How Many Items are in your Refridgerator? (Do you ever "Eat It Out"?)

[Pandora]

Are you going to do the meal plan first, before the farmers market? That way you won't buy what you don't need?

Say me whose refridgerator is full of mystery boxes and forgotten leftovers.

[Bumperstump Cummerbund]

Are you going to do the meal plan first, before the farmers market? That way you won't buy what you don't need?

I understand what you mean, but no, I'm doing it the other way round. I've never been to the farmers market before, so I don't really know for myself what kind of cuts they'll have, all my info is from the woman I work with. But I know what kind of cuts I'll use, so I don't intend buying anything I wouldn't know how to cook. Then its just a question of separating out the meat into meals to be frozen, ticking off the relevant items in my pantry and writing down a (hopefully very small) list of additional necessary ingredients. For instance, I have a lot of those packet meal bases, that need things like sour cream or mushrooms - I don't keep those things in stock, so to use up the pack I'd hafta buy the sour cream y'know?

It all makes sense in my head anyway