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

Comments

[amadi]

I always get something prepared or easy to microwave when I do a big shopping trip and know that I'll need to eat in the few hours afterward. (I try to shop after dinner to avoid it, but...) Frozen burritos or a salad from the salad bar, soup, something like that. It takes such a burden off. Nothing worse than getting home with bags full of groceries but nothing I have the ability to eat when I need it right then.