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You sound like you live alone, or at the very least cook your meals just for you. Because this doesn't seem like it would work at all if you're making meals for

You sound like you live alone, or at the very least cook your meals just for you. Because this doesn't seem like it would work at all if you're making meals for multiple people.

mingusrude 4y ago
Something similar worked for us, even when the kids were young. Both my wife and I enjoy cooking (side story, when we got kids, I realized that I'd be spending a lot of time cooking and so I decided to make it an interest of mine since I was going to spend a lot of time doing) and rather than planning what to make everyday we make sure to have interesting ingredients at home and then when it's mealtime we do what we have time for and what we like. When the kids were younger they were also part of the decision, it was a fun chat to have before dinner. This means that when shopping, we try to do a weekly shopping run, we pick up stuff that we think we can make something of and then some weeks we just decide to empty the fridge/freezer of whatever we haven't cooket yet.
bambax 4y ago
We're a family of five with children aged 13-14-17 (so not toddlers) and we do exactly that. We buy everything fresh on the day. Planning meals days (or weeks!?) in advance sounds horribly depressing.
tluyben2 4y ago
I enjoy cooking (not more than programming but it's a close second these days) and when shopping we (wife + me) check local markets or neighbours for fresh local fruit / vegetables (that depends enormously on the season), then we go check the local small supermarkets for things on sale (we don't need to do that, but it's more because it gets tossed otherwise) that we like (which can be anything). I know (experience) how to estimate the amount for about a week but have 0 plans what to do with it at the time of buying. I always make sure we have flower & rice enough (bit of cheating I guess, but it's not like it is an actual contest). About 4 days of the week, I cook only for my wife and me and 3 days/week I cook for friends that we invite; 4-6 per meal from the people that live here. Sometimes it's lazy cooking (nothing microwave or from a package, but a quick asian stir-fry or something), sometimes elaborate; depends on how much time we have (if we have work in the evening).

You sound like you live alone, or at the very least cook your meals just for you. Because this doesn't seem like it would work at all if you're making meals for multiple people.

mingusrude 4y ago

Something similar worked for us, even when the kids were young. Both my wife and I enjoy cooking (side story, when we got kids, I realized that I'd be spending a lot of time cooking and so I decided to make it an interest of mine since I was going to spend a lot of time doing) and rather than planning what to make everyday we make sure to have interesting ingredients at home and then when it's mealtime we do what we have time for and what we like. When the kids were younger they were also part of the decision, it was a fun chat to have before dinner. This means that when shopping, we try to do a weekly shopping run, we pick up stuff that we think we can make something of and then some weeks we just decide to empty the fridge/freezer of whatever we haven't cooket yet.

bambax 4y ago

We're a family of five with children aged 13-14-17 (so not toddlers) and we do exactly that. We buy everything fresh on the day. Planning meals days (or weeks!?) in advance sounds horribly depressing.

tluyben2 4y ago

I enjoy cooking (not more than programming but it's a close second these days) and when shopping we (wife + me) check local markets or neighbours for fresh local fruit / vegetables (that depends enormously on the season), then we go check the local small supermarkets for things on sale (we don't need to do that, but it's more because it gets tossed otherwise) that we like (which can be anything). I know (experience) how to estimate the amount for about a week but have 0 plans what to do with it at the time of buying. I always make sure we have flower & rice enough (bit of cheating I guess, but it's not like it is an actual contest). About 4 days of the week, I cook only for my wife and me and 3 days/week I cook for friends that we invite; 4-6 per meal from the people that live here. Sometimes it's lazy cooking (nothing microwave or from a package, but a quick asian stir-fry or something), sometimes elaborate; depends on how much time we have (if we have work in the evening).