Wednesday, November 3, 2010

TIPS: What to do w/ those plastic cereal bags (inside boxes)

If you buy cereal in boxes, you know that most of the time the cereal is actually in an interior plastic bag. The neat thing about these plastic bags is that they are a type of strong plastic that is much more sturdy than the plastic baggies you can buy for sandwiches and such. Here are some uses for these plastic cereal bags:

- Cut them so that they lay flat and use the bags instead of wax paper. They are essentially the same material.
- Use them to store vegetable seeds. Just cut the bag down to the size you want it and tie it closed at the top with a bread twist.
- You can store small loaves of bread in these bags. They're perfect for this because they're actually more sturdy than regular storage bags and they are meant to keep breaded-type products (cereal) fresh.
- Use them to freeze things like hamburger meat or a little bag of homemade dough. When you take out the meat or dough, it comes right out of the plastic.
- Collect all the little crumbs of cereal in one of these bags and keep it stored in the refrigerator. When it's about 1/3 to 1/2 full, use a rolling pin to roll over all the cereal you have in the bag and you create bread crumbs. These are especially tasty because they're a little sweeter than regular bread crumbs. You can use them on your salads, in soup (in place of crackers), or on casseroles. This is also a good solution for what to do with that tiny bit of leftover cereal that isn't enough for a bowl.

Any other ideas????? Please share with the rest of us!

Sonya :)

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