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[glatt]

That's almost as much milk as in our refrigerator.

[Undertoad]

15" snow tomorrow night. Gotta put in milk.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Yes, radishes. I slice them thin and dehydrate in the oven until they're radish chips.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

... and whatever we're left with as we get down to the deadline can be frozen...

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Yes, raspberries for making raspberry vinaigrette dressing.
~snip~
To make the radish chips, you just slice very thinly, toss in a bowl with a fair amount of olive oil, spread out on 1-2 pans lined with foil, and sprinkle heavily with salt.

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

You melt the cocoa butter, blend in honey and a couple other minor ingredients, then let it cool and solidify...

And what do you do with all your spare time?

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I always get the 3 pack of romaine lettuce and only use 1. Then they go bad. This time I froze them so I can throw them out later. Tragic waste

We're doing better on that than we used to, but there is a worm bin in the basement if things go badly. Might be fun for you if you want to make a soil amendment.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

And what do you do with all your spare time?

We knew she was busy but...

[glatt]

I get the mixed spring greens salad in a bag, and then one day I noticed this huge tub of the same mix over at the end of the cooler for only about 30% more, but containing 3 times the weight of salad.

So now we buy the tub, and the greens are packed in it so tightly that you can make two salads for the entire family and the greens left in the tub expand to fill the space and make it look like the tub is still full. And it is! We have big salads every night for around 5-6 days, and I sometimes put a handful of greens on my sandwich for liunch, and still we end up throwing out the last dregs of the tub because they go bad. But I don't feel bad because you get so many more meals out of the tub for less overall cost.

I also recently read the nutrition label of my favorite salad dressing, a creamy ceasar, and now we make our own balsamic vinaigrette. Seriously, it's remarkable how incredibly bad that creamy ceasar dressing is for you.

It's all part of my attempt to eat more healthy food and exercise more. We're having a big salad with every dinner now, and if I'm still hungry after eating dinner, instead of loading up on seconds of the pasta or whatever, I serve myself up a huge pile of salad.

[Sundae]

As someone who's obsessively read labels for years, I have to say I'm not surprised about your Creamy Caesar decision.
Until I was in my early 20s I believed I was making healthy salad choices when I ate out. There were probably less calories and fat in the cheese laden pizza I was having as a main meal than in my side salad

Mum's big issue at the moment is sugar.
She's horrified at how much she's been consuming whilst eating low calorie and low fat options. Read the labels, Ma.
When I caved in and went back to McDonalds after months and months of only eating home-prepared food I nearly gagged at how sweet the burger bun and ketchup were.
I say nearly. I got over it.
It's still a rarity for me now though. Shame, I used to enjoy my little payday treat.

[DanaC]

The worst thing about that is the Weightwatcher's own brand stuff (and others of its ilk). People buy it because it's already set up with the points system. But most of it is actually more fattening than the stuff it replaces, and laden with sugars of all sorts.

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Griff

We knew she was busy but...

Pshaw. Radish chips and vinaigrette is a slow day. You guys have to remember, I don't have a (paying) job except for maybe 5 hours a month of voicework. The kids are at school for 7 hours every day. That's when I cook. The other morning I made 4 pounds of lamb meatballs*, a batch of barbecue sauce, a batch of cranberry sauce, 4 pounds of boiled onion quarters, a dozen muffins, and roasted 3 pounds of veggies for smoothies**. All before lunch. I have a double oven and four burners on the stove, it's not as hard as it sounds.

*this happens about every 10 days, which is why you see 4 more pounds of ground lamb in my picture.
**this happens every day, it takes almost no time at all.

Originally Posted by glatt

So now we buy the tub, and the greens are packed in it so tightly that you can make two salads for the entire family and the greens left in the tub expand to fill the space and make it look like the tub is still full. And it is!

Yes, I love the salad tubs! The arugula I bought is the standard "small" tub, and the large tubs at our store are twice as big for the same price. (Except they don't have arugula in that size, only spinach and various mixed greens.) We always end up throwing away part of the big tubs too, but how can you not buy them, when you get 100% more for free?

I assume you already had bread at home, right? Or do you eat the lunchmeat and cheese in some other configuration?


Tony, your single egg on the shelf makes me cringe with danger. How can it not fall?

[glatt]

Oh yeah. Lots of bread at home. A couple loaves in the freezer and a couple on deck in the pantry. We go through 4 loaves a week, and get both a wheat bread and a rye/pumpernickel swirl.

Edit: That was lamb in your picture? I figured it wasn't beef, but the color looked a bit like ground pork.

[Undertoad]

Tony, your single egg on the shelf makes me cringe with danger.

S'ok, it's hard-boilt.

[Undertoad]

Originally Posted by Griff

Might be fun for you if you want to make a soil amendment.

I still have a failed septic system. I make a soil amendment every time I flush.

[Lola Bunny]

Clod, are you taking classes? For some reason, I'm thinking that you're getting your nursing degree.

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[Clodfobble]

Oh yeah, I guess I never mentioned it here... I stopped after it became obvious that I do not have the personality for it after all. Too many parents seek my advice and then refuse to take it. And then come back and ask for advice again, because they want their kids to be like my kids, and then they ignore my advice again. It was frustrating the crap out of me, and I wasn't sure I could face that as a living. I mentioned my doubts to our own nurse practitioner, and he basically said, "Yeah, if I'd known when I started this how many of my patients would tell me it's just too hard... I never would have gone into it." So I wrapped up that semester of prerequisites I was taking, and never applied for the program.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Tony, your single egg on the shelf makes me cringe with danger. How can it not fall?

I was thinking the same thing, "Loose egg! Loose egg!"

I would kill for my fridge to be that uncluttered. I bet there is literally 50 bottles/jars of various condiments, and prolly a dozen different jars of the same kind of damnable pickle in my fridge.