How to track leftovers in your fridge

How to track your leftovers in your fridge?

I’ve been doing my whole weeks cooking (M to F) on Sundays and keeping it in my tupperware containers for about 11 years now.

Besides stacking neatly in the fridge and cleaning up quickly, I love that they are clear, so I can see what’s in them.

Sometimes I cook various foods that looks similar to others, and my wife or kids may not be sure whats in it, or if it is spicy. My wife and I are the only ones that like really spice foods in our house, so it sometimes causes confusion.

Over the years, I’ve thought of labeling the containers, but couldn’t come up with an easy way. I didn’t enjoy peeling off sticky label residue each week.

Then one day I was talking to my wife about how I need to start labeling or writing on the containers as we were packing up the Sunday's cooking into containers. My youngest must of overheard us because she came to us in the kitchen and said why don’t you write on it with this? and what did she have in here hand?

A DRY ERASE CRAYON!!!!!!

My wife bought them for the kids' "responsibility chart", but who knew to try them on the containers? Well, my little girl did!

They do not smudge off, but also clean easily. We rubbed the letters several times and they didn’t fade at all.

The best part is they are easy to clean! Just used a kleenix, and it took it right off.

Cleaning up without a trace of the label!

The crayons come in different colours, so lids of all colours (including clear) can be labeled. I tested it on a Ziplock bag and it worked, too! Dry erase markers work well too.

My tupperware have clear lids, so I used the black crayon and it showed up perfectly.

The crayons work best on lids at room temperature. I found that they didn’t write as smoothly or as dark on lids that came right out of the fridge.

Now, everyone in the family can easily read what the food is in the container and whether it is spicy or not too.

This has also eliminated consideraable waste because I started putting the dates on them too. I don’t throw food away as much as I used to.

We label every leftover container this way even if it’s not holding Sunday's cooked meals. It helps me keep track of miscellaneous things in the fridge as well.

We hope this helps you keep track of your leftovers as well as it has helped us.