{"id":6978,"date":"2010-08-15T10:21:08","date_gmt":"2010-08-15T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/?p=6978"},"modified":"2011-02-10T12:52:04","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T18:52:04","slug":"leftover-food-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2010\/08\/15\/leftover-food-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftovers: How Long?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h2><a title=\"quick fitness tips amymac book\" href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/9IbNzP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7170\" style=\"margin: 0px;\" title=\"fitness attack book\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/NEW-BOOK-PROMO16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/NEW-BOOK-PROMO16.png 474w, https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/NEW-BOOK-PROMO16-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a>&#8230; only\u00a0<strong>77<\/strong> days until the book release!<\/h2>\n<div>===<\/div>\n<h1>LEFTOVER LIFE<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fittip.me\/cbrgG4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6979\" style=\"margin: 10px; border: 3px solid black;\" title=\"leftovers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/leftovers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Leftovers are a fact of life, whether they come from holiday meals or last night\u2019s dinner. \u00a0Or, maybe you do all of your cooking at once and eat the meals throughout the week. \u00a0Whatever the reason, you may want to take a minute and think about the shelf life of your cooked dishes.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I\u2019ll eat something until it tastes bad or it\u2019s beginning to grow mold. \u00a0\u00a0My husband Chris, however, throws things out after 3 days because he claims they\u2019re no longer good. \u00a0So, I decided to do a little research. \u00a0Here\u2019s what I found:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>According to Nutrition Action, you should refrigerate leftover food within 2 hours of cooking and consume within 4 days.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"leftover food safety\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mayoclinic.com\/health\/food-safety\/AN01095\">According to the Mayo Clinic, cooked dishes should be eaten within 3 to 4 days.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"leftover life\" href=\"http:\/\/extension.usu.edu\/htm\/faq\/faq_q=445\">According to the State of Utah, you have 3 to 5 days.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Importantly, each source agrees that if you\u2019re unable to eat the leftovers within these time frames, you should freeze the dish immediately to preserve it.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like I\u2019m going to lose this battle to Chris and have to start throwing things away sooner. \u00a0But at least now we know for sure!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong><em>Fitness Attack #2<\/em><\/strong>, the book, is going to be released on Halloween 2010! \u00a0That\u2019s right,\u00a0<strong>10\/31\/10<\/strong>! It will feature 101 easy tips to help you live a healthy and fit life! 91 of those tips will be released right here, starting today and going through the launch date. The last 10 tips are EXCLUSIVE to the book so if you want them, you\u2019ll have to buy the book! We are also working on lots of bonus material to overload the book! More info on ordering and content to come \u2013 stay tuned!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"free health and fitness tips\" href=\"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\"><em>WithAmyMac.com<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; only\u00a077 days until the book release! === LEFTOVER LIFE Leftovers are a fact of life, whether they come from holiday meals or last night\u2019s dinner. \u00a0Or, maybe you do all of your cooking at once and eat the meals throughout the week. \u00a0Whatever the reason, you may want to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,23,1039,1105,8,1102,1100,1101,1103,1104,40,21],"class_list":["post-6978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amy-mac","tag-fit-life","tag-fitness-attack-book","tag-food-safety","tag-health","tag-leftover-food-safety","tag-leftover-life","tag-leftovers-how-long","tag-mayo-clinic","tag-nutrition-action","tag-wellness","tag-withamymac"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}