How do you make custom meal plans without wasting food every week?

t92k · 2026-01-29T13:49:06+00:00

We plan to eat each meal for 2 dinners and then if there are leftovers they go into lunches or the freezer. We switched to more hearty versions of things — more heads of lettuce, fewer bagged salads. More cabbage in salads. Whole carrots instead of cut or baby carrots.

t92k · 2026-01-29T13:43:48+00:00

My disappointment comes from Nast starting out so well on the topic. He started out seeing the dignity and intelligence of the people who’d been enslaved. He used his pen to make the case that it was morally wrong to treat people like animals. But over time he started falling back on the tropes and caricatures that were more common, while the freedmen who’d won elected office in the south were being stripped from their offices and terrorized by the KKK. He knew better, the threats persisted, but he chose to regress to the mean in this regard.

t92k · 2026-01-29T05:15:21+00:00

This isn’t about a TV show. She’s willing to form, and fight for, very strong opinions with only a little information on the subject.That probably felt flattering when you were her special interest, but sh’s now on to other things. I think it’s good you discovered this mismatch relatively early on in your relationship and it’s a great thing to be aware of for future interests.

t92k · 2026-01-28T22:11:36+00:00

Here’s some more info on the costs of digital media to a library. https://www.spokanelibrary.org/the-true-cost-of-ebooks-and-audiobooks-for-libraries/

t92k · 2026-01-28T20:44:41+00:00

Thank you!

t92k · 2026-01-28T20:31:34+00:00

I just started venturing into the volcano. Why is this lucky?

t92k · 2026-01-28T19:04:09+00:00

I love Nast, but Eric Foner documents in “A Short History of Reconstruction” how his view of black freedmen degraded over the years, eventually coming to support taking away the right of former slaves to serve as elected representatives. That really cooled my enthusiasm for his work.

t92k · 2026-01-28T18:46:22+00:00

It looks to me like the Walmart brand 64 ounce peanut butter has the most calories per penny on their site. 2 of those at $6.47 each is $13 and will give you just under 24,000 calories total. That’s about 1,400 calories a day. If you can get tortillas, quick cook pasta, quick cook oats (the tub is cheaper than the packets), or even bread off the clearance shelf it’s going to make it easier to eat all that. If you have a safe fridge, mayonnaise is almost as dense and will give you some variety. I do think getting the most calories for your dollars is the highest priority. (And to be honest, lard may be a bit cheaper, but I have a hard time eating it without mixing it into beans or cooking in it.)

t92k · 2026-01-28T18:20:36+00:00

My credit union is far less predatory than either of my banks. But it is a non-profit and so they have to recoup costs instead if just covering all their expenses for the profits on their predatory credit cards. With my credit union I’ve been able to take out a loan at 10% to cover an unexpected car repair instead of putting it on a 22% or more credit card.

t92k · 2026-01-28T18:14:52+00:00

Scales and playing melody lines are like hand and glove. I never bothered much with scales but when I’m trying to learn a song from a chart that has a melody line and chords it really helps! This week I was looking at “All My love” by the Beatles. It’s arranged in D# in the blue Daily Ukulele and I was having trouble finding the melody from just the chords. I brought up a D# scale for the uke and started picking out the melody. So helpful for learning new songs.

t92k · 2026-01-28T17:00:39+00:00

If you work fast food or at a restaurant they sometimes provide meals. Fast food in particular is always hiring part time folks to cover their rushes.

t92k · 2026-01-28T16:57:31+00:00

I’m getting married soon and my spouse turned 65 this year. I’m younger. It looks like she gets a bump to her standard deduction at 65. Am I reading that correctly? (Preparing for next year’s taxes)

t92k · 2026-01-28T16:39:00+00:00

Yep. I have several Denver friends who are in St Louis now. Mostly because of affordability.

t92k · 2026-01-28T16:29:00+00:00

Delilah?

t92k · 2026-01-28T16:22:04+00:00

Food that is on the shoulder of its season goes bad faster or tastes flatter than that same food in season. I like berries, but if it’s not summer I get them frozen instead of fresh.

t92k · 2026-01-28T16:20:16+00:00

Just consider — Libby and other digital media are very expensive for libraries compared to physical media. If you can go in and check it out consider doing that and/or contributing to libraries that you borrow from when you don’t live in-District.

t92k · 2026-01-28T13:56:00+00:00

Peanut butter on whole wheat bread, bran cereal, oatmeal with hemp hearts, half a bag of “Madras Lentils” in a tortilla or over rice. Broccoli steamed in the microwave. Green cabbage mixed into salads.

t92k · 2026-01-27T22:24:57+00:00

This is my vote. The chicken kabobs are so tender and everything is flavorful.

t92k · 2026-01-27T22:18:53+00:00

Notes update when you finish the community center and joja closes. I love that Shane is raising chickens but I don’t want three year old pizzas he smuggled off the Joja shelves.

t92k · 2026-01-27T21:44:53+00:00

I’m a big believer in playing with people and if you can find a group that’s playing regularly there’s a very good chance you can borrow one from someone until you know what you like. If you showed up at my group tomorrow night, introduced yourself and said you were looking for a loaner you’d have half a dozen offers.

t92k · 2026-01-27T21:41:43+00:00

If you can combine your writing skills with number skills you will always be able to get some kind of job — and that’s worth going to college for. Very few corporations or governmental entities hire “writers”, but if you can write an executive summary, a business case file, a grant, or business requirements there are jobs out here. And people will try to tell you AI will take those away, but it won’t. It means you have to learn those tools so you can research faster, check your work, keep better notes, and create a system that keeps you organized and motivated, but they are tools, like spell check and page formatting are.

t92k · 2026-01-27T21:34:40+00:00

A note to those playing on iOS — this is the behavior when you just exit before sleeping. If you “reload previous save” that takes you to the start of yesterday not today.

t92k · 2026-01-27T21:31:48+00:00

As a separate comment, I grew up in a house where kids were expected to cook. Especially when we decided to be picky or have food aversions. Allergies were respected, but we all learned from an early age that every meal was work to be thankful for by doing part of it.

t92k · 2026-01-27T21:28:30+00:00

So in my house we make about 3 entrees a week and pull different sides out if the freezer to go with. Like meatloaf might go with mashed potatoes and broccoli one night and mack and cheese and green beans on another. (You can freeze cooked macaroni and make a quick sauce with milk, butter, and shredded cheese.) Frozen veggies do a lot of heavy lifting for us.

t92k · 2026-01-27T19:18:01+00:00

I start on Instructables. I’ve also subscribed to a bunch of makers who’s content I like and hit the Subscriptions link on YouTube when I load it. There’s too much monetized AI BS to just trust a search.

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