll continue drawing water like fresh cut flowers, and extend the life of the product in your possession.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Protein:<\/span><br \/>\nWhen you return with more than one meal of protein, <\/strong>immediately portion for future meals and freeze what you\u2019re not going to use. This way, it doesn\u2019t deteriorate while you make up your mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For example, when I make hamburgers,<\/strong> I use 8 ounces of ground beef or turkey. When I get the entire pound, I immediately break this down, and freeze the half I won\u2019t be using.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protecting your investment in food starts the moment you get your food home from the store.<\/strong> Cooking on a budget demands that you don\u2019t waste food or money by letting it spoil before you get to cook it. 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Today\u2019s tips for protecting your food investment and cooking at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":24002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[29,40],"tags":[112,118,169],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5078"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webcookingclasses.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}