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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by amonkie
Will they only be cooking for themselves? I've wasted more money on food that went bad before I could eat it all (I live alone), than I have on botched cooking.
If they can plan out menus that include an ingredient in multiple ways, that helps combat this. Pasta is a good staple that can be made in a larger batch and then used for spaghetti, cold pasta salad, etc. Rice can be eaten fresh and also older by adding it eggs and making fried rice.
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We have the same problem. "Oooh that looks good!" and then never make it. Or stocking up on sales because they are on sale, and the perish before you get to eat them all.
Buy sales for non-perishables and stock up on those items like canned broth or soup. Buy enough for those things that have a best buy date based on what your eating habits are, like milk, juice, eggs.
Try to menu plan on things that turn into other things because those are truly the easiest recipes, roast rump to beef stew, stir fries to stuffed vegetables (a personal secret of mine for making some very inventive stuffed peppers)
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