How old are those leftovers sitting in the back of your refrigerator? How about that jar of pasta sauce? And all of those little containers of opened baby food?

Sometimes it is impossible to remember - and since my motto is “If in doubt throw it out” - I probably waste a lot of perfectly good food. Given the recent outbreaks of food borne illnesses it is easy to be paranoid.

So, when I was recently contacted about a product called DaysAgo - a gadget that keeps track of the number of days food is sitting in your refrigerator - I was intrigued.

The DaysAgo is a reusable digital counter that you stick right on your the top of your jar lid or on your food container. (It has a magnet or suction cup backing - depending on the style that you choose.) When you open your jar of sauce, you set the DaysAgo timer to zero, stick it on the jar lid, and put it in the fridge. Then you can forget about it. The next time you need sauce you will be able to see how many days and hours have passed since you last set the timer (read: opened that jar of sauce.)

This unique gadget has many other uses as well. You can use it to figure out how long it has been since you last watered a plant, changed a filter, opened a pair of contact lens’, and more.

DaysAgo was invented by two moms, Debbie Stephens Stauffer and Kathleen Whitehurst, who wanted to find a way to keep track of the freshness of baby food. They were featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show’s February 2, 2007 “Millionaire Moms” episode and are quite an inspiration to all creative moms with vision.

The DaysAgo sells for $10.00 for a pack of 2 units and can be purchased at their website of their company (double u products, inc.) - www.howmanydaysago.com
or at specialty stores for gourmet housewares and baby products.