Reverse Meal Planning

greenbee

I wash everything as it comes into the house (and wash/bag up all the veg) so that germs don't transfer into the house. I pick it all up with washing up gloves on, put soap on the gloves and then wash the gloves and all the jars/packets. I then wear gloves to tip all the bagged veg out of bags and wash/drain/dry it and put it into reusable bags in the fridge. That way it's all ready to use when I need it so I have no excuse for not eating properly even when work is busy!

I don't use hand gel in the home - soap, water and LOTS of handcream!

candygirl

greenbee said:

I wash everything as it comes into the house (and wash/bag up all the veg) so that germs don't transfer into the house. I pick it all up with washing up gloves on, put soap on the gloves and then wash the gloves and all the jars/packets. I then wear gloves to tip all the bagged veg out of bags and wash/drain/dry it and put it into reusable bags in the fridge. That way it's all ready to use when I need it so I have no excuse for not eating properly even when work is busy!

I don't use hand gel in the home - soap, water and LOTS of handcream!

Chuffin hell that's thorough,  but I realise you've been poorly,  so can't blame you x

Siebrie

We do similar. We leave most shopping in the cool garage for 3 days, but some items will get washed in very soapy water (oranges, lemons, shrinkwrapped cheese,...) for immediate use. He strips and showers immediately after coming home from shopping. I've read somewhere that corona viruses can survive for upto 2 years in a freezer, so we don't buy frozen stuff for the time being. I love A1di more than ever at the moment, because they hardly handle the merchandise; all the boxes go straight from the factory (where they were packed without human intervention) onto the shelves and pallets, againg without touching by humans.

Pyxis

Yey! 

I got asparagus in my box! Wheeeeee! Happy bunny me! 😋

I shall eat the tips in butter later, and use the bottom stalks  in a  stir fry tomorrow.
Also got some spinach, French beans and  two avocados, so alles gut!

I made a load of carrot soup earlier, but the new carrots will go to a neighbour, as I still have more!

greenbee

Pyxis said:

Yey! 

I got asparagus in my box! Wheeeeee! Happy bunny me! 😋

I shall eat the tips in butter later, and use the bottom stalks  in a  stir fry tomorrow.
Also got some spinach, French beans and  two avocados, so alles gut!

I made a load of carrot soup earlier, but the new carrots will go to a neighbour, as I still have more!

Lucky you! I got asparagus and avocados as well. And spinach. But yet more kale and no beans   I changed to a large box and a cooks box rather than a medium and small. So still have too many potatoes, but also got the black garlic you like some ginger (which I use lots of), coriander, grapefruit, salad leaves, tomatoes, BNS, beetroot, plantain, Alexanders, nectarines, pears, bananas, garlic, lemon. All now put away and I'm washing the greenery and bagging up. I also found some wild garlic on my walk today, which is also being washed. So after work I've got some serious meal planning to do!

Pyxis

greenbee said:

Pyxis said:

Yey! 

I got asparagus in my box! Wheeeeee! Happy bunny me! 😋

I shall eat the tips in butter later, and use the bottom stalks  in a  stir fry tomorrow.
Also got some spinach, French beans and  two avocados, so alles gut!

I made a load of carrot soup earlier, but the new carrots will go to a neighbour, as I still have more!

Lucky you! I got asparagus and avocados as well. And spinach. But yet more kale and no beans   I changed to a large box and a cooks box rather than a medium and small. So still have too many potatoes, but also got the black garlic you like some ginger (which I use lots of), coriander, grapefruit, salad leaves, tomatoes, BNS, beetroot, plantain, Alexanders, nectarines, pears, bananas, garlic, lemon. All now put away and I'm washing the greenery and bagging up. I also found some wild garlic on my walk today, which is also being washed. So after work I've got some serious meal planning to do!

I was wondering whether to try a Cook’s Box. Maybe I  will next week! 
I switched to a small box this week as I liked the pool of fruit and veg better, and kept my fingers crossed.
Got more pears, but they are a different variety from the last lot, so might be tastier.

Wraithlady

Thanks to everyone who posted re celeriac - I'm having pork chops, celeriac and carrot one-pot oven-bake tonight, the other one I will try in a DF gratin 

greenbee

Pyxis said:

greenbee said:

Pyxis said:

Yey! 

I got asparagus in my box! Wheeeeee! Happy bunny me! 😋

I shall eat the tips in butter later, and use the bottom stalks  in a  stir fry tomorrow.
Also got some spinach, French beans and  two avocados, so alles gut!

I made a load of carrot soup earlier, but the new carrots will go to a neighbour, as I still have more!

Lucky you! I got asparagus and avocados as well. And spinach. But yet more kale and no beans   I changed to a large box and a cooks box rather than a medium and small. So still have too many potatoes, but also got the black garlic you like some ginger (which I use lots of), coriander, grapefruit, salad leaves, tomatoes, BNS, beetroot, plantain, Alexanders, nectarines, pears, bananas, garlic, lemon. All now put away and I'm washing the greenery and bagging up. I also found some wild garlic on my walk today, which is also being washed. So after work I've got some serious meal planning to do!

I was wondering whether to try a Cook’s Box. Maybe I  will next week! 
I switched to a small box this week as I liked the pool of fruit and veg better, and kept my fingers crossed.
Got more pears, but they are a different variety from the last lot, so might be tastier.

Pears look good. Nectarines are rock hard Only one fruit in the cooks box (grapefruit for me, someone else got a mango). But the plantain was in there. Alexanders were in the main box, and they're going to be a challenge too. I'm using the leaves in soup with the kale ribs and asparagus stems and some of last week's celery and onion and a lot of garlic plus a couple of potatoes. Meal planning the rest later... 

rtandon27

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Suffolk_lass

I looked Alexanders up as it is not something I have ever used. I think I have seen it in the hedgerows here but I might have got it mixed up with Angelica. What parts have you got in your veg boxes? It looks as though loads is edible, even when the stalks start to go a bit hard - this site looked quite good with suggestions for using the different bits.

We had simple cauliflower cheese for supper, with a little scoop of vanilla ice-cream in a little 1960s stainless steel dish, complete with flat shovel spoon (and a ginger biscuit instead of a wafer). Naughty but nice!