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Save space in the freezer & cupboards.

I remove food items that come in cardboard boxes, such as freezer waffles, toaster pastries, packages of soup; and put them in freezer bags. If there are instructions, I cut them out and slip them into the bag. It saves a lot of space and keeps things fresher.

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Bev
Mesa, AZ
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I do this too but I break them down into one serving per bag. This helps us keep on track eating what we want in healthy portions.

Sherry
McCall, TN

Excellent tip! I do that with a lot of things myself, but I never thought to pass it along. A lot of the boxed foods are greatly over-packaged!

ronald
Buffalo, NY

I have been doing this for several years myself. I have three little girls and it's too hard to take them all to the store with me, so I choose to go once a month. Everything has to fit in there because I don't have a deep freezer. I do the same with my boxed foods so I have more room in the cabinets.

TINA FANNING
INDIANAPOLIS, IN

I do the same thing, and you are right -- it does save space in the freezer.

Brenda
Axton, VA

I have been using this one for years, and I also have plastic containers to hold these foods taken out of their packages and even date them so I know when they are old, using the older dated ones first! Placing certain foods in my freezer that will expire first in front and newer ones to the back also helps.

susan
niagara falls, NY

OK, great idea! I'm the first one that hasn't already been doing this. Great space saver.

joy
denver, NC