Time for a homemade kitchen restock 🔪🤍 This week’s restock doubles as a fridge cleanout, because I didn’t buy any new groceries and planned all my recipes around what I already had on hand, prioritizing items near expiration that needed to be used up.
With just a couple hours of time commitment and no extra dollars spent, I ended up with all of this:
- A fresh pot of cold brew - A batch of homemade lmond milk - Brown sugar pumpkin spice coffee syrup - A bottle of iced green ginger tea with honey - A few servings of nutrient-dense peanut butter overnight oats - A large batch of carrot turmeric soup - A big pot of pesto pasta with vegan chicken and cherry tomatoes - Almond oat chocolate bars - A loaf of sourdough discard sandwich bread With grocery costs being what they are right now, I’ve found that learning to make more household staples from scratch has made a big financial difference. Simple things like baking bread, making plant milks & brewing iced teas at home may take a little bit of extra time but are well worth it in terms of cost analysis. Plus, I get to determine which ingredients I use & which I choose to omit. I’ve become a big fan of looser, less structured meal prepping lately— once a week I make a big pot of something, throw it in the fridge & eat whenever I need an easy meal. Usually, that ends up being lunch most days, & dinners are whatever works! I’ve been really inspired to stick to a grocery budget & really cook simple, cheap meals to avoid waste & save money. Let me know if you’d like to see some grocery budgeting & frugal meal planning–– I might have something fun up my sleeve to share with you in 2025…
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