One thing I have never been able to master is meal planning. It seems like a couple times a month I end up trashing groceries that went bad or buy groceries that never saw the light of day (or the inside of my stomach). I found a jar of red curry in my fridge today that hasn't been used for over a year. In fact, if I recall correctly, I think I used it for one dish, one time.One problem, that whole "I look into the fridge and can't find what I want, so I'll go get what I want" attitude that I can blame on being American, but will just blame on me. What if I just ate what was in my fridge, even if I don't want spaghetti from yesterday, instead of leaving the house to grab some food "to go," which really means, "to go to my house and eat at the coffee table."
Wow, that might require things life self-control or resisting instant gratification. That's a novel idea.
But still, how do I plan meals that are: cost effective, efficient, healthy, and full of ingredients that won't end up in my trash can because I couldn't figure out how to use them again?
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That's a hard one. Sometimes the schedule does require alot of eating quick and on the run. I end up only cooking a few times per week, but try to take leftovers with me or eat them if Troy is gone at night or give it to him for a late night snack. Also, I tend to not by special ingredients that I don't need. Some websites let you put in ingredients and they pop out recipes. Like allrecipes.com One of my favorites. Katie Milligan is someone who does a great job planning weekly meals, grocery shopping for the items, cooking healthy. Maybe she should write a blog and post her weekly menu :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a good point! I am a terrible food waster... Every week I write out a really specific menu and basically go to the grocery store and start from scratch, buying everything on the list. I envy people who are capable of just "whipping something up" using whatever they happen to have on hand. I'm trying to become aware of ingredients I use often - tomatoes, basil, BUTTER...but especially nonperishable things I can always have on hand, and then to come up with multiple dishes I can make with them. (I'm TRYING. I'm still not good at it!)
ReplyDeleteHey Katie, what do you do with basil? that is one of the things that always goes bad in my fridge.
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