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Just need an easy cooking day every so often (lemmy.world)

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[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Buying groceries and putting them away is a biggish task. And when you're done, you're tired of looking at food and thinking about all the prep work of cooking food. But most of what you have isn't food yet, it's still ingredients.

You deserve to have that one ready dinner tonight, whether it's pizza or rotisserie chicken or sushi or Greek-salad-inna-box or rat-onna-stick. You know you'll do it anyway, so just plan it in as you shop.

[-] Senseless@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's why I'm buying two pizzas. Take that, brain!

[-] salvaria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just make sure you have some ketchup for that rat!

[-] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

I started using meal delivery kits a few years ago because of what you mentioned. I don't mind the cooking aspect, but it's the planning and buying groceries part that's a pain in the ass. Having something that says "here's everything you need, go make some food" has been a game changer for me.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

I agree with your point completely but it's the reason those don't appeal to me at all. I enjoy the tiny creativity of looking in the fridge and cupboard, with whatever appetite and influences my mind has picked up that day, and also an eye to what needs cooking while it's still good, and making a meal.

[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

And I'm also out of room in the freezer by the time I'm tired and staring at the thawing pizza

[-] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Now I just wanna have a buffet of pizza, rotisserie chicken, and sushi, and I have none of these things on hand.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Rat it is, then!

[-] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago

I sometimes will buy the little Red Baron personal pizzas that come in a two pack with the idea being that they will be something quick I can microwave for lunch at work for two days. They never make it through the weekend though lol

[-] Intrama@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Omg lol, yeah. Felt. Totally felt.

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[-] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 24 points 1 month ago

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 21 points 1 month ago

Half of my freezer is frozen pizzas. I know how I operate.

[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago

I have the opposite.

Two whole fish. About 3kg each. Each of them for when I feel like cooking and make a nice meal.

It has been 2 years.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

remember that though the time is vastly extended - things can still go bad in the freezer https://foodsguy.com/how-long-fish-last-freezer/

[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Yep, I am not going to eat that fish. I have a freezer which is too large for my needs, so stuff like that just ends up being left at the bottom as a monument of my apathy.

[-] shneancy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

valid and relatable, I prefer eating fresh so I don't freeze much aside from ice cubes and the occasional bread, and there's this half a package of fish sticks just, in the freezer, probably not good to eat anymore, but taking them out would be more effort than leaving them there

[-] 2pt_perversion@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

USDA says fish (and pretty much everything else) is "safe" indefinitely if properly frozen. Taste and texture are what the majority of timelines are about. That and your chances of accidentally messing up the freezing with a power outage or improperly shut door goes up over time.

[-] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

I'll save this for when I want pizza but also when I want to be disappointed.

[-] felixthecat@kbin.run 8 points 1 month ago

Frozen pizza costs the same as most chains, may as well get it fresh. There was a time this wasn't true but now they're all like 8.50+

[-] brognak@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

What chain can you get a pizza for $8.50? Only one I can think of is Little Caesars (which I personally adore, but I am a living trash can). Actual question, pizza is hilarious inflated price wise used to be a cheap treat.

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

10 years ago I paid my pizzas 5€ fresh, now I pay them 6€ because I lost the student discount... Please don't tell the owner about inflation I beg you

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[-] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Ok but can I eat the fresh pizza from a chain without going outside?

[-] blimpkun@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

What gourmet frozen pizza is this? An "okay by my standards" one costs £1.75..

[-] snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, meanwhile pizza from a chain is like £16+

[-] hydroxycotton@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Where I am I can consistently get bogos that make the premium frozen pizza brands about $5 per pizza. There are also cheaper store brands that are $3-4. Definitely cheaper than dominos/Papa John's. Especially since they've raised there prices considerably in recent years as well as stopped offering the kinds of deep discount specials and deals they used to offer.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

How tf does a frozen pizza cost 8 quid lol

The most basic of basic vegan pizzas I can get at Lidl here costs like less than 2€ per pizza. Topped with some tomatoes, maybe some additional cheese, vegan salami or something and I'm cookin. The fancy vegan pizzas cost like 3€

[-] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

making frozen pizza is cooking as far as I’m concerned

[-] Pika@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

So true, the other day I'm like oh I'll buy two pizzas they're on sale that way it will last me the next few weeks for the days I don't feel like cooking, day zero I cooked the first pizza, leftovers lasted me until day 3 after which I baked the second pizza

[-] doingthestuff@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

We have three teenagers. My 15yo son eats a whole frozen pizza by himself and then asks for more. Sometimes I buy six at a time.

[-] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

How large/heavy is a regular frozen pizza where you're from? Eating less than a whole one sounds a bit odd to me as they're really not very big around here, around 350-400 g each.

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[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 7 points 1 month ago

I feel personally attacked

[-] tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Wtf why do I feel called out

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I do it because I'm tired from shopping and don't want to cook.

[-] theangryseal@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That’s why I buy 5.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

I saw this posted before, and I'll give the same advice.

If you don't have a freezer big enough to hold two weeks worth of food, buy a bigger one. They have models that can fit in any apartment. I like to cook big pots of soup or chili and freeze them in pint size containers. Knowing you've got a few good frozen meals in the house is a nice feeling.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Meal prep is a godsend

[-] Cobrachicken@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

AND PUT LABELS ON THAT!

(Have various bags of food I prepped in the freezer, all reddish-brown stuff like tomato soup, all marked with black Edding on the bags. Can't decipher a thing, so it's always suprise supper...)

[-] GluWu@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Once I save up and buy a chest freezer(and eventually fill it with expired frozen UPF as well as various game meat I hunt) I'll know I'm living that good good middle class life. I can only dream of having yet another refrigerator in the garage just for beer and bevies.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

Frozen pizza once a week for two decades, almost no exceptions. It's a tradition I will keep up until the day I die.

[-] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It's been a long time since I've bought frozen pizza so the temptation isn't there.

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