seal a meal

I was having such a hard time keeping up with my left overs...I was worried I may start over eating. (Remember there are chlidren starving in other countries) and I would always feel bad wasting the food also. Well now I'm sealing my leftovers and I feel so much less guilt. When the family runs out for fast food or for lunches instead of buying frozen meals I can boil the meals or microwave them. I let you know how it goes...Happy new year to all Moira P

Thanks for posting this. I have been tempted a couple of times to get one of those things but I wasn't sure I would use it or that it would work. Please do let us know if it works. If it does, I will get one.

Your post brought back a comic memory from one of my many failed weight loss attempts. One evening when a friend was over to dinner who had been successful at losing a boat load of weight and keeping it off I had a small to medium amount of left overs from the dinner I had served. As I was reaching for another scoop of cheesy rice I made the comment that it would be such a shame to see it go to waste as there were children starving somewhere. She placed her soft, kind hand on mine and asked me for an envelope. I was really puzzled. She said she would mail the food to the children in another country so that I would not feel compelled to eat it. I laughed and said that it wouldn't do them any good! She quietly said, "and neither will your eating it!" I have always thought of that when someone makes reference to starving children.

I love that story, thats great. I often wonder how much of that nonsense lead to my obesity issues. It would be so easy to just give me a vitamin but "NO" I had to finish everything on my plate because of these starving children and so I would get my nutrition. All I got was fat. I am glad I did not force my children to eat. Thank you for sharing that story with me Moira P

Hey Moira!!! I got a food saver for Christmas last year! I need to use it more!!! It really does come in handy. Darlene

I have one I use a lot also - it's great! However, it's hard to use with soups, as the machine doesn't seal well with a lot of liquid. So I portion my soups into quart sized freezer bags and freeze. Easy to take one out for a quick lunch. I just made a pot of navy beans and ham yesterday and froze 8 bags of it. You are correct about leftovers - I seem to always have something in the fridge that I need to'use up'. Freezing has saved a lot of food from going bad. Karen

My sister freezes soups and the like in a container then puts it into the vacuum seal bags. Lasts longer than just freezing and already frozen it works with the machine.

Where do you get one of these? How much?

I saw one on QVC yesterday. Go online to www.qvc.com and do a search. I have wanted one of these for years and I now have a good reason to get one.

It is called a "food saver" on QVC and is $149. The item # is K5493