SNL skit on what is available; groceries no one wants to buy
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Tips for helping DH do the grocery shopping?
Comments (24)I am a grad student and I just had a baby. My DH has had to do more of the grocery shopping since I started school. He also does more of the cooking now. I also find cooking a good way to de-stress, but it's just not always possible while you're in school. One of my classmates managed to continue her tradition of cooking on Sundays for the entire week, but she is single, no children. Even then, she wasn't able to do so during finals and midterms. I second (third? fourth?) the idea of taking him with you. Also, he's going to bring home some stuff you don't like, and you'll just have to roll with it or give it away. (I have had a lot of success foisting the unwanted items on babysitters to take home.) At first, he won't always get what you want, but you won't starve and as he inevitably cooks more, he'll start to figure it out on his own what's good and what's not. Also, he'll probably bring home things you wouldn't have purchased and you'll end up with surprising new favorites. In addition to taking him to the store with you and writing detailed lists, which I endorse (my lists include things like "bell peppers, yellow or red, 2 or 3 total" and "corn, frozen or whole kernel in a can, not cream style" or "Enfamil baby formula, make sure it isn't soy"), I would recommend getting Rachel Ray's magazine or one of her cookbooks and let him find a couple recipes he'd like to make. I assume from your post that your DH doesn't cook much now. RR's books are GREAT for beginners and the magazine and most of her books include shopping lists for basics and for specific menus. Then he can choose what he'd like to cook and he can shop for the ingredients. Knowing what the end product will be helps shopping accuracy. Also, if you don't already do this, put a magnetic notepad on the refrigerator and tell everyone in the house to make a note on it when things like toilet paper, shampoo, and milk run low. You may also want to rip the labels off of items that you must have a certain type of (like tampons, shampoo, etc.) and clip them to the list. Also, LOL Lars re: your sister. (My aunt; Lars is my uncle.) I also hate shopping with her. But don't be fooled: she's persnickety, too. When I lived with her in college, she got upset if I bought the wrong brand of dish washing liquid. And we finally had to just agree to have two brands of toilet paper in the house; neither one of us would budge on that one. :^)...See Moregrrrr...wasted my time at the grocery store.
Comments (27)Like a few here, I'd much rather grocery shop than shop for clothes!!! I'm not a one-stop shopper though. My main shopping is done at the Commissary at MCAS Miramar, once a month. That's what we call "Stock up". Then we shop Wal-Mart's food section (limited; we don't have a Super Wal-Mart yet, and though they're planning one, the town criers are lobbying against it). I shop sales and fresh stuff at Stater Bros and Henry's (like a Wild Oats), but will only go into Vons if they have a really good sale on something I need/want (like the red seedless grapes they have today). Wal-Mart, Stater Bros, Henry's and Vons are all within a half mile of my house so gas is not at issue. If Albertsons has something good, there's one on my way home from work, but normally that's not a stop. To Claudia near Bakersfield: I hear ya. My DH and I used to live in a small town in Arizona with one grocery store. Decent grocery prices were 70 miles away, down in Tucson or in Phoenix. We used to make a once-a-week run to Tucson for a class I had to take, so we'd take a cooler along and stop at the grocery store before class. Also, my daughter broke a bottle of Worcestershire in one of our cars about 6 years ago. Whew! It smelled until the day she wrecked that car! DonnaR/CA...See MoreWhat is the best dog food available in the grocery store?
Comments (69)My Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a retired show dog and was raised on Orijen and other pricey brands. She was a very picky eater when I got her and had issues with runny stools occasionally. When I was "dog-sitting" a friend's dog, she stole a taste of the food he feeds his dog - Rachel Ray's "Zero Grain" - and gobbled it down. I switched her over to that and the runny poop problem disappeared like magic. She's at a good weight, has the shiniest coat she's ever had, and now begs for her food. I give her 1/2 cup twice a day with a chopped up hard-boiled egg, and some frozen veggies mixed in. (She prefers Bird's Eye California Blend - broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots.) She gobbles it up and is healthy, happy and has a glorious coat. Sometimes the premium dog foods have way too much protein in them and give dogs runny stools because they can't tolerate the extra protein. There is no one "best" dog food for all dogs, despite what surveys and well-meaning people say. You have to experiment with different ones and see what works best for your own dog. "Expensive" doesn't always mean the best. What is best for your dog may not be best for another dog or breed. If your dog likes it and it doesn't give your dog runny stools or constipation issues, and the dog's coat is glossy, not dry, and the dog is neither gaining excess weight or losing weight, then that's probably the best food for him/her....See MoreWhat do you spend on groceries?
Comments (31)In addition to looking at the costs, look at what you are buying, and how much may be excess volume, or just not good for you. Do you throw out a lot of food? Do you eat too much, or too much unhealthy 'food'? What part of your grocery bill goes for snacks? I don't enter the grocery aisle with the flavored water, just-plain-water, carbonated water, sugar-water. Instead, we drink our delicious tap water -- and iced tea in summer. I don't go down the aisle with the salt-laden and fried grain mush products (AKA chips and crackers). We have two favorite crackers that we buy in bulk at Costco; they are packaged in smaller sleeves so they don't get stale before we eat them. I never visit the deli counter, and I don't buy pre-packaged sliced meats or cheese unless it is cheaper per pound than a hunk of ham or cheese. (So...NEVER!) DH came home with a package of sliced ham last week that he said was 'cheaper' . Yes, the *package* was cheaper -- because it was only six ounces. (Would you pay $8/lb. for boiled ham if you knew you'd eat -- or could freeze -- a larger amount that's $5/lb., and better quality?) I won't buy pork products at our local Jewel because they only sell Hormel -- all injected, to make it 'tender'. Yuck. My pay grade isn't high enough to keep me from buying in bulk and spending time freezing two-person portions of chops, chicken parts, muffins, whatever. I used to buy, cook and serve way too much meat. We are not (and do not want to be) still 'growing', nor do we do manual labor. Eight ounces of beef is twice what we need per serving. Same with sweets. DH and I had 'middle aged spread' until we readjusted portions -- and I started skipping those aisles with the poison food and drink. We still have *some* sweets -- in small amounts. We eat less sugar, salt, high-fat and cured meat, and bakery products. Can you circle all the non-essentials in your store tallies and consider where to start your family's 'weaning'? You might eliminate some things, or just limit the amounts....See More2ManyDiversions
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