Clean Your Fridge
No I don't mean to just clean it once a week or whatever. And if you are a cleaner person than I, and that's highly likely, perhaps you are already on a fridge cleaning schedule.
I am referring to more grocery shopping advise here.
Clean your fridge the day before your big trip. It serves several purposes.
It gives you space for new food!
You can use up all the vegetables or fruits you have left from your last trip.
You can see for sure what you have and don't have to prevent repeats or forgotten items.
It is fun to go through the leftovers you may have forgotten about and heat them all up for you and your family to choose from. Everyone can eat what they like!
I really just like the timing on this. It makes your shopping trip the following day complete. And it is so nice to come home and fill your clean fridge up with new foods.
Take a gander at the freezer and pantry to round out the leftovers feast. Take this opportunity to do an inventory of your on-hand freezer and pantry items. Make sure you have enough of all the things you use a lot. Like for me, I check my pantry for: brown rice, instant taters, biscuit mix, corn bread mix, pastas, box of broths (beef and chicken), spices. And in the freezer: frozen veggies like, peas, corn, green beans, and spinach. I also like to always have a frozen pizza on hand for those I can't bring myself to cook nights!
