I am very against wasting food. However, this trite little ditty has stayed with me as I wrestle with throwing away extras:
It will go to waste, or it will go to my waist.
Looking through my pantry, I found a sugar cookie mix in an oven mitt, given to me as a gift for Christmas. I'm trying to not eat as much sugar (most of the time.) Why am I keeping this when it goes against what I want for my health? I threw out the mix and will donate the mitt.
If a boxed mix has been in your cabinet or pantry for a LONG time, maybe it's time to get rid of it. It truly is a struggle for some of us who see world hunger, but that box of cheese ball flavoring isn't going to help anyone else be better fed. A superior plan is to buy cans or boxes of food and donate immediately to the group collecting food outside the grocery store or give money directly to your church food pantry or community food bank.
Look for items you can donate or just throw out to declutter your pantry today.
A reader mentioned in another comment that the aforementioned plastic bags can also be donated to church food banks that dole out food to the needy.
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