https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Jul 2026 19:08:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68819 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:35:22 +0000 daniellemybelle 68819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3-4 days, max. If it has meat in it, I am usually iffy on the third day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68795 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:09:22 +0000 Alivoo01 68795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm pretty bad with leftover/expired food. If it looks fine and smells fine, I eat it! HA! Bad, I know. Hubby on the hand doesn't eat leftovers past 1 day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68619 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 sulli301 68619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually only eat leftovers for 2 days &amp; then I toss them but now that I have DH I always ask him first because he is WAY less picky about it. Sometimes I throw stuff out without asking because I am scared he will say yes &amp; eat something yucky that will make him sick!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68584 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:48:30 +0000 pastemoo 68584@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Vegetarian: 7 days, but sometimes longer.<br /> Meat: 3 days </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68553 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:16:30 +0000 MsMini 68553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I toss after 3 days, DH would eat it until it looked or smelled funny though (ewww) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68509 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:01:00 +0000 Rubies 68509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's food I've made, I'll go 4-5 days. If it's take-out, after 2 days, I toss it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68467 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:32:27 +0000 tequiero21 68467@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i'd say around 3 days. if i haven't eaten it by the 3rd day, will probably throw it out, unless it's something that could last longer? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68455 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:23:43 +0000 HabesBabe 68455@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep mine for almost a week. I think it's because my mom would keep leftovers for a long time (and sometimes keep food on the counter overnight), so I've built up a tolerance for food poisoning.</p> <p>I just finished off some leftover beef &amp; rice I made last Wednesday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68394 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:19:10 +0000 banana 68394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I'm bad about leftovers. I give it one day and if nobody eats it, I throw it out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68390 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:16:52 +0000 Rescuemom10 68390@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would say about 3-4 days depending what it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68325 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:57:00 +0000 chopsuey 68325@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Leftovers don't last more than a day at my house. I iz a piggie </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68103 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:14:59 +0000 BoogieBea 68103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll eat leftovers 3-4 days old but with LO, I try not to give after the 2nd day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68029 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:32:56 +0000 LuLu Mom 68029@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I won't eat anything over 3 days old, DH won't eat anything older than 2 days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-68024 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:31:19 +0000 Modern Daisy 68024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do my very best to serve it to us again the next day and if I can't do that then depending on what it is I might serve it on the 3rd day, but definitely by the 4th day it gets tossed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-67907 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:14:36 +0000 Maysprout 67907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>By the 4th day I start looking at it skeptically. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-67904 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:12:41 +0000 lavender 67904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 days is the max for us. And usually leftovers don't last that long in our house. We are big "take leftovers for lunch the next day" people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-67847 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:09:17 +0000 heffalump 67847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Two days is stretching it for me. I used to leave them a lot longer, but hubby is weird about leftovers and will only eat them the day after, so he made me paranoid now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-67837 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:00:07 +0000 Adira 67837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I give things a week, though at the week-mark, they get a thorough look-over before we'll eat it. Maybe I'll be a little more cautious once we have kids, but right now, I don't get too worried, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-67834 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:56:47 +0000 mrs. wagon 67834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ooh, this makes me feel a little better! I always feel weird leaving leftovers in the fridge more than a day or two, because I'm always so worried. I once fed RJ some cooked pasta that was in the fridge for maybe 4 or 5 days and he broke out into hives (the only time in his life)... could have been anything else but I still kick myself for it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-67833 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:56:27 +0000 mrsjyw 67833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3-4 days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-67816 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:39:16 +0000 Andrea 67816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Let's say I cooked something on Sunday, if it hasn't been eaten by Wednesday night then I toss it on Thursday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-67811 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:36:03 +0000 mediagirl 67811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If they're in the fridge at a week, they get tossed. Depending on what it is, I might eat it on the 6th day but I get creeped out by leftovers. Sometimes I can't remember when I made it, so I just end up throwing it out b/c I don't want to eat something that has spoiled. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-will-you-leave-leftovers#post-67809 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:33:24 +0000 Mrs. Bee 67809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I don't eat leftovers by the 4th day, I toss it. With Charlie I'm more conservative... 3 days at the most with him.</p> <p>What about you? </p>