Iconoclast said:
4-5 meals per day? wow!
i eat 1 meal per day, a small breakfast and a small snack in the evening.
For me I have a problem retaining weight (its improving over time sticking with the
ultra simple/eleimination diet, good fats seem to be part of the key), so I was eating 4-5 meals a day. Now I mostly eat 3-4 (so the cost saving goes up per meal).
Are you on the ultra simple diet/have you cut out gluten/dairy/sugar??
davey72 said:
Thanks.i have to get a frezzer as i only have a full apartment fridge,and my work and pay are sporadic at best,so it really is about making the effort.
Learning to work with what's in front of me has been tricky.....perhaps just stick with what you have to work with for now? Get lots of tinned fish, fresh veg (or buy frozen if its cheaper and use it all up in a day or so in the ultra broth). A healthy fats are really important (lard/beef tallow/duck fat).....eating a lot of these fats has really started to turn my health around. Fats keep in the fridge for weeks.
My mum kindly makes up my ultra broth now, and I mash up the veg in it to turn it into a soup. Put it into sealed plastic containers (once its cooled) and freeze it. But keeping a few sealed pots for 3 days in a cool enough fridge should be fine if they are sealed (adding sea salt will help preserve it). I defrost them and put them in a glass bowl (not plastic) and nuke them for 5 minutes until piping hot.
If you made a big batch you could eat some on the say and put the rest in the fridge.
You can turn it into a full meal by adding cooked quinoa/cooked beef mince.
Have a small amount of meat in the fridge (it keeps a few days), but mostly cook on the day you buy and store it in the fridge I think.
Root vegetables store well in a cool dark place as long as they are not in a sealed bag. Cooked vegetables/meat will last 3-4 days in a fridge with no bother. Cucumbers and celery will keep in the fridge for a week or two.
Blini's seem to be ok in a fridge for a day or so...but don't taste too good unless re-heated in a microwave for a few minutes....
Buckwheat flour and uncooked quinoa will keep in your cupboard for a month or three. If not longer.
If funds are sporadic get the veg, and a bunch of tinned fish and buckwheat/fat to make blinis's and you'll do fine. Then just buy meat as and when you can afford it. It may be quite boring to just stick to the same things for every meal....but after a while you'll notice what a big difference it makes.
I noticed you posted in the serotonin thread, I was going to mention that starting this diet can be a bit like overcoming depression.....it can be tricky to break the old habits....but the new behaviour/routine supports the elimination of the depression if you stick with it. The old diet also is a cause of depression....so becomes a trap.
*edit*
To add, check out
Big Fat Lies and the new
podcast GMO Frankenfoods and What You Can Do to Improve Your Health as a help in guiding you through the diet and what not to buy/eat.
