Grocery Shopping for a Week

Usually I’m chained to a desk and locked in a cubicle 40 hours a week.  This makes morning meals on the go a necessity and ready to eat lunches a must.  Now that I’m free from the grind, I’m having trouble with, of all things, feeding myself.  I get up, start doing things, an inevitably hunger comes with an unruly demand to be satiated.

This reminds me of the Pavarotti quote.

One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.

This requires me to either go down the street and buy some groceries, or visit one of the delicious yet arguably expensive, food vendors in my neighborhood.  Men’s health argues for the former, but with a plan to minimize effort.

Thankfully, we have a culinary solution that’ll perfectly fit your budget, schedule, and diet. The plan: Set aside 20 minutes on Sunday to fulfill our 16-item shopping list, then forget about your wallet — and collection of takeout menus — for the rest of the workweek. By following our 5-day menu, you’ll have the precise number of ingredients to create 10 fast, flavorful meals, all of which are designed to help you build muscle and melt fat while saving you money. (The average price of 10 meals eaten out: $85; the total price of our meals: $47.96.) Each night, you’ll simply prepare a quick and easy dinner, and then creatively use the leftovers to assemble the next day’s lunch. Call it the mixologist’s guide to eating. The best part? While the other guys are stuck on hold in drive-thrus, you’ll be rolling through the express line with your next 10 meals in tow.

Not accommodating my vegetarian lifestyle, it hasn’t solved my problems.  However, maybe shopping once, and planning around quick easy meals is the solution.  How convenient is prepared grocery lists with accompanying recipes for a week?  Read Shop Once, Eat for a Week to find out.