Same here with the two refrigerators and large freezer. You simply get used to grocery shopping more often and stocking less. We are big fresh fruit and veggie eaters. Meals are pretty well a meat and a big salad. DH drinks two gallons of milk weekly...With the smaller refrigerator...no way we can manage buying for a whole week!!
We don't stock our pantry as we do at home. We figure out a menu for the week and buy accordingly.
I use a lot of zip lock bags...they "sqush down"..and fit into unusual spaces, the the refrigerator and pantry.
I can no longer buy meats in "family sized cheaper packages" and save money...but you adjust! :)
DH and I like different kinds of bread, salad dressings and such... But there we adjust too..and both use the same kind due to lack of room. No longer have a refrigerator full of pickles, olives, relishes, a selection of jams and jellies. No room.
I use cake mixes to bake DH cakes.. don't haul all the ingredients and spices to bake homemade. Same with cornbread. Use little boxes of Jiffy cornbread mix.
It helps that I'm a "simple, use few ingredients cook". Have never put a big menu on the table for meals. A meat, a starch and some "greenery" pretty well does it for me. With carb counting...we've pretty much given up the starches...except for DH's cake...Grin.. And occasionally, I NEED a baked potato!!
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Joella
