month grocery go-to - don't like feeling salad deprived before the next shopping expedition but the salad drawer just isn't big enough, LOL to handle the wide variety of fruits/veggies - a 5 lb bag of carrots take up a lot of room just because I'm craving homemade carrot-pineapple juice as well as salads. I'm also a label reader of new products I encounter so DH & kids have to block out at least 3 hours each, plus driving to a bunch of groceries - some weeks, that would be Kroger, Giant Eagle, Fresh Thyme, Aldi's, the local meat market or fresh fish or little "natural store" for the supplements and organic/vegan brands I like best though I am do not practice either one, LOL - just enjoy cooking those recipes to see how they taste, LOL! I often change the menu on the fly! My car is broken, so I can't just take myself, lol! Then there's getting those "BOGO and 10/10 specials and staying in budget to consider...yup, it's hard but an adventure. I do own a small 7 cu ft freezer and do our 40-square-inch garden, so I can use that for some stuff.
I also have a problem determining how to keep "big pot" leftovers like soup and chili, so that's easier in the winter when the garage can serve as cold storage instead of trying to squeeze it all in the fridge if you cook it just after shopping day - you can put the dutch oven right in the garage on the workbench - cold enough but doesn't freeze and never know when those hungry folk are going to arrive at the door instead of feeding just the two of us. Works the same with the staples pantry - enough room for what I bring home, LOL! End up with tote containers full of pasta boxes, teas/coffees, and baking ingredients for certain recipes.
BTW, hiding from CoVid sux! I'm so ready to have go out to restaurants and take a wanderlust day-trip drives to new places - 3-day weekends away would be fun too! So much to see and do - however, one either has the time or the funds - never both at the same time, LOL! With CoVid - just NO!
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