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Took me 4 months to realize frozen veggies beat fresh for my budget meal prep
Everyone in here always raves about buying fresh produce and cooking it same day. I tried that for so long. I would hit the farmers market every Saturday in Austin, spend like $35 on greens and peppers and stuff, then by Wednesday half of it was sad in my fridge. I threw away so much money it made me mad.
Finally I just switched to frozen bags. I know people say fresh tastes better, but honestly for soups, stir fries, even roasted veggie trays I cant tell the difference. A 2 pound bag of frozen mixed veg costs like $2.50 at HEB and lasts me two weeks. My stir fry nights went from $8 a meal to maybe $3.50. The only thing I still buy fresh is onions and garlic because frozen ones get weird.
It took me 4 months of wasting probably $60 total before I stopped being stubborn about it. Has anyone else fought the fresh veggie battle and switched over? Or do you have a system to actually use fresh stuff before it goes bad, because I could never get it right.
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gracem9024d ago
Did you ever try the damp paper towel thing for the fresh stuff? Tbh that trick saved me for a while before I gave up. I'd wrap my greens in a dry paper towel then put them in a ziplock and they lasted way longer than just tossing them in the drawer. Frozen is still my go to for most stuff now though, ngl. The only fresh things I bother with are onions, garlic, and whatever herbs I'm using that week. Everything else goes in the freezer and I stopped feeling bad about it.
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