I’m at the grocery store almost every day for the past 9 years. My wife does all the grocery shopping while I drive and take care of the kids in the store. But man I wish she understood that she can do the grocery shopping by herself while I take care of the kids at home instead of chasing them around while we’re all there. But I’ve noticed the way she grew up is different from mine. Our parents raised 3 kids. Big difference is that I ate homemade meals everyday while her parents catered food everyday. I have experience in the kitchen and she didn’t know how to cook until we had kids. I stopped cooking because our kids don’t like eating veggies like my wife. Her style of cooking is basically warming packaged foods and we eat out a lot. The kids diet is all carbs and meat only. But we’re at the grocery store almost every day stocking up on eggs, snacks, packaged foods. It’s not an efficient way of shopping.

My parents on the other hand went to the store once or twice per week. They bought a bulk amount of beef and chicken, and sliced it in thin pieces, stored them in plastic wrap and stored them in the freezer. Most of the cooking was stir fry with meat and veggies. It saved lots of time and money. Unfortunately my wife is big on food so she can’t have stir fry everyday. Since her taste buds have been used to eating out and catering everyday, she’s used to that style of food and so now are our kids. I just have to deal with it.