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

[mllesays]

But it's not good when everything in the house is a box of cereal and a bag of rice! I tend to eat way too many carbs, because those are the kinds of staples I buy, and way too much of the same food all day long or day after day.

[lasergirl]

This comment makes me think that you should also look into meal planning with a cookbook full of delicious things that you want to try making. I always try a recipe twice before I decide if it's worth it/if I like it.

Also, if you're a snacker, try preparing little snack-packs of vegetables or fruit that you can reach for instead of carbs all the time (I am bad for this, my go-to snack is tortillas and/or cheese)

After trying a few recipes you'll sort of get a hang for what kinds of ingredients you can keep on hand. For example, in my fridge I usually have:

- red peppers
- green onions
- baby greens (salad)
- cheese
- apples
- yellow onions
- cilantro
- package of tortillas
- avocados
- bananas

sometime things like mushrooms, beets, etc, but those above are pretty much my staples, because I can make wraps, quesdillas or burritos with a couple of other ingredients.

good items to have in cans:

- fruit salad (if you like that kind of thing), pineapple, etc
- diced tomatoes
- beans (either that, or the dried kind, but these don't need prep)

I am just in the process of overhauling the way I do groceries, what I buy where (I am attempting to transition to the Farmer's Market more often and be really specific about what bread products I buy and why)

AAAAnd I just realized this is probably a post by itself...