Frugal grocery and cooking advice
Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:46 pm
Come the weekend I am filled with optimism about the week ahead's cooking...
On Saturday we get all the food we think we need - but we always run out come Thursday.
My wife and I cook a large recipe from scratch that will be eaten at work (e.g. This week it was a beautiful chilli con carne, made into 6 portions).... then we have something for the rest of the week at night, often put in the slow cooker on Monday morning, ready for us coming home. e.g. a chicken casserole.
We intentionally cook lunches for 3 days for both of us, as thats enough in the week of eating the same thing, but as a result it usually ends up with me going to the shop on wednesday night / thursday night to top up the food shop to get us through to the weekend.
The slow cooker pot never seems to last beyond 3 nights max. Any ideas of meals we could make when we get closer to the weekend? One thing I noticed is we eat meat basically every lunch and dinner... maybe some meat free meals would be healthier, and cheaper?
On Saturday we get all the food we think we need - but we always run out come Thursday.
My wife and I cook a large recipe from scratch that will be eaten at work (e.g. This week it was a beautiful chilli con carne, made into 6 portions).... then we have something for the rest of the week at night, often put in the slow cooker on Monday morning, ready for us coming home. e.g. a chicken casserole.
We intentionally cook lunches for 3 days for both of us, as thats enough in the week of eating the same thing, but as a result it usually ends up with me going to the shop on wednesday night / thursday night to top up the food shop to get us through to the weekend.
The slow cooker pot never seems to last beyond 3 nights max. Any ideas of meals we could make when we get closer to the weekend? One thing I noticed is we eat meat basically every lunch and dinner... maybe some meat free meals would be healthier, and cheaper?