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Showerthought: meal prepping 3 weeks ahead is a waste of money and freezer space
Everybody keeps pushing big batch cooking, so I tried it and dropped $85 at Costco on chicken and rice. Three weeks later I threw out half of it because the texture got weird and I got bored of eating the same thing. A friend who works at a grocery store in Boise told me she sees people buy all this stuff and then come back for takeout anyway. I get way more out of cooking small portions 3 or 4 times a week with whatever is on sale that day. What is the longest you have actually kept a prepped meal in the fridge before tossing it?
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jessej233h ago
Noticed this same thing with gym memberships, streaming plans, and now meal prep. We love buying the idea of a better version of ourselves more than the thing itself. The $85 at Costco was never really about chicken and rice, it was about buying proof that we were going to change. Then real life shows up, the food gets sad, and we are back at the drive thru. My longest stretch in the fridge was probably five days before the smell made the call for me. Cooking small and often just fits how people actually live.
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