Use It Up Night

Last night was Use It Up at our house. I haven't purposely done this before in one night, but it just fell into place yesterday. Use It Up night refers to using up all those little bits and pieces in the refrigerator and freezer that normally no one will eat, that half piece of this, 1/4 cup of that. Some families do this on a regular basis, but I try to only cook what I know we will eat and only enough leftovers of things I know will get eaten. (Some things the kids love the first time around but won't touch if it's heated up a second night.) We had a little bit of taco filling left, not enough for a full taco for my son (his idea of a taco is the 10-inch tortilla size!) but plenty for a taco salad for me. He got the last hamburger, the last orange and the last cheese garlic bread slice. DD got the last cup of corn that was in the refrigerator and the last banana. (She had snacked at the teen coffeehouse at the library before dinner.) It was nice to get a few things used up and dishes cleared out of the refrigerator, fruit off the counter and single items out of the freezer. Maybe we should try and schedule a Use It Up every week or every other week.