How often do you go to the grocery store?
Sami Grover
We all do it. The pantry is full of dried goods, there's still leftovers in the fridge, and even a few wilting specimens of fresh produce too. But somehow nothing inspires you - so you pull out the shopping list and reusable bags, and you head out to the store.
But stop for a minute. As we've shown before, using leftovers saves money, and can even give you homemade beauty treatments.
If you're serious about using up old food, check out Colleen's suggestions for never wasting food again, but for the rest of us, it's kind of inevitable that we'll sometimes pass on that last bit of stale cheese or slimy lettuce. However, I'd like to propose a compromise—what if, each time we decide to head to the store, we instead give ourselves just one more day of using what we have. What if, instead of going shopping, we grab those odds and ends and try something new. Who knows, you may discover some great new recipes, and it could even become a habit.
I'm calling this the 'Grocery Pause'. A kind of a cease fire, if you will, in the ever escalating war of consumption. And don't worry, if you're not the most creative of cooks, here are a few tips to get you going.
