{"id":1068,"date":"2009-11-16T13:29:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T20:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2009-11-16T13:31:02","modified_gmt":"2009-11-16T20:31:02","slug":"ive-been-tagged-youre-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/?p=1068","title":{"rendered":"I’ve been tagged. You’re It!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was tagged by <\/span>Bunches and Bits<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> to share what I do with the bits that are leftover after prepping a bento.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I did a post on this a while back!\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll copy that over and update it with my current changes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bento-ing can be contrary to my current frugal goal of tightening up my food budget.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>It could be very wasteful.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I cut away a lot of bread to fit sandwiches to the box,\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Fruit and veggie shapes leave a lot behind, cheese buses and sonics leave tons of scraps, and so on.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>What do you do with all the leftovers from decorating bentos? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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1. Unless I know I can dice them and use them in another meal that day, stock-suitable vegetables (carrots, zucchini, celery, etc), go into a gallon bag in the freezer along with other cooking scraps (parts of onions, celery tops, etc) to make stock.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I roast a chicken at least once a month, so having those veggie bits come in handy.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I much prefer my own stock \u00e2\u20ac\u201c we try and cut back on salt around here, and most canned \/ boxed broths taste of nothing except salt.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Veggies that aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that great for stock (peas, corn, etc) I will save to make a cute little skewer for the next day, or use in soups, fried rice, and so on.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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2. Cheese bits are saved in a baggie.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I sprinkle them on my taco soup lunches (which I am eating a lot; I haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t gotten sick of eating taco soup several times a week!) or use them to make grilled cheese sandwiches.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>They can be tossed into scrambled eggs or omelets.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I also use them in savory meat and cheese corn muffins.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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3. Meat bits go in those same corn muffins and egg dishes, or tucked into a sandwich if he has one that day.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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4.I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve gotten better with bread bits since my last post.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I save them in the freezer in a baggie and whiz them in the food processor as needed to make breadcrumbs. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span>I can use those homemade breadcrumbs for meatballs (one of the few non lunchmeat proteins I can count on the kidlet to eat) or breading cutlets for dinner.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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5. Usually the fruit scraps get eaten right away by me or the kidlet.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I suppose you could save them and make a fruit salad, but I’m happy to let the kiddo gobble them up with breakfast for a little more nutrtion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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6. I don’t save nori bits.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>I don’t use much of it; he doesn’t actually LIKE it, and peels it off anyway.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Just sometimes you just have to have a little black!\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>No one here (including me) likes seaweed in any form.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Truthfully, opening the bag I have the nori stored in to pull out a little bit to use makes me want to gag with that sudden fishy sea aroma that assaults my senses.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>So, bits left after punching out eyes or whatnot just plain get trashed, with no apology.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I’m going to tag <\/span>Arkonite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bento Box<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a>next and ask her to share what she does with her bento leftovers!<\/span>\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once you accept the tag, the rules are simple:<\/p>\n

1) Please link back to the person who tagged you and add your name to the “tagged list” below.<\/p>\n

2) When you have answered the question (which can be in any style\/format you like), nominate another (one will do) fellow blogger (who is not already on the list) and pass the tag to your nominee.<\/p>\n

If you (the selected nominee) has already answered this question in an earlier post (well done), then your job is very easy – just link the tag to your earlier post and pass the tag on as per item nos. 1 and 2 above. Alternatively you can update it (if you wish). Have fun \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Tagged:<\/p>\n

1. javapot<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n2. susanyuen<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n3. sherimiya<\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n4. Karina<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\n5. MandLmom<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

6. Arkonite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Bento Box<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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[Ps. No cute picture with this tag unless someone can generously suggest one which would be most appreciated! Hint, hint\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6anyone wanna sponsor or is just creative? All credits will be given.]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was tagged by Bunches and Bits to share what I do with the bits that are leftover after prepping a bento. I did a post on this a while back!\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll copy that over and update it with my current changes. \u00c2\u00a0 Bento-ing can be contrary to my current frugal goal of tightening up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1068"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1071,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068\/revisions\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}