This is a picture to give you an idea of how far this disability of mine reaches:
What you see is not uncommon. I really dislike shopping of all kinds. Grocery shopping is especially hard on me because of the amount of time that purchase stays with me. It is one thing to buy a coat I will wear for five years. It is a completely different thing to buy a pound of hamburger that I might forget about in the back of the fridge. I hate to waste things. In a perfect world I would make up a plan for the week of exactly what we will need and buy it and nothing else. But what mother of three children three and younger has time for that? I would like to meet her. It always baffles me when I see a cupboard stocked with chips, canned goods, and cooking needs like spices at a friends house. Do people really just walk through the store and think, "Hmmm...I might someday in a month or two need lemon juice and evaporated milk. Better buy it today!" This thought process is totally lost on me. If I see a fun recipe that calls for cumin, you had better believe I need to drive to the store to buy cumin.
This really is an unfortunate problem. Sometimes I am hungry for an item we don't have. Sometimes someone comes over to watch our kids and assumes we have fallen on hard times. Sometimes we get to the place where oatmeal is our only option. Will my children grow up and only remember empty cupboards? Will they grow to despise apples because I make them eat them all before I will buy a new type of fruit? Does Will make secret trips to the store just so he can eat something other than a pop tart for lunch?
I will go shopping today. I will go shopping today. I will go shopping today. My children need to eat...
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Ha ha!! Instead of recipe ideas, we can give each other advice on what we probably have in your house that is edible. For example: oatmeal! I forgot that was a meal option! Yesss! Now I can put off grocery shopping another day. We're in the same shape around here. Example: just last night my kids split a 2 year old ham and cheese Hot Pocket and the last 1/2 cup of frozen peas that was also in the freezer. Today they split a (only) months-old citrus-inspired Smart Ones frozen dinner: Orange Chicken. Yummy! Our problem is that when we're low on groceries we tend to eat out more, and that gets pricey. :(
ReplyDeleteLooks like you could make a ketcup, parmesan cheese, egg & milk stew!
ReplyDeleteMy fridge honestly doesn't look that different than yours, but I only have to worry about feeding myself. I can't imagine how often you would have to grocery shop with a family of five. My kids would starve, so you're doing much better than I would! Take comfort in that.
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