How does everyone deal with this dilemma?
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Use a software/app to meal plane. (Mealie/Tandoor)
You pick the recipes you fancy for the days/week/whatever period. It generates a grocery list containing exactly what is needed for the meals you chose, nothing else.I haven't thrown away anything in a couple years now. Oh and freeze leftovers if needed.
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Perishables take more planning. Get just enough and have a plan to use it. Use canned and frozen food to account for uncertainty. Be aware of expiration dates of your food and plan accordingly.
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Freeze your fresh bread and only defrost the amount that you're going to eat.
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This happens to us - if I cook dinner for everyone, two of us eat, if I cook dinner for two of us, everyone wants to eat. If I make enough for leftovers, nobody takes them to lunch. If I don't make enough, they ask why there is not enough for lunch.
Things that help on your question though -
Canned beans, canned tomatoes, canned coconut milk, canned pumpkin, jarred spaghetti sauce, spices - a lot of our staples are not perishable.
Do you live where you can stop by the store on the way home? Then don't buy perishables for the week, buy them for the meal you are making.
Some foods and meals freeze pretty well, freeze them and keep a list of what's in the freezer so you remember to eat it.
I hate meal planning but it helps a lot. I sometimes put a note on the fridge "we have food for dal with spinach, chicken & cabbage, sheet pan gnocchi with sausage and broccoli, eggs and potatoes" or whatever we have the food to make, and cross them off as they are made.
Some foods make other foods. So if I make a hunk of pork, it's pork, rice and beans then enchiladas then burritos, and so on.
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You really do not have to be this aggressive, my dude. I don't have meal planning issues, I just wanted to bring up one aspect of meal planning that doesn't always work for everybody.
People work with what they have, I just wanted to mention the thing about freezers because people tend to always assume that everybody has a lot of freezer space, which isn't the case. That is all. No need to get all bent out of shape over it.
Oh my god youre still going on about freezers, just stop it. No one cares. Multiple methods were said, go do one of those and ignore the bit on freezers, how many times? Are you just trying to be a troll or something? Stop replying.
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It’s called a freezer and lunches for the extra.
Eat chicken? Batch cook that pallet- brine in about a couple of water, a bouillon cube, garlic and a bunch of salt, parsley, oregano, rosemary (to your taste), and a couple of the cheapest white wine at the grocery store if your feeling fancy or really like gravy.
After a few hours or overnight, dry and throw in your oven at 400 for twenty minutes. When its out, let the chicken cool on a cutting board, slice some up and chop up the rest.
You now have a baseline chicken that tastes as good as deli-quality that works well in everything from dinners, sandwiches and salads, and if you skip the rosemary, its a good stir fry addin. -
Oh my god youre still going on about freezers, just stop it. No one cares. Multiple methods were said, go do one of those and ignore the bit on freezers, how many times? Are you just trying to be a troll or something? Stop replying.
I did talk about how we do things in my household but you completely ignored that part and went hysterical about the freezer part. I then tried to explain to you why I brought up the freezers and now you're having a conniption. Maybe you're just having a bad day or something or maybe we are talking past one another, but I was not trying to troll you. I guess that it doesn't matter what I say though, but I hope our paths will cross another time where we don't talk past each other like this.
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I did talk about how we do things in my household but you completely ignored that part and went hysterical about the freezer part. I then tried to explain to you why I brought up the freezers and now you're having a conniption. Maybe you're just having a bad day or something or maybe we are talking past one another, but I was not trying to troll you. I guess that it doesn't matter what I say though, but I hope our paths will cross another time where we don't talk past each other like this.
No one went hysterical, you're just being obsessive and weird and still continuing to go on about something I dont care about, in fact no one cares about, yes we're past talking, I asked you to stop replying and yet you're still here, moaning. Just leave me alone, I couldn't give a fuck anymore, just go away and live without a big freezer in peace. I hope our paths never cross again, you're weird and annoying.
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I love cooking, just can't ever get motivated to do it
I only buy fresh stuff if I'm going to cook it that day, otherwise frozen or canned. Then I also always buy food that takes little to no preparation and/or make a lot of anything I'm making when I have motivation and freeze that for the days (which are most days for me) when I'm stuck with no motivation. So I always have some food that's easy to make or just heat up that won't go bad (at least within a few days).
I can't say how it is where you live, but here in Sweden there's been a great increase in the variety of frozen veggies etc. Stuff I've never seen before like many kinds of beans, mushrooms, avocado, some salad types etc. which is awesome since they keep for much longer. -
No one went hysterical, you're just being obsessive and weird and still continuing to go on about something I dont care about, in fact no one cares about, yes we're past talking, I asked you to stop replying and yet you're still here, moaning. Just leave me alone, I couldn't give a fuck anymore, just go away and live without a big freezer in peace. I hope our paths never cross again, you're weird and annoying.
Oh well, I tried. I hope you have a nice day tomorrow.
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Buy empty deli containers and food prep at least half the meals for the week.
Clean up fridge on day off, note overstock and old stock
Plan meals for the week using the over/old stock.
Use the pickup service at the market instead of shopping so you don't buy stupid things.
When you buy raw meat, cook it within two days, even if you're just going put it back into containers, it'll last far longer.
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Can't afford it atm. Not everybody is rolling in money xD
Pro tip: earn more money
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Why are you buying perishable food items in bulk? Are you an inarticulate fopdoodle?
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Something that worked for me is always shopping for a specific meal. Instead of buying ground beef because I might want burgers or tacos or chili, I instead buy everything for a chili. It’s lead to less “oh I forgot I had this beef in here” and more “I better use this nice, fresh beef to make chili because otherwise I’ll go hungry.
It’s not a perfect system, and seems really obvious in hindsight, but has been a paradigm shift for me.
I do a mix of this with food prep. I'll buy a bunch of ground beef and make a bunch of burger patties, and freeze the ones that I'm not using right away since I can pull them individually out of the freezer and throw them straight onto the grill or into a pan. Or I'll buy the stuff for a big stir fry and then have leftovers for like 3 other meals.
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You now have gout from eating too many preservatives.
That's .... not what causes gout.
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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."
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Buy stuff you don't have to cook. It's crap nutritionally, but at least it isn't wasted!
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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.
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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."
wrote on last edited by [email protected]A thing that has helped me a lot is to go buy food when I'm not hungry. It reduces my chance of overeating and buying lots of food, also making me spend less money.
When I used to cook a lot for myself in uni it helped a lot to plan meals.
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I live walking distance from 2 small super markets, I walk to those near every day and just get a few things and I also get hello fresh and I always cook those. So generally my fridge is pretty empty but I always eat well. Just in Time Home Economics you could say.
