c/dinner-dilemmas-solved

Vent: my mom's leftovers rule made me a better cook but she was wrong

She always said NEVER freeze rice, claimed it turns to mush every time. I followed that for like 5 years until a buddy at work in Austin told me to spread it flat on a sheet pan before freezing. Now I do that with every batch and honestly it's better than the fresh stuff half the time. Anyone else get stuck on a food rule that ended up being total garbage or is my mom just a control freak?

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the_felix•3d ago

I hit frozen food aisle 200 and it hit me weird

I checked my grocery app last Thursday and I've made 200 frozen pizza or microwave meal purchases this year. That's not including the frozen veggie bags or the taquitos I grab for my kid. I thought I was being smart about quick dinners but 200 means I'm basically eating processed food every other night. The scary part is my 'emergency backup' freezer stash became my whole dinner plan without me noticing. Has anyone else counted their monthly frozen dinners and had a wake up call like this, or am I the only one floating on a sea of cardboard boxes?

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