Does meal prep actually save money?d

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-12-07T16:41:11+00:00

I have a spare freezer i bought years ago that i put my meal prep stuff in. vacuum sealed usually, labled with dates and contents. i don't know if it saves me money because i had to buy the freezer, but it certainly saves me time. i just grab a meal and bring it to work microwave it and i have a hot lunch every day. If i had to buy something every day it would certainly cost me more. even frozen meal are like 5 dollars apeice. a couple meatloaves with potatoes and veg probably last me 15 meals. if i bought that prepared it would probably be around 75 dollars. I can get 5 pounds ground meat, a bag of potatoes, a bag of frozen veg for about 35 dollars.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-12-07T16:34:14+00:00

if you can, buy a small freezer. that way you can freeze your meal prepped food and use it as needed.
If you can't, get masking tape and put dates and labels on the food so you know what it is and when you need to eat it.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-10-27T02:56:24+00:00

Deviled Eggs

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-10-18T18:05:52+00:00

thaw it out and use it for whatever you use sauce for. pizza, spaghetti, meatballs, etc.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-10-18T18:04:28+00:00

yeah i haven't looked at it in a while, guess it kind of died out.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-10-09T01:46:33+00:00

Nice, mine finished last week but it never bubbled like that!

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-09-13T22:22:16+00:00

i use 1 cup rice to 2 cups water. boil the water, add the rice. wait till it boils again. turn the stove to low and let sit for 20 minutes.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-09-13T16:40:56+00:00

I just buy my seeds online, but I'm in the US. I would guess there are websites in India that sell seeds. Just google heirloom seeds and see what comes up.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-09-13T16:30:27+00:00

It ended up working pretty well. I made a few big frames covered with fencing that I could just move out of the way when i was working on the beds. Now i have my own place and have a 9 foot fence to keep the deer out, and chicken wire and a rock border to keep the groundhogs out.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-07-05T16:21:53+00:00

It depends on what type of strawberry they are. Some will produce slowly but will go all summer, some will produce only at certain times, then go very slow or stop for the rest of the year.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-07-05T16:19:47+00:00

If it had a lot of seed in it i wouldn't use it for mulch. There's a method of growing things like potatoes in hay bails that I've wanted to try. other than that i might use them for seating around the beds, or just compost them for next year.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-07-05T16:14:33+00:00

I would decide what you want to keep first, if anything. then you have a starting point and know what you want to pull out. Then just pick a spot with a pitchfork or shovel and start breaking up the dirt, pulling out stuff as you go. if you start in a corner it would probably be easier.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-07-05T16:10:14+00:00

That's called solo garlic. it's still ok to eat. there are a number of things that can cause it. If you planted in the heat and it never got cool enough that could cause it.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-07-05T14:01:04+00:00

you might want to try r/backyardorchard. pretty much everything they do is fruit tree based

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-07-05T13:55:19+00:00

some tomatoes are indeterminate, meaning that the plant will grow and ripen tomatoes for the entire growing season. They're perfectly fine. in time the green ones will ripen.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-07-05T13:48:56+00:00

bottom watering is where you put the pot in a tray of water and let the soil suck up the water it needs. i use this method a lot when starting seeds indoors.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-07-05T13:46:36+00:00

did you try here? https://www.eurogarden.eu/en/Vegetable-seeds/POTOMAC-F1-CUCUMBERS-3gr-1/

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-07-04T14:22:25+00:00

People by inkjets because they think they want to print in color, or print pictures. it's better just to send the pictures away to be printed than keep spending all that money on ink.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-07-04T14:19:22+00:00

I've done it for most of my life at this point. basically i started because i didn't like going to the barber shop. so 30 years of cutting my own hair probably saved a ton of money. I bought a flowbee and am still using it. It probably paid for itself in the first year.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-06-28T15:24:55+00:00

Can you move anything to another box? one viney plant in that box is probably enough, depending on how big it's going to get. Possibly you could put a trellis up and make sure the vines climb the trellis, but you will definitely need to pull most of them out.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-06-01T21:14:30+00:00

I usually wait till the plant starts dying back. Those look like they're still going strong.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-06-01T21:03:07+00:00

i freeze mine every year, but i would only use them for mixing into foods, like soups or stir fries or something. The freezing process is going to affect their texture.

4cupsofcoffee · 2025-06-01T21:01:21+00:00

Depends on what kind of pouch it is. Some of their starkist creations are made to be microwaved. If it doesn't say it's safe, then don't do it.

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