While I love having friends over for dinner, I'm often guilty of making far too much food. And while I love leftovers the next day, I'm not the biggest fan of leftovers day after day after day. So why not send something home with your guests? In style.
From sweetly shaped pie boxes to sturdy handled bags and the beloved Weck Jars we've written about in the past, here are a few practical and pretty ideas to send your leftovers packing to a new home.
• Wedge-Shaped Pie Boxes: Nothing makes a guest happier than getting to take home a slice of pie for the next morning.
• To-Go Bags Kraft-colored bags are common, but we like these white bags for stylishly transporting leftovers.
• Square Boxes: Their little-bit different shape makes them charming yet they're still practical, and they stack nicely. Slap a sweet tag on them if you'd like or wrap with a little baker's twine and your guests are good to go.
• Weck Jars are functional for canning, pretty for pantry storage, and wonderful for storing and transporting leftovers. Bonus: guests can reuse the jars after they finish the contents!
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love the pie box.. could be a foundation of a great homemade christmas present! and those weck jars are beautiful..
Who would want to give away weck jars???
We eat a lot of peanut butter that comes in glass jars in my house. Soak the labels off, hope the guests don't mind the print tops, and they're exactly the same size as wide-mouthed pint jars. They even work with canning funnels (unlike spaghetti jars which are always just a hair too narrow) for easy transfer of foods like soup or casserole or fruit crisp. Plus you reuse them instead of recycling and then people don't feel obligated to give them back like with canning jars.
For less liquidy things like bread or sandwiches or cake, I like waxed paper and tape. Or kitchen string, if you're feeling fancy. If you use the drug store roll technique, things are likely to stay put. Plus both options are way cheaper than buying fancy stuff.
Weck jars are about 2-4 times more expensive than ball jars (depending on where you buy your jars). I think the ball 4 oz quilted jelly jars are adorable and cost less than $1 each.
Every time I make treats I am bummed I don't have nice packaging so I can share with my friends and coworkers. Does anyone have an online source they can recommend that carries a good selection of these containers and bags and don't require you to buy 500 at a time?
The Dollar store has cute paper or sometimes plastic Chinese takeaway boxes; they aren't appropriate for anything drippy but they are perfect for a stack of cookies.