cardinalkarp wrote:JCShutout wrote:Ouch. Seriously though, last trip:
lettuce , tomato, chicken, oranges, squash, a couple of muffins because I was weak, wheat thins and triscuit-like generics.
in. out. 5 minutes, including check out. What else does one person need for a week?
My next trip will be something along the lines of:
tomato, cabbage, leeks, potatoes, onions, milk, a fruit, eggs.
Dude, are you kidding me? I don't eat like a rabbit.
One thing I don't like to do it constantly go to the grocery store. If I did what you did I'd be at the store every other day picking up something I need to make a meal.
Normally when we go, we'll typically be out of most things so its a fairly large purchase at the store. We typically go once every 2 to 2 1/2 weeks.
That's not too "rabbit-like", the leeks, onions, potatoes and cabbage are all one dish, colcanon, or however you spell it. Its really good. mashed potatoes with... everything else mentioned. Lots of vitamins too. Good for quick re-heating in the microwave, and it stretches and lasts a good week. I do list a meat in each list, as well as eggs for breakfast on my next trip. That's more than enough protein even for someone my size.
I go once to twice a week, but it isn't bothersome for me because it literally takes 5 minutes each trip. (and the store is about 2 minutes from my house, not 1/2 mile out of the way. I hit it up on the way home from work.)
Fresh fruits and veggies usually don't last longer than 4-5 days, so if I want to eat them, I have to go back twice a week.
popeye wrote:I'm a bachelor, so I rely a lot upon frozen and canned food for efficiency. I can make one trip to Aldi each month and stock up on a heck of a lot of food for like $50 total. Then just drop by Schnucks on the way home and grab whatever meat, veggies, etc. I need as I need it. Otherwise it goes bad anyway.
++ I go once every few months, grab about 35 (literally) cans of soup at about 40-50 cents each. They help stretch meals for cheap when money and/or time is low.
