At least smaller items mean less spoilage for me!

I think you could make a pretty healthy chili for under $10. Any healthy chefs know one way or the other?

I don’t know if I’d eat chili that I made that cheap, I’m just a little too big on meat and fresh vegetables

But that’s really the irony of bulk purchases. They’re really good for some things (AA batteries, razor blades, packs of gum, bottled water), but there’s also the issue of “too much”. In our quest to eat better and reduce our waste (waist), my wife and I have taken to bi-weekly shopping and simply buying and keeping less around the house.

It’s really hard to beat fresh foods. I mean sure, I could buy a big box of frozen burritos, but then I’d have to feed myself frozen burritos Don’t get me wrong, it’s definitely nice to have these around, especially when the “unexpected” wrecks your plans. But if you’re one of those families with three different boxes of microwavable frozen good in the freezer, you’re starting to show signs of a different problem.

In fact, I was raised in one of those families. All of the frozen cost-co food was easy to have around, but it was really unhealthy. Generally, it was a really poor substitute for meal planning. We’ll still keep a frozen pizza in the freezer (the $6 variety, not the $2 variety), but really most of us don’t need food in cost-co sized portions. If anything, the stats show that the average person needs less food in a fresher format.