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10/16/2017

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Driving home at the end of a long day with questions about dinner hanging in the air = stress for me. Zero-waste means there is no frozen pizza in the freezer. Thinking ahead is truly the best defense. I am not one who loves to spend a day cooking for the week ahead (though it would be really nice to have those meals ready). I have, however, found a few ways to be nice to myself ahead of time + without much (if any) extra work.

After a few shriveled spinach leaves found themselves left in the bottom of the fridge, I knew that I needed a way to eat our greens without the added chore of daily washing + drying. In the past I've washed the leaves of kale or lettuce ahead + wrapped them in a towel. That works great...when I do it. I'm now on week two of putting washed snipped spinach leaves into this lidded glass dish (still a bit damp) ensuring that we have readily available greens all week long. They are easily torn + plopped onto just about every meal we eat. (And not a plastic bag in sight.)
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Another simple way to have some pre-prepped food for each meal is to make a double batch of some element of whatever we are having for dinner...rice or lentil stew...saving the rest for another meal. ​With each meal that I make lately, I just consider if there is anything that I can make a larger batch of...to save time later. Not having to cook rice (or scrub the pot) is a nice little gift on busy nights.
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Last evening we topped some baked potatoes with pre-made (sounds better than left over, right?) lentil stew + yogurt...yum! This was the third meal we got out of one batch of lentil stew. If I had really thought ahead + shopped for them, I could have made a couple extra baked potatoes for later. Luxury fast food!  :)

I know this is just plain common sense, but for some reason I wasn't doing it. Now I'm so happy that I am.  :)

Love,
​Jane
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Priscilla link
10/16/2017 06:05:04 am

Good tips for being nice to yourself ahead of time, Jane. One more thing that we do is cook the most complicated thing first, the first dinner after grocery shopping. We're still excited about our purchases and thus have the energy to cook. Then, at the end of the week when we're kinda tired, we have easy-to-cook (or reheat) meals.

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Jane link
10/16/2017 09:40:09 am

I like that! :)

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