grocery shopping

[mllesays]

Grocery shopping is the worst chore in the world for me.  How do you make yourselves do it?

It's not that I think I'm particularly bad at it — I definitely never buy enough produce, but it's always because I'm scared I won't eat it in time — but rather that I loathe it with a passion and would rather eat all the food in the house before I force myself out to buy new things.

Any tips, tricks, suggestions?

Comments

[wendynever]

How to make yourself shop? Figure out that one item that you will miss enough to go out for and always buy just enough for the week, even if it's on sale. In my house it is chocolate soy milk- if we are out of that my kids give me grief until I get off my duff and do the shopping.

On the produce issue- the best way to make sure you eat all the fresh veggies/fruits you buy is to do the prep work on them right after you get back from the store- wash and cut it all so that eating or cooking it requires no effort. Then they will be just as easy to eat as prepared foods or snacks.

[staranise]

Oooh, the produce prep advice is brilliant! I need to do this the next time I go shopping.