Do you plan ahead what to cook and eat for the whole week?

actually plan what to cook for the whole week but i am not going to stock up in advance of the groceries i will need. i do buy almost every day. but at least i know already what to buy and and what to cook for the whole week.

You are right. I used to stock grocery items for a week. But it spoils immediately and you end up trashing them. What a waste of money? So it is better that you buy groceries that would last for 2 to 3 days. In that way you would be able to consume everything and it would not turn into waste.

i just don't know. i am the person that hates seeing so many stocks on my cabinet. i want it clean and want to see things i am sure i will need. i like throwing things. i hate so many mess in my ref and cabinets and drawers. i do usually check my ref every day. sometimes more than once a day of things to throw out and things to stay

yes that will be a good plan. i actually checked my cabinet and cook all those stock canned goods and so i have not much left in the cabinet and now i am not buying much canned goods i buy fresh foods.

i think that the way it is in US. people buy in bulk. but here people can do that too specially if they have their own car. but owning car is not that popular. cause we can go out without buying our own car. people mostly travel by public transportation. i do prefer to buy twice or thrice a week. cause i wanted to go out often so i won't get bored at home. so many people don't buy in bulk. i hate it buying in bulk cause i have don't enough cabinet to put all those grocery for the week. i only buy up to what my cabinet can hold.

You certainly have a point there with respect to bacteria. I was not able to consider this until you pointed it out in your post. Well, I guess shopping for supplies good for two to three days will give us the benefit of having fresher supplies than having old stock in the ref.

yes mostly, in our country the philippines, most people just plan to have 4 day supply and not a week supply. that is wise thing to do specially for fresh meat and fish. it is not good to have them in the ref for long period of time. mostly i wanted meat and fish to stay on the ref for until 4 days only then cook them. cause bacteria may grow on them if they are stored in longer period of time. and we need maintain a certain temperature to make sure they are stored well and that will cost me high electricity bill. so since groceries are not so far here. i just buy fresh products for two day supply.

yes that is true. if there is bacterial growth in our frozen food, when we cooked it, it can't kill the bacteria by cooking, and it will cause to have cold mostly. and point to remember store meat and fishes that they will be freezing cold that it will be crystal ice. solid and freezing. when you defrost the food and they softened a little, it is better to cook them and not freeze them again. cause most filipino when they will take a portion of meat , they will defrost the ref. when it has defrosted a bit and they can take some part of meat from the freezer, the other part which is not to be cooked will be frozen again. that is not safe. better to separate them in small portions with separate plastic each so that when you need smaller amount meat, you will get it by portion and don't need to defrost the whole meat.

sometimes i just want to turn off my ref to save some money or from electricity bill. but i will miss drinking cold water if i don't use the ref. do you only buy vegetables don't you buy any meat. but i think it is quite hard to be going out every day to buy food. but i don't think vegetables rot very fast.

I am a vegeei so, I don't need to buy meats any day! :-) Besides, I think when I will have refriderator then I will use it when vegs prices are down! LOL!

yeah i forgot about beans as good source of protein. and so i think that i am safe cause i have just eaten beans just now. and it is my list of what to cook each week and so i am not to worry not having enough protein. anyways, i am trying to keep a note of whatever is healthy and delicious and cheap to do. and my list is just starting. mostly they are just written on my mind. i need to have it written on paper soon too.

yeah that is another way to do it to save time and have every thing prepared. i do that too . but now i generally cook only what i will just eat and don't cook more than what i plan to eat at the moment.

yeah it is good not to plan too much but i am better in planning than just thinking what to cook only when we are about to cook. but sometimes i can spontaneous but it rarely happens.

yeah. since we hate to eat the same food every day. planning ahead the things that we wanted to eat is good idea. but since i am not on this habit before. that i am just starting to do this. i am not that good. i hope that in time i have more food or list that i can add on my menu so that i can have better food prepared on my table.

yeah specially if your family are going to work and your chldren to schools. it is very wise to plan on weekends what they will bring with them every day.

oh yes. like we cook this certain food. but we didn't like the taste and so many left over. we would think what do with it like we add scrambled eggs and make it into fried food from something different. and so it tastes better after we added some changes into it.

i like yogurt as dipping. but it is expensive and so i don't buy it often. i avoid meat cause it is quite fattening. and so i may stick with some eggs a week. though i don't know if it is still true that we should limit our egg consumption of 3 eggs a week. but some reports said it is safer to ear more.and i am quite confused which to believe actually but eggs for omelet for different left overs are quite good and will save us a lot of money. that is what i am planning to do if it is only safe to use or consume more eggs in a week.

yeah the important thing is not forget any ingredients when you buy groceries. it will such a big hassle.i do make list of groceries. sometimes i forget to buy some thing even if they are already on the list. and it is really irritating to realize i forgot one important ingredient so i can go on to my plan. i will have to delay cooking that and instead to switch that on the next menu and do first plan on the next day when i have already both the missing ingredient for that.

oh, that is good . you don't really plan what you are going to eat on that particular day but for what you are supposedly to eat for the whole week. when i do plan though i just have this vision of what i want to eat from monday to sunday. ha ha. and so i would most probably do what is according to my plan. i have particular recipe for each day. i may change from time to time but generally what was planned is to be followed. i will start with the food that i miss the most and the food i least miss the most would be on the last day of the week. like i have an appetite to chicken than fish then it will be the first on the list.

yes our choice food tend to change depend on our mood. that is what i don't cook on big servings. cause sometimes i feel like eating something else.

i don't read flyers as many items on sale on the flyers are not the items i do plan to buy. specially i don't eat meat now . anyways, thankfully there are more big groceries near my place. before i have to go the big malls to buy groceries. but now big groceries has set their business near residential areas. and so basically they are just walking distance from my place. and it is easier to buy in groceries. i don't need to buy in bulk.

yeah it is not easy to stick to the list sometimes i wll have the craving for certain food and don't want to continue to cook on what is on my plan or list. but i try to stick with my budget though i may change my list all of sudden because of desire other food.

oh that is good thing to write down every thing you had on that day for your diet. it would able me to be more conscious of my diet. and my expenses.

that is the hardest part when every one has different preference on the food to it. like my sister here want meat and does not vegetables and i want vegetables and so she cook her own food and eat them. i prepare my vegetable salads and some fish . but still i am able to stick on my budget cause the vegetable is cheaper than meat and also i buy vegetable that is cheap on the market i will avoid the vegetable which are not in season and so the high price of that vegetable.

i generally don't a lot. cause i learned that most of the few items i buy last longer than i expected most of the time. and so i save a lot but not throwing any thing out cause every thing is not in excess and i buy only those i can consume.

yeah canned goods is a big no no for me cause it is not healthy and can even can cause cancer if we eat too much canned foods. i do open some canned canned goods like canned pimientos and not actually the foods itself. only those i add to my food that i am going to cook. i love cooking cause when it is freshly cooked it taste different and last longer and i can cook according to my taste preference it is good to cook also to make myself busy as long i have the ingredients. as long as i have the money.