How does everyone deal with this dilemma?
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Defrosting isn't a big deal. I decide what I want to eat tomorrow, I take it out the freezer and put it in the fridge, by the time I want to eat its defrosted and good to reheat.
Edit: ignore me, I was thinking of defrosting food not defrosting the ice build-up in the freezer
Pretty sure they mean in terms of scraping out ice that can build up on the walls of the inside.
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Pretty sure they mean in terms of scraping out ice that can build up on the walls of the inside.
Oh of course! Now I feel dumb.
I'm lucky my freezer has some anti-frost thing built in so I haven't had to yet, but yeah my old freezer was a pain for it.
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We cook and eat the food.
Go away, you tankies with your common sense
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You now have gout from eating too many preservatives.
You would need to eat an exceptional amount of canned food to get gout - and rice and beans doesn't have artificial preservatives.
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A slow cooker helps. You can use random ingredients before they go bad easily enough, and you will have left overs so cooking one time results in not having to cook for multiple meals.
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This is probably intended to be tongue-in-cheek, but meal planning is the answer. Block off some time (Sunday evenings are popular), to figure out all your meals for the week, make a list of everything you need to make all the dishes on the menu, go to the store and buy all that stuff and nothing else, make ahead and freeze any meals that you can and do any prep work ahead of time that you can.
Viola: intentional eating, less waste, and always something on hand to eat.
It changed my life in a lot of positive ways.
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Consider therapy or medication.
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Buy nonperishables in a higher ratio, such as canned, pickled, or dry goods.
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If you're not concerned about your health enough to cook your own food every day, then just don't buy food that has to be cooked every day.
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Remind yourself why you're doing it, set a timer, and get it done. "This is for me. I love good food, I love my body."
- Food prep. It maybe cuts down on variety but you only have to cook once. The rest of the time you're just warming something up.
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- Food prep. It maybe cuts down on variety but you only have to cook once. The rest of the time you're just warming something up.
I second food prepping. If you want more variety, separate some of the prepped foods from each other so that you can mix and match.
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Please don't waste food.
Oh thanks, I'm cured! /s
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Only buy stuff you're excited to eat
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"the only solution is being responsible" well fuck guess I'm SOL
I feel exactly the same way, man. I fucking hate this shit.
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I just hunt and eat the homeless. I work for the municipality so I just leave what I don't eat around park benches, bus stops and the front of stores to scare the rest away.
I do this sort of thing with pets from the animal shelter
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If your problem is you buy ingredients but can't be arsed to turn them into food? Resist those beautiful fresh veggies and go get the frozen bag of the same thing. Not only will it keep until you really want to cook, it's already washed and cut, and it has all the same vitamins. Since you're already saving money, splurge on the better brand.
Also, go ahead and get some prepared food for no-cook days that are still cheaper than delivery. If you're inspired to cook that very day by a particular ingredient, make it a simple way, because shopping and stowing is also a whole chore.
Canned ingredients as well! Especially handy for easily modifying cheap staples like ramen and rice. Great for filling out leftovers and making them last longer.
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Only buy stuff you're excited to eat
That's how you get diabetus
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This is actually a real issue for a lot of people. The solution that I found is that you should sit down and write out a meal plan for the upcoming week. Like actually sit down and plan out your every meal and include snacks as well. Then write down the things you need to buy for those meals and snacks. Make sure you only put down things that you actually like eating.
When you go shopping take that list with you, and only buy the things you wrote on there and only buy amounts for the meals you're planning for. If by the end of the week, you bought too much, then that means there are meals in your planner that you don't really like. From there, you can refine your list and make improvements every week.
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It comes down to planning meals and a certain amount of acceptance that what you've got in the house is what you eat, period, even if the specific food isn't what you're in the mood for at the moment. Fast food, doordash etc are difficult habits to break. They reward your desire to have what you want when you want it, which is a big reward, and can make living on your own food feel like a punishment by comparison. But that feeling is just part of the habit. Eventually it goes away.
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Planning.
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- Get a big freezer. It's really surprising how much delicious stuff you can make just from frozen stuff that can last you forever. Frozen food is also often more fresh and with microwave and air fryer the prep of anything frozen is actually not very difficult.
- Outsource as much as possible. Often it's really hard to outcompete efficient kitchens. I don't mean order Uber eats or something but there's likely a place in your vicinity that does food prep where you can take your food containers and stock up for 2-3 days. You can even freeze some dishes.
Wife and I really did the math because we feared of becoming lazy and it makes absolutely zero economic sense to cook everything at home right now unless you want to treat yourself or live in a very economically unusual places where #2 is not accessible.
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Due to a health diet issue I've only been buying food I can freeze. Nothing goes bad.
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Here's a tip I learned so very long ago: Never shop hungry.
That being said, I'm really careful about what I buy anyway and plan my purchases so that I end up using everything. Fresh foods can still spoil because I didn't spot a moldy spot, but that's pretty rare. Dried foods are great.
Honestly I have little good advice to give aside from awareness and planning, since I am by nature perfectionist about my food and budgeting and can't relate to the meme.
