Comments on: Why I have empty Ziplocs in my fridge

By: Kerstin

Kerstin — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:54:10 +0000

Corn starch works great with DIY shredded cheese. I use it all the time when I have left over from tacos (: Just toss a little in there and give it a shake! It keeps the cheese from sticking from each other and you can’t tell the difference later.

By: seussgirl

seussgirl — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:41:22 +0000

I have recently started using my food processor for grating cheese – and it ROCKS! It has a grater attachment, and it is SO much nicer to grate a whole pound (or more!) of cheese at once than hand-grating. And SO fast!

I love your ideas; some I already do, some I’ll have to add in.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:43:37 +0000

Seuss girl, My mom just offered to let me borrow hers to see if I would use it enough to add it to my “wish list”. No more skinned knuckles! I’ve also seen attachments for a KitchenAid mixer that might grate cheese, so I’ll have to look into that. Glad my ideas helped!

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:13:44 +0000

Thanks, Meredith! Your site has some excellent info, too! Glad you stumbled across mine…

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:03:38 +0000

Very smart! I do reuse Ziplocs, but I never thought about the freezer as permanent storage for them.

By: Paula

Paula — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:13:15 +0000

Just so you know, cereal bags (the ones you get from the store, when you are doing eating the cereal) are GREAT for that second bag around the onions for keeping the odor out of the freezer! I also use the ziploc bag that my fish comes in. The bag does not smell fishy, and it works GREAT to keep the onion smell at bay!

By: Katie

Katie — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 01:55:45 +0000

That makes sense! I haven’t yet been grating my own long enough to figure out all the tricks. Of course freezing it is a good idea…. Thanks for visiting!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:17:41 +0000

Those are great ideas! I’m going to try the Ziplocs in the freezer for sure

By: jeanne

jeanne — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:10:29 +0000

I need to let my 17 year old read your post . . .
He thinks I am crazy for leaving empty ziplocs in the freezer and for wash and reusing others.

Buy a great big block of cheese at one time. The cheese I buy comes in a circle shape. I cut the outer areas off so that I have a large square.
The outer areas are shredded. I cut the middle square in half and use my cheese slicer to make thin slices for sandwiches or snacks that are then stored in containers in the frig. I do two big wheels of cheese every 2-3 weeks. Plus at the same time I grate the fresh mozzarella I buy.
It is alot of grating at one time, but it is nice to have real cheese pre-grated in the freezer. Plus I only clean the cheese grater once.

By: Erica

Erica — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:08:40 +0000

Oh thank goodness, glad to know I’m not the only one with frozen empty baggies in my freezer haha!