April 14
Rule: Immediately freeze doggie bags.
Why: Otherwise I feel pressured to finish them up before they spoil, ending up with “Saturday night” dinners as weekday meal options or worse, late night snacks. Combined with a salad or some veggies, they make tasty, portion-controlled, treat meals. It has sort of incentivized me to make it a point to save half to take home – which usually requires that I do this right at the beginning of the meal. Otherwise I take that one extra bite that, by some mysterious standard, leaves “too little” to take home – what’s that about? This, of course, applies to anything that I am likely to be tempted by – even if it technically isn’t mine. If I ate it, apparently it’s mine.