Recently, I wanted a white board to have a physical list of homemade healthy food available at home. We didn’t have the money for one so we bought some dry-erase markers and taped old paper bags onto the back of the glass of our rarely used china cabinet. I like having a big visible list in the kitchen so my husband and I could refrain from opening the fridge several times a day. I also like planning a day before or on the day of so I can gouge what we’re craving for and which ingredients we have available that day.

Forgive the handwriting but I listed down several foods and recipes that we enjoy and have been repeats in our diet. We also wanted it to be relatively cheap so we process and prep meals at home to save food. All of the meals and food items listed are vegan. So far, we’ve been saving up great and feeling better with relatively healthier eating :D

How do you plan your meals?

image description: A china cabinet with its glass doors used like a white board. Brown paper bags are taped behind the glass to make the text visible.

  • Leigh ( SemioticStandard@beehaw.org ) English
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    3 years ago

    I love the frugality and cleverness on display here with the glass, well done!

    I just saw this today and I’m going to give it a try: https://www.snapcalorie.com/ Supposedly you take a picture of your food and it will tell you how many calories, portion, etc. I’m pretty skeptical that it’ll work, but it’s intriguing, regardless. Though, it has a monthly price of $29, which is nuts.

    Unrelated: I just saw your username is “Marin,” and I got so excited by that! I’m a traditionally published author (I write horror, you can even find at least one of the books my work is in at your local book store), and the main character in almost all of my stories is Marin. It’s never the same ‘person,’ but the character always has pieces of me in every story, if that makes sense. The gender might change, or the age, or where they’re from, etc., but I always put some dash of myself in Marin, so it kind of feels like a way for me to carry the character through different stories.

    Anyway, super cool to see someone with that username :)