The freebies that I brought home, just the excess from what the lady on the till put on the tray and that we didn't use. Alan had a Full English, minus the toast and I opted for scrambled eggs on toast and gave him one of my pieces of toast, I can never manage the two slices that they give you.
I also couldn't manage all of my scrambled eggs on toast.
So, I neatened it up on the remaining half a slice of toast and popped it into one of the plastic bags that I now always carry in my handbag, and then put it very carefully into my handbag.
A step too far?
Nope, it gave me a lovely lunch later in the day.
Although the toast wasn't good ... so I chopped it finely and put it out for the birds ... I picked the pea shoots off the eggs and put them to one side, while I placed the eggs in a dish with about a dozen little gloriously red tomatoes from the garden surrounding them, and then they were quickly zapped in the microwave. Placed on a piece of freshly made buttered toast and then garnished with the slightly droopy pea shoots they were as good as new, and every bit as tasty as breakfast had been.
Sue xx
No reason to waste food that you've paid for. Very often, if I can't finish a meal at a restaurant, I ask for a container to take the leftovers home.
ReplyDeleteYes, I've done that a lot in the past, but I always have a couple of plastic bags for little things in my handbags these days. It did make Alan smile.
DeleteTwo meals for the price of one, win win
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
That was my thought, and a minimal cooking day too. :-)
DeleteWaste not, want not 😉that's a jolly good idea to carry a plastic bag in your handbag too 🤔
ReplyDeleteAngie
I've been doing it for a few years now, ever since I read Sarah Wilson's book, Simplicious Flow. It was all about zero waste cooking. I need to have a re-read and get some more ideas. 😀
DeleteI don’t think it’s a bit too far at all.
ReplyDelete😀 xx
DeleteYou paid for it so you can eat it whenever/wherever you want. Much better than the surplus going in a bin.
ReplyDeleteI hate to think of anything going in the bin. But these days with hygiene regulations and tampering fears cafes and restaurants have no option but to dispose of things. ☹️
DeleteI even carry a bag with containers for our restaurant leftovers. Sometimes I put cloth napkins in also.
ReplyDeleteNapkins I bring from home...I'm not stealing the restaurants napkins😁
DeleteIf I had a bigger handbag I would carry little containers too. 😀
DeleteHaha ... yes I guessed that you meant your own. 😄
Deletei don't like waste so no, it's not a step too far, from Julie x
ReplyDeleteI think we are all very like-minded 😀
DeleteWhat a great idea.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
❤️ xx
DeleteThat was a huge serving of scrambled eggs, if that’s a half of it! I couldn’t have managed it either. And your second serving sounds delicious too. Probably far more tasty than just scrambled eggs on toast! I return butter - often served over here on a small dish, as soon as the meal is delivered, so it doesn’t get binned. I cook with oil almost exclusively, so taking it home isn’t sensible. I do admire your care for frugal living, you’re an inspiration. Enjoy your weekend too.
ReplyDeleteI worked out when I made myself my usual home cooked breakfast of two eggs scrambled, that their portion must be at least four eggs!! 😮
DeleteI salute you Sue. No waste at all.
ReplyDeleteI bow to your salute. 😃xx
DeleteAbsolutely not a step too far!
ReplyDeleteI also keep an old envelope in my bag in case a seedhead gifts itself to me over a garden wall.
Haha, that is very clever. 😃
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