Cereal Bags for Kitchen Chores

By

bholzgraf

A friend saw me using a cereal liner over a pan I was heating in the microwave. She said I should never do that as toxins are released into the food. Has anyone heard of this? I know we're hearing about the dangers of certain plastics leaching toxins but what about these waxy papers. Are cereal liners waxy plastic or paper? Anyone know?

By

cdgreier

Plastic wrap, waxed paper and even oiling aren't always effective or don't hold up well with trays for freezing whatever I don't want clumped together (homemade perogies, chopped peppers+onions, whole berries).

I open, clean and flatten cereal bags for tough, reusable freeze-tray liners.

By

Litter Gitter

Beating the meat with a saucer reminds me of my mom. I grew up on a farm and we raised our own beef. Mother would cube the steak by beating it with the edge of a saucer. Steak and gravy was a real treat.

By

su554

Am I missing something? What do you mean when you say you use a saucer or plate to "chop the meat"? Just how does that work?

By

mrs.story

I think it's good to reuse where possible, but I'd be reluctant to use the cereal bags in the microwave. I try to avoid microwaving plastics whenever I can.

By

irisheyes

Hi again I forgot to ask can you use the cereal bags in the microwave. Many thanks helen x

By

irisheyes

I have been reading your ideas on cereal bags I have got some great ideas from you all. I do use the cereal bags but just to freeze food but will now re-use them for the other things that has been suggested. Many thanks for sharing helen x

By

rstuthri

Great idea! Would never have thought of this!

By

chung

I also reuse the bag for many kitchen chores. I wonder if it is safe to use them in the microwave. Does everyone know for sure?

By

justhelpingout

I just love this site. You can learn so many money saving ideas. I thought I knew everything about saving things. My kids go nuts when I tell them to save the yogurt cups and lids from ice cream pails to use when we go camping for cups and plates, but this idea is so great I can't wait to try it.

By (Guest Post)

Exactly, Kathleen! Why waste anything? If we all consider the fact that anything we throw away goes into a landfill and most of it isn't biodegradable, we might try harder to reuse what we have and use less of whatever we can cut down on. Three cheers for you!

By

jamr41

I use them when I make crumbs with my rolling pin. I like these other ideas, too.

By

LI Roe

I also use them as mini garbage bags, for instance, when I skin chicken and don't use the skin, or have anything that I don't want to smell in the garbage can, which is a small roll out one under my sink. I just dump it in the bag and throw it out. Makes it a lot cleaner too.

LI Roe

By

WIsgal

I might add, that I cut a cereal box in half and use that to store those cereal bags in. I also use one to store small brown paper bags and pieces of clean used aluminum foil in..

By S Balf (Guest Post)

I use these bags instead of expensive freezer bags. When I repackage meat, I use large sandwich bags (much cheaper then storage or freezer) then stick them in the cereal bags; never had freezer burn!