Saucy Container

2020 was one year we will not forget. 

Lock down, economic challenges, social injustices and toilet paper shortages (really?) just to name a few. 

There are times I didn’t want to get out of bed none less get out the house for a walk. 

Eventually I cooked more, but there are plenty of times I just ordered take out.  It was easier and wanted to do my part in supporting the restaurant businesses. 

In pre-COVID-19 days, it was so easy just to get together with friends and family and decide, in some cases at the last minute, to head to a restaurant on a whim and we are a while away from that anymore.

These days we certainly must put more thought into deciding where to go (if we can go there), but it is not a bad idea.  I have found myself ordering food to go more than anything though.

​It is a convenience having food delivered or order pick up to the house.  However, there are times, that I have the dilemma of what to do with the containers

I have, particularly the containers that have a special sauce.  Most times these little plastic round containers have a type of sauce that compliments the food. 

Sometimes I use the sauce, but other times I don’t I try using up the contents in the container. What do you do with the sauces? 

Put it in the refrigerator and forget about it?

Use it for a different recipe?


Freeze it?  

Or just throw the container with the sauce away? 

Or hold on to it and keep it until it was time to get rid of it, knowing the fact that you are keeping it would make it seem though the container was utilized. 

When I was younger it, was easy just to throw the container away…  But now that I am older, I want to make sure I do my part in recycling and now more than ever I try to be conscious about what I do with ‘things’ when I no longer have a use for it. 

Just like decluttering or minimalizing things in your space, these small containers certainly can add up.   Now I try more than ever to see what is included in the meal and try to limit those extra items that I don’t need and if I do need them, I try to use as much as I can from the container. 

f I don’t and not much is left, then I rinse and recycle, or I save the contents if I know I can use it for another meal. 

​It is at least something to do when you don’t want to end up with a bunch of small containers that will ultimately add to more clutter and collect dust.  ​

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