Just thought I would share a great post from my friend Cat over at Frugal Living and Crafting. I’m going out to eat on Monday and I will DEFINITELY be bringing home leftovers!
I’ve never been a person to bring leftovers home from restaurants. My general plan has always been to stuff myself and leave the leftovers on the plate. Obviously that wasn’t good, both from a health point and a wallet point.
Last week, Hubs and I went to Chipotle for our normal weekly lunch out. I was hungry, or I thought I was, but I ate less than half of my burrito bowl before deciding I was completely and totally full. Normally I would have tossed it. Instead I looked at it with new eyes, thinking “How can I not create waste with this?” Honestly my first thought wasn’t about saving money with it, my first thought was about not sending that food needlessly to a landfill where it will release unneeded methane gas. That thought was followed immediately by “Hey! That’s enough for dinner later!”
For the first time in…
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