No matter what the reason, we all want to save a buck and get the most for it. While many people have a tendency to waste food, no one goes out thinking “Hey, I’m going to buy this entire box of peaches and toss all but a few out once they rot!” It’s all about good intentions. There are so many ways you can save when it comes to meals. You can menu plan and budget, coupon, get creative in the kitchen and plan many uses for the items you’ve purchased and simply purchase less expensive items. The best way I’ve found is taking care of what you have. If you can make the items last longer, you’ll have more time to use them. Pretty simple.

I have a much older FoodSaver® that was passed down to me by my mother in law but we only tend to use it when we are freezing meat or when we go fruit picking. We don’t use it on a week to week basis because it seemed like too much of a hassle. I still freeze a lot of items and consider my upright freezer my best bud, but the items still don’t last as long as they could. That’s why when FoodSaver® reached out to me and asked if I’d like to review the FoodSaver® v4865 2-In-1 Vacuum Sealing System I was excited. The machine was larger, looked more appealing, and appeared to do a lot more than the one I had. I was eager to give it a go. While I did a little research, I waited until it arrived to really dig into it’s features. I’m definitely impressed!

My favorite thing about the FoodSaver® v4865 2-In-1 Vacuum Sealing System is it is hands free and has everything you need to get the job done. There’s no more trying to cut straight lines with scissors, there’s a cutter built-in! Push the bag towards the machine and it does the rest. Perfect when I start to do a project and then a yogurt covered boy comes toddling my way. In the older machine I had always wondered if I was doing it right but there are no guessing games here. The machine has lights and tells you the progress. It’s so easy, I don’t need to pass this chore on to my husband now! Which is a good thing because I’ve been vacuum sealing everything!

I’ve finally vacuumed sealed my herbs and spices that I’ve bought in bulk to give them a longer shelf life.

I’ve gone through my herb garden and sealed and frozen everything since the cold is coming sooner than I’d like it here in Maine!

I’ve vacuum sealed all of those half used bags of chocolate chips and other baking goods.

More meats have been vacuumed sealed and frozen, and now it comes with a drip tray. Yay!
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I’ve vacuumed sealed lettuce in jars to give it a refrigerator life of two weeks. Wait, what? Yes! I’ve used the jar sealer attachment and vacuumed sealed my lettuce in a mason jar. It works, I promise! It’s also easy and you can keep unsealing and resealing as you need more!

This is another fun and useful thing you can vacuum seal. Ice packs! Whether you making them to fit that Bento lunchbox your kid had so their food doesn’t go warm or for when both kids have bumps and you don’t have enough booboo buddies to pass out.

While you can add marinade and meat in a bag, vacuumed seal and freeze FoodSaver® has a FoodSaver® Quick Marinator that I can’t wait to buy. It marinates meat in 12 minutes! No more smacking my head as lunchtime approaches and I’ve realized that I haven’t marinated tonight’s dinner!

I also can’t wait to try the FoodSaver® Freeze ‘n Steam Cooking Bags. Then I can freeze my garden vegetables in bags that are ready to cook!

Don’t worry though, the FoodSaver® v4865 2-In-1 Vacuum Sealing System comes with plenty to get you started! Check here to see everything that is included.

I only have one complaint regarding the FoodSaver® v4865 2-In-1 Vacuum Sealing System. The power cord is a bit short. This is probably just a specific case problem, but I would like to have the machine be more towards the center of my island and with the short cord it has to be on the edge. It just makes me nervous that my beautiful machine will get knocked right off! It’s not the worst of problems though and it wont stop me from vacuum sealing everything in sight! 

Disclosure: This post was sponsored by the FoodSaver® Brand through their partnership with POPSUGAR Select. While I was compensated to write a post about the FoodSaver® Vacuum Sealer System, all opinions are my own.