Quick check in:
My latest 143 RADIO show is available for playback on NTS. I had a lovely time with Elwood from Slowjamz, chatting and enjoying his exclusive live mix.
Okay let’s get into some deep adulting. MEAL PLANNING FOR A FAMILY.
Going from single gal to family of 4 with doggy is an adjustment that is, in my humble opinion, most felt in the groceries department. Writing out a grocery list is a real head change when you’re all of a sudden having to think beyond yourself, your next meal, and your gourmet coffee beans. And nothing is more triggering and exhausting than reaching 5pm with an empty tank, a house full of hangry tummies, and no answer to the dreaded question, “What’s for dinner?”
I realized I was constantly hitting a wall, and then running out to the store every day to get an ingredient or two for a meal idea, or grab another container of yogurt. It was a real time suck, on top of the fact that our perishable foods were all expiring at different times, necessitating different trips to replenish. Every day felt like a scramble for dinner, and every night felt like a scramble for the next day.
I needed to start thinking ahead, I needed to create an efficient system that worked for everyone’s needs and our reality. As much as I’d like to be on my Ina Gaarten shit and make a beautiful gourmet spread every day, I accept that my current world doesn’t work like that. And as much as I’d also love to be dining out at every hot table in the city, I accept that my current world doesn’t quite work like that either. So this here is a combination of budgeting, timing, temperament, home cooking and Postmates’ing, new foods and recurring favorites.