Let’s face it, groceries aren’t exactly cheap right now, so making the most of our meals is a must. But is washing and reusing pasta going a step too far?

A US-based mum has shared her ‘waste not, want not’ tip for repurposing her son’s leftover pasta, and it’s left the internet divided.

“OK I need you guys to settle a debate for me,” she explains at the start of her TikTok video. She explains that she wanted a different pasta dish to the one her son had for his lunch. Given that he didn’t touch his pasta, she decided to reuse it.

“I decided to save the pasta by rinsing off the sauce and then creating the pasta I wanted to have.”

The mum is seen rinsing the pasta off in a colander in the sink, removing most of the sauce. Then reusing it to make her own pasta dish.

“But my husband thinks that it’s really weird that I did this. Was looking at me like I was crazy while I was rinsing off this pasta. So I gotta know is it weird or is it a good way to reduce food waste?”

Could you stomach washed pasta? Let us know in the comments below!