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I think I have my menu plan sorted for the next few days, which should clear out everything perishable from the fridge before I am away for a few days next week. I've also fully cleared out the vegetable drawer, which was nowhere near as bad as I feared - I did find some very gooey celery and some tomatoes that were more liquid than solid. I'm going to freeze a few things I have excess of (cauliflower & leek bake, some mushrooms and some stewed apple & pear) and have put some excess bananas in the freezer for future cooking. Plus I'll be freezing the planned camembert and cherry muffins. This whole "cook everything from scratch and focus on reducing food waste" hobby is very labour intensive some days!
I've definitely been cooking a lot less from scratch over the past 6 weeks or so because of the labour involved. I am most definitely grateful for frozen veggies, sauces/pastes and the like! There is something very very satisfying about it when you do get around to it though.
I try to harness my more enthusiastic moments to make extra to freeze or preserve for the future so I can pull out easy meals when I don't have the energy. Things like extra cheese sauce are especially good, because it doesn't take much more effort to make a big batch than a small one.
I try to freeze as much as I can, but my bout of flu in July wrecked my stores and I've not been able to catch up since. I'm hoping to do some mega cooking over Cup Day weekend, maybe - if I don't end up spending most of it asleep...