A SNACK-savvy TikTok mom has found a way to get her kids to eat all of their leftover food.
Alex (@mac.larena) wanted followers to chew on her idea for reducing food waste in her household.
"One of my favorite hacks for making lunch or a snack out of just whatever I can find in the cupboards," she said.
She got her scrap-saving journey started by taking out a tin tray and pointed out that any type of tray works for this trick: "A muffin tin, or in my case a brownie tin, or I don't know what this is."
It was clear that the fun and food-conscious mom runs a budget-friendly household when she described the unknown tray as an impulse sale buy.
As she began sorting containers of food, she whispered: "I literally take the things they didn't finish earlier."
Her tray treats included a variety of fruits and Kashi Toasted Berry Cereal, another sale find that she got for 99 cents at Sobe's.
"It's about to go off and honestly, it's so good. Like, I'm almost regretting buying it because I could eat it by the handful and I don't think I'll be making granola," she admitted.
She quickly filled up a few of the tray pockets with the cereal that is a hit in her household.
The TikToker with the tasty tray trick also shared her husband's reaction to her food-saving strategy.
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"He just didn't bring them," she joked, as she brought a bag of carrots over to the counter herself.
She went so far as to describe her partner as having an avoidant personality.
She did cut him some snack slack, though: "And I know why, it's because, like, what's he gonna do, walk around with this, snacking on it?"
Alex described how she pictured the scene would look: "Like carrots falling behind like Hansel and Gretel."
She put just a few of the carrots in the tray and noted that her brood isn't very big into their vegetables.
Alex went on to clarify that's she currently feeding a toddler and a pre-schooler, but this super-saving mom is up for any picky eater challenge.
"Somebody, I don't know which one, asked for a roll and didn't finish it. It gets new life," she said as she cut up the roll and displayed it in the tray.
She also put a finger over her lips to ensure that her snack secret was safe.
Alex added in the final fruit touch of blueberries, and in just seconds, the tray was complete.
As she said: "If you put it on a tray, they will eat it."
Many of her almost 464,000 followers gave their own thumbs up on the trick.
"Totally true! Snack tray tonight for supper…they cleared it. Best trick ever lol" said one excited fan of this scrap saver.
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"Why can't you make ten videos a day?! Lol I adore you!" expressed another impressed viewer.
Yet another follower had her own suggestion for making the tray adult friendly as well: "For elders, put it on toothpicks and on a tray and they can have samples, like at Costco."
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