It's Tuesday. Veggie day is Thursday. Despite eating out one night, we are really low on vegetables. One carrot, 2 cucumbers. What's a FT working mom with no time to mid-week shop to do? Well, here's what you can do when you are low on veggies: remember what counts as vegetable.
1. Scrounge in the freezer: I found 1/2 bag of frozen peas and 1/2 bag of frozen peppers and onions. Plus some veggie burgers.
2. Scrounge in the pantry: canned or dried beans (can count as a vegetable), boxed tomato and pepper soup, canned tomatoes, onions.
3. Scrounge in the fridge: marinara, salsa
4. Send your husband to the garden. My garden is "plant it and see if it grows". Very low maintenance. Behold! About 8 radishes. I could eat the tops too I think. That's another serving.
With all of that, I think I can manage to get us through tomorrow (lunch and dinner) and Thursday lunch. They will definitely be "low veggie" days. I do have some fruit. I could probably forage oranges and lemons too.
If all else fails and you have a no veggie day, don't beat yourself up. Whether it be because you don't want to shop, you are out of money until payday, or you don't have access to a grocery store, you can only do your best.
2 comments:
great suggestions marcia! i feel the same way no time to shop midweek so deal and hope you have frozen veggies on hand! i would love to get together and have wine some night after you have your baby and you are settled with 2 kids :) it was so fun in santa barbara!
I scrounge for veggies like this too. Tomato paste counts, so do onions. I'll make a casserole of glazed onions. And if I'm making a leftover-based soup will add several large spoonfuls of tomato paste. Plus any soup I make usually has one or two whole onions plus a bunch of garlic -- and garlic counts too!
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