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Call it a quirk, but food waste drives me crazy. If you do any cooking that calls for tomato paste, so often the required amount is only a fraction of even one of these little cans*. I don't do the kind of Advanced Level Meal Planning that would use up the entire can within a few days and it pains me to throw the majority of the container away, so here's what I do:
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Grab a small plastic ice cube tray.
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Figure out what measurement will fill each of the "cubes." This tray holds a perfect 2 teaspoons. Using a spoon and a small rubber spatula, scoop out the remaining tomato paste and fill as many cubes as you have paste.
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Pop in the freezer and freeze overnight.
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When cubes are frozen solid, pop out of the tray and into a freezer bag. Store in the freezer and use individual cubes as needed.
*I know you can buy tomato paste in tubes, but none of our local markets seem to carry it.
Do you have any handy tips for leftover ingredients?
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