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Those of you that don't like dishwashing:

I don't either and back when I was in an apartment I bought a portable dishwasher that was just 18" wide. I got that small a one because I don't like carrying clothes around to a laundry and had put a small washer that hooks to the sink like a portable dishwasher does in the space left for tenants with the thought they would want to add a dishwasher. I also had a small dryer that runs on 110 current. Rather than have to clean up lint from the dryer I got a vent kit at the hardware store and had one of the guys from work (I was a bookkeeper for a construction company) cut a piece of paneling the width of one of the windows with a hole for the vent and blew the lint out the window through the vent.

Both could later be used when I bought a house. I left the dishwasher as a portable connection but in a place where I didn't have to move it. The washer was connected the same way as a full size washer.
 
I don't like doing the grocery shopping because I have to think, "OK, we can afford to eat this, but not that." It's frustrating when my daughter wants something expensive like shrimp and I have to tell her "No, we need to save it for when we have the money and to celebrate a special occasion." What is really frustrating is that we can eat cheap junk food but we have to very carefully choose healthy fruits and vegetables, limiting ourselves to what is in season and on sale and making sure we only buy what we can eat before it spoils.
 
Dixie said:
I don't like doing the grocery shopping because I have to think, "OK, we can afford to eat this, but not that." It's frustrating when my daughter wants something expensive like shrimp and I have to tell her "No, we need to save it for when we have the money and to celebrate a special occasion." What is really frustrating is that we can eat cheap junk food but we have to very carefully choose healthy fruits and vegetables, limiting ourselves to what is in season and on sale and making sure we only buy what we can eat before it spoils.
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Do you at least have a refrigerator with a fair size freezer section? I as a single person have found frozen vegetables, etc. that come in bags really work for me. I can get out just the amount I want for the meal that I am preparing and the rest does not spoil before I want to use that item again.
 
Jane B. said:
Do you at least have a refrigerator with a fair size freezer section? I as a single person have found frozen vegetables, etc. that come in bags really work for me. I can get out just the amount I want for the meal that I am preparing and the rest does not spoil before I want to use that item again.
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I have a standard sized refrigerator, so I don't have a lot of space. I try to buy meat in bulk when it is on sale and freeze it. Frozen vegetables tend to be high in sodium which I am trying to watch. Also, I have noticed that some frozen fruits and vegetables don't taste 'right' compared to fresh fruit and vegetables. I have been known to buy frozen bags of mixed vegetables and steam them as a side dish to a meal.
 
Dixie said:
I have a standard sized refrigerator, so I don't have a lot of space. I try to buy meat in bulk when it is on sale and freeze it. Frozen vegetables tend to be high in sodium which I am trying to watch. Also, I have noticed that some frozen fruits and vegetables don't taste 'right' compared to fresh fruit and vegetables. I have been known to buy frozen bags of mixed vegetables and steam them as a side dish to a meal.
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Where are you finding ones high in sodium? I just checked my freezer and found:
Whole green beans, ingredients = green beans, sodium = 0
Baby broccoli florets, ingredients = broccoli, sodium = 20mg
Cauliflower florets, ingredients = cauliflower, sodium = 25mg
Corn on the cob 3" long, ingredients =corn, sodium = 0mg
Baby lima beans, ingredients = lima beans & salt, sodium = 240mg

Notice that the only one with sodium other than what naturally occurs is the lima beans. When I asked about that at the store I was told it is part of the process to shell and clean them.
 
Jane B. said:
Where are you finding ones high in sodium? I just checked my freezer and found:
Whole green beans, ingredients = green beans, sodium = 0
Baby broccoli florets, ingredients = broccoli, sodium = 20mg
Cauliflower florets, ingredients = cauliflower, sodium = 25mg
Corn on the cob 3" long, ingredients =corn, sodium = 0mg
Baby lima beans, ingredients = lima beans & salt, sodium = 240mg

Notice that the only one with sodium other than what naturally occurs is the lima beans. When I asked about that at the store I was told it is part of the process to shell and clean them.
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I bought a bag of frozen broccoli and cheese that you steam in the microwave. I think the sodium was around 200mg or something like that. I can't remember the exact number. I don't currently have a bag to refer to, so my number probably won't be exact.
 
Dixie said:
I bought a bag of frozen broccoli and cheese that you steam in the microwave. I think the sodium was around 200mg or something like that. I can't remember the exact number. I don't currently have a bag to refer to, so my number probably won't be exact.
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Yes those combination things can be high. Most of it comes from how they prepare it and in the example you gave probably the cheese. I was referring to bags that are just the vegetables that are picked and frozen period where you can pour out just the amount you want for how many servings you are going to prepare.
 
Jane B. said:
Yes those combination things can be high. Most of it comes from how they prepare it and in the example you gave probably the cheese. I was referring to bags that are just the vegetables that are picked and frozen period where you can pour out just the amount you want for how many servings you are going to prepare.
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I have a tendency to buy canned vegetables such as green beans, corn, etc. Every once in a great while we will buy the canned fruit. I prefer fresh fruit though because canned fruit is usually packed in that overly sweet syrup. It just ruins the fruit for me.
 
Dixie said:
I have a tendency to buy canned vegetables such as green beans, corn, etc. Every once in a great while we will buy the canned fruit. I prefer fresh fruit though because canned fruit is usually packed in that overly sweet syrup. It just ruins the fruit for me.
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I find that cans are not the right size for how much I want for just me for one meal. Besides that I like the texture of frozen better than canned. One of those individual preferences.

I think I forgot to mention earlier that, like you, I do buy meat, cut into individual servings if needed and freeze.
 
Jane B. said:
I find that cans are not the right size for how much I want for just me for one meal. Besides that I like the texture of frozen better than canned. One of those individual preferences.

I think I forgot to mention earlier that, like you, I do buy meat, cut into individual servings if needed and freeze.
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Yes, I have bought 20 pounds of ground beef when it was on sale. I portioned it out into ziploc bags and froze it. That lasted a long time. Sometimes I manage to get deer meat given to me to supplement my store-bought meats.
 
Dixie said:
Yes, I have bought 20 pounds of ground beef when it was on sale. I portioned it out into ziploc bags and froze it. That lasted a long time. Sometimes I manage to get deer meat given to me to supplement my store-bought meats.
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I haven't bought that much of any one thing at a time.
 
Jane B. said:
I haven't bought that much of any one thing at a time.
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When its on sale and you buy it in bulk, its cheaper than trying to buy a bunch of the smaller packages.
 
Dixie said:
When its on sale and you buy it in bulk, its cheaper than trying to buy a bunch of the smaller packages.
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I am not saying I don't ever buy larger packages just that 20 lb. at once is over the line for me. And remember that I am buying for just me while there are two in your household.
 
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