How does everyone deal with this dilemma?
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I got a chest freezer for $200. I freeze everything before or on its expiration date.
Sometimes if its mushy veggies I make a stock and freeze it for the next meal.
If its too far gone i have a compost jar in the kitchen and a bin outside.I started a garden and an edible native hedge this year. I have tea herbs and squash for free now and working on a seed propagation.
I started a coop mushroom grow with my neighbors since he felled some hardwood and I had the plan. The leftover mushrooms we dont eat will be either sold at market or made into liquid cultures.
Were talking about going in on a local half cow or pig. He says if my garden keeps growing we can buy the plot behind us together and start a farm. Would cut grocery costs a lot.
My wife and I have pantry weeks where we dont go grocery shopping, we eat whats in reserve, soak dry beans, thaw last weeks on sale chicken breast and pressure Cook em, make a flatbread and have some curry.
Instant pot helps too. Thinking about getting coturnix quail to feed good scraps to and get eggs out of. I can plant cover crops for em on the last strip of lawn I have.
It doesn't have to be wasteful forever.
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But then they have nothing to eat.
They're not eating it either way.
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A freezer and a pantry full of canned and dried foods.
Only buy fresh meats and veggies when you are actually gonna cook.
Freeze leftovers in single portion sizes.
Eventually you’ll have a bunch of homemade frozen dinners to choose from.
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I cook the food
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I cook the food
Then eat the food
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Then eat the food
Then poop the shit
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I plan on escaping the cycle by ceasing existence tbh
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No. I wait until the fridge is absolutely fucking empty and I eat every goddamn thing. You ain't gonna find no expired food in my household. And I don't buy things for the hell of it, and I don't buy shit in boxes. Cook in a pan. Buy whole food. Prioritize which expires or rots the quickest. I used a cast iron that I found in the trash. I don't understand how or why people have this issue. But I guess I've been poor for all of my adult life, so. If they drafted me, I'd say take me to prison bitch, because I ain't gonna fucking die for this place. I kinda wish I was never born. People throwing away food. Gawd I hate this country.
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Be organized, have a weekly menu. I'm sorry this is the solution. My bad.
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I only wish I could buy half loaves of the breads I like.
I can't get through a whole loaf alone to save my life unless I eat the same thing for 3 meals a day and I'd prefer not to.
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Then poop the shit
Then recycle the.... Wait... I think we better stop at that.
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My SO has ADHD and used to do this. I just cook for the both of us now so it's less food waste. The only issue is sometimes he doesn't like what I make
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I only wish I could buy half loaves of the breads I like.
I can't get through a whole loaf alone to save my life unless I eat the same thing for 3 meals a day and I'd prefer not to.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Do you store it in the fridge, btw? And also you can additionally place bread paper bag (with bread inside, of course) into a plastic bag after a couple of days.
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I sought an ADHD diagnosis.
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I only wish I could buy half loaves of the breads I like.
I can't get through a whole loaf alone to save my life unless I eat the same thing for 3 meals a day and I'd prefer not to.
I had enough nice bread go bad to come up with a strategy.
Freeze half the loaf if you can. With a Toaster you can defreeze and toast at the same time. For my toaster i vary between full blast for whole grain like spelt or rye and mid/high for softer types like multigrain with more wheat, may even go lower on those soulless wheat loafs that don't taste like anything except empty calories. Leave the rest out and it will be ready to eat the other day or next meal. I mean, the bread is stale by day 2-3 anyway so toasting it is kind of a no brainer for me.
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I sought an ADHD diagnosis.
instructions unclear, my prescription erased my appetite and now all my food goes bad
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Be organized, have a weekly menu. I'm sorry this is the solution. My bad.
"the only solution is being responsible" well fuck guess I'm SOL
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Honestly services like Blue Apron help with this. It’s more expensive than buying your own groceries, but still cheaper than eating out. It also helps you learn meal planning to eventually be able to buy the right amount of food on your own.
(It is easier to do if you have more people to feed though, like ideally at least one friend/partner/roommate to share the subscription with you. You can do a 2-3x a week meals for 2 subscription for one person, but it’s a bit much.)
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I only wish I could buy half loaves of the breads I like.
I can't get through a whole loaf alone to save my life unless I eat the same thing for 3 meals a day and I'd prefer not to.
Buy the loaf, slice it, freeze the excess. Take out only what you need. You can microwave it to unfreeze it quickly (but it does take some practice to not overdo it and ruin it) or just leave it out and be able to eat in like 30 mins. Comes out fresh and you don't waste it ever really.
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Be organized, have a weekly menu. I'm sorry this is the solution. My bad.
This isn't "THE" solution though. Plenty of other options. My favourite is meal prepping - spend three hours cooking for the entire week, put it in the fridge. Instead of an hour / hour and a half each day. You only have to clean up after yourself once too.
Issues are you need to prepare things that reheat well, or that you can quickly "cook up" each day without it taking too long. I.e. "just add the sauce to the salad" type of deal.
