Americans waste a lot of food. It has been estimated that as much as 1.3 pounds of food per person per day goes to waste. Wasting less food is better not only for the environment but for your pocketbook.
Of course, some food waste is unavoidable, especially if you have picky eaters in your family. Sometimes [...]
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Do you reuse the bags? If so, is there an easy way of getting them clean & dry? I love the Food Saver, but am finding that if I freeze anything greasy (like stew for example) the bag is a major pain to get clean. If there is any trace of residue left the bag [...]
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I want to cook soups and freeze them in canning jars and have ordered a product online that will vacuum seal these jars for me. I have never canned but I found online that there are canning jars that I can freeze in. I know that I must leave space in the jar for expansion. [...]
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We have a FoodSaver that I really enjoy to use when it comes to preserving food that i know i would like to eat later. But when you do get a foodsaver see that it is the one that you would like to work and would be easy for you to handle. I’m not real [...]
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If you talk to fifty chefs you’ll get fifty different answers on packaging. Yes, it is addressed extensively in the training materials and during the seminars. Believe it or not, it is not really a big deal. You just look at the options and decide what’s best for you and your clients. It is [...]
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A “vegan” and a “vegetarian” are two different things. That’s one thing you have to get straight. While most vegetarians simply refrain from eating anything that had a heartbeat, but still allow eggs and dairy products, vegans go one further and exclude anything related to animals in any way, shape or form. This means that [...]
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