Some days I can barely get out of bed let alone cook. My freezer has tons of vacuum-sealed containers of different meals that freeze really well, are nutritious and filling: meat and bean chili, lentil stew, red lentil curry, biscuits, etc. Make one-pot recipes that yield a lot of servings then the effort and average cost per serving is very low. I know it's a bit more cost up front but doing big batch cooking when you have the energy is a huge time and cost saver in the long run. Also, you'd be amazed at how many foods freeze and keep for a while. Got some garlic about to go bad? Mince it, freeze it and break off little bits as you need them for cooking. Milk about to go bad and you have a lot of it? Make biscuits and freeze them, etc. I also buy some protein bars and shakes when they are on sale so that if I'm really out of energy, it'll get me through for a bit. Hope that maybe helps. I have some other ideas, but don't want to spam an essay :)
Those are great ideas, thank you! I don't actually know how to make biscuits, I'll look up a recipe. Same with beans and lentils, my experience with them is minimal but that doesn't mean I can't try. I'll google for recipes and see what I can find. The only thing I'm reliably good at making a big batch of and freezing is the WW zero point soup. it'd be nice to have different things stored in the freezer for variety. I'm eyeing up a box of protein bars from costco, pricey but there's a lot in there so they'd last me a while.
Some days I can barely get out of bed let alone cook. My freezer has tons of vacuum-sealed containers of different meals that freeze really well, are nutritious and filling: meat and bean chili, lentil stew, red lentil curry, biscuits, etc. Make one-pot recipes that yield a lot of servings then the effort and average cost per serving is very low. I know it's a bit more cost up front but doing big batch cooking when you have the energy is a huge time and cost saver in the long run. Also, you'd be amazed at how many foods freeze and keep for a while. Got some garlic about to go bad? Mince it, freeze it and break off little bits as you need them for cooking. Milk about to go bad and you have a lot of it? Make biscuits and freeze them, etc. I also buy some protein bars and shakes when they are on sale so that if I'm really out of energy, it'll get me through for a bit. Hope that maybe helps. I have some other ideas, but don't want to spam an essay :)
Those are great ideas, thank you! I don't actually know how to make biscuits, I'll look up a recipe. Same with beans and lentils, my experience with them is minimal but that doesn't mean I can't try. I'll google for recipes and see what I can find. The only thing I'm reliably good at making a big batch of and freezing is the WW zero point soup. it'd be nice to have different things stored in the freezer for variety. I'm eyeing up a box of protein bars from costco, pricey but there's a lot in there so they'd last me a while.
Could you talk louder? Already on full volume😊
I'll try upping the volume when I'm editing, sorry about that!