About 20 years ago, one of my aunts taught me to re-use the liners that cereal comes in inside their boxes. She recommended I use them instead of wax paper. Since then, I have had the same box of wax paper sitting on the shelf in case I need it. But, I have used mostly the inserts. I rinse them, let them dry and then store them for use later.
This year, I discovered that being they put so much glue on them now it is almost impossible to pull them apart, that I have started using them whole as freezer bags! I use the twist ties to close them or put it into already used(clean) plastic bags that I don't want the food to touch, but gives another layer of freshness to the food!
As for plastic bags, I use them again and again ... according to how clean they are. Then when I don't want to use them any more for food, I use them for scraps before throwing the scraps into the trash.
Then, of course, the shopping bags are used for trash cans. I do have all those reusable bags I bought, but I rarely remember to take them into the store!
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I wish I had read this yesterday! I made Preacher Cookies and I realized I was out of parchment paper and wax paper. And I had an empty box of cereal sitting there waiting to be burned. Thanks for the tip.
As for those reusable bags, I don't know why we buy them. We have oodles of them and they sit in my pantry waiting for me to remember to put them in the van.
Neat ideas. I love penny pinching without having to go without. I don't buy cereal often,but my daughter,with 3 children in school ,buys heaps of it. I'll pass on the tip. I also reuse baggies,especially to seal coffee used coffee grounds.
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