separating the shopping from the cooking

[geeksdoitbetter]

one of the things i often forget is that after a successful shopping run, i'm usually too tired to actually cook anything i'd bought

in my head, it seems so possible and normal to sweep by the grocery after work and then come home to make a delicious meal

but, in my reality, it hardly ever works out

i'm trying to be more gentle with myself and letting the shopping day be separate from the cooking day

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[geeksdoitbetter]

frozen things!

i don't know where i got the idea, but i've always opted for canned over frozen veg

i really want to change this, as frozen veg is so much easier to open and add to a meal in progress

and! the package amounts don't matter as much, coz i can just put a hand fulof frozen corn in my stew and continue freezing the rest. where as perhaps a whole can might be too much

mebbe i'll specifically write "frozen corn" on my next shopping list

[jumpuphigh]

Yep. As someone cooking for one, the flexibility of being able to use just a handful of frozen is fantastic. Also, frozen apparently has more nutrition than canned or fresh. I don't know how true that is.

[jesse_the_k]

Don't have the statistics to hand, but can testify from significant experience that frozen tastes a world better than canned.

[jumpuphigh]

Also, I just thought of this, you can get more and more things frozen that you used to only be able to find canned (or jarred). For example, I just found out that you can get artichoke hearts frozen. I LOVE artichoke hearts.

[moizissimo]

SO JEALOUS! Frozen artichoke hearts still haven't made it to where I live.

Although. I found frozen kale recently (NOM!), as well as spinach frozen in ice cube size chunks, so artichoke hearts can't be far off!

[jumpuphigh]

Oooh. Also, if you are into soups, dried legumes are fantastic. I'm currently making a split pea and potato soup in my slow cooker. Dried split peas keep forever and potatoes will keep for a while in the fridge. So, having those types of things on hand means that I can whip up a healthy meal without much work or having to go to the grocery store.