This is such a great idea. I have small pantry where you can *almost* see everything. I just went through it the other day to reorganize. Otherwise I try to keep everything in my head - always questioning...do I have that? I can either remember of completely forget about the item lol. meal prep or creating a general idea for weekly meals has been helping me use things I'd usually forget about though. I roughly look through the day prior to meal planning to determine what I can use up.
Thank you so much for reading and engaging, Murissa.
I can relate a lot to this! I use to keep everything in my head as well, I now try and keep as little in my head as possible, writing things down is something that has really helped me with my anxiety and managing my life.
I wrote about my inability to meal plan a couple newsletters back lol so this visual guide I can reference to come up with meals has been super helpful, as well as some of the other strategies I use to whip up most of my meals.
Most importantly it gets my creative juices flowing when I am trying to recipe develop or come up with ideas for meals or cooking projects.
This is a great idea, thanks. And while you have moved to Ohio, the pictures of so many HEB products indicate that the heart of your pantry still lives in Austin! Good luck settling in to your new home.
I know! Everything is almost out. I miss HEB so much, I knew I would, especially since I lived right next to one, 2 minute walk max. I went there too frequent to admit. Thank you, Alison! It has been a real adjustment.
Thank you so much! It’s so hard when you can’t see everything right in front of you, it’s that out of sight out of mind type of thing which absolutely hinders my creative process in the kitchen.
Thank you so much, Helinka! I am considering doing the same thing with leftovers so that folks know exactly what's in the fridge to cut down even further on any possible food waste.
That’s a novel idea.
Thank you, Phayvanh!
This is such a great idea. I have small pantry where you can *almost* see everything. I just went through it the other day to reorganize. Otherwise I try to keep everything in my head - always questioning...do I have that? I can either remember of completely forget about the item lol. meal prep or creating a general idea for weekly meals has been helping me use things I'd usually forget about though. I roughly look through the day prior to meal planning to determine what I can use up.
Thank you so much for reading and engaging, Murissa.
I can relate a lot to this! I use to keep everything in my head as well, I now try and keep as little in my head as possible, writing things down is something that has really helped me with my anxiety and managing my life.
I wrote about my inability to meal plan a couple newsletters back lol so this visual guide I can reference to come up with meals has been super helpful, as well as some of the other strategies I use to whip up most of my meals.
Most importantly it gets my creative juices flowing when I am trying to recipe develop or come up with ideas for meals or cooking projects.
This is a great idea, thanks. And while you have moved to Ohio, the pictures of so many HEB products indicate that the heart of your pantry still lives in Austin! Good luck settling in to your new home.
I know! Everything is almost out. I miss HEB so much, I knew I would, especially since I lived right next to one, 2 minute walk max. I went there too frequent to admit. Thank you, Alison! It has been a real adjustment.
This is such a cool idea! We also don't have a walk in pantry and it's been tough to keep track of everything.
Thank you so much! It’s so hard when you can’t see everything right in front of you, it’s that out of sight out of mind type of thing which absolutely hinders my creative process in the kitchen.
Brilliant! This is so wonderful.
Thank you so much, Helinka! I am considering doing the same thing with leftovers so that folks know exactly what's in the fridge to cut down even further on any possible food waste.
That is a great idea also to prevent the ever recurring science experiment's growing in far corners.