a lot of this often falls flat when you're a singleton living in a small apt without an extra freezer. which is not to say this isn't good advice otherwise, just that i'm noting that people will have to adapt it to their needs. that's life, though.
on the growing stuff, though, possibly the best stuff to grow if you're a singleton and know cr*p-all about cooking is your own herbs. it's not expensive to try it, and you have fresh ingrediants to experiment with if you're a fan of crock-pot cooking, like i am. i have to say of all the stuff i've tried to grow, the lemon basil, rosemary, and lavendar hyssop were/are the best choices i've made so far.
Actually, every bit of it works for "singletons" just as easily as a family like the Duggars. With good planning, the freezer compartment of the average refrigerator is more than adequate to store a month's worth of frozen fruit and veggies, some pre-cooked meals, and still have room for ice cubes and refreezable "blankets". Buying in bulk works just as well for one as for a dozen - and if it distresses someone to buy a case of tomato sauce instead of a single can, I suppose they could buy and split it with friends/neighbors/co-workers.
Single people especially benefit from coupons, brown-bagging, using left-overs, eating more soups, avoiding "eatertainment", shopping less often, using canned meats, shopping sales (with friends), ditching convenience foods, shopping ethnic markets, doctoring up meat, eating less meat, and that's 15 out of 18.
So, while I can understand not wanting to do these things, because some of it is rather time intensive and no one ever has to do anything I say (unless they choose to), I utterly fail to understand how "a lot of this often falls flat when you're a singleton" when I specifically did research and worked hard to make sure most of this could apply to anyone including college students with little resources. I happen to be a single person living in a small house (smaller than most apartments larger than an efficiency), and these all work for me. I know many other people for whom these work, too - also single people living alone in apartments and small houses.
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on the growing stuff, though, possibly the best stuff to grow if you're a singleton and know cr*p-all about cooking is your own herbs. it's not expensive to try it, and you have fresh ingrediants to experiment with if you're a fan of crock-pot cooking, like i am. i have to say of all the stuff i've tried to grow, the lemon basil, rosemary, and lavendar hyssop were/are the best choices i've made so far.
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Single people especially benefit from coupons, brown-bagging, using left-overs, eating more soups, avoiding "eatertainment", shopping less often, using canned meats, shopping sales (with friends), ditching convenience foods, shopping ethnic markets, doctoring up meat, eating less meat, and that's 15 out of 18.
So, while I can understand not wanting to do these things, because some of it is rather time intensive and no one ever has to do anything I say (unless they choose to), I utterly fail to understand how "a lot of this often falls flat when you're a singleton" when I specifically did research and worked hard to make sure most of this could apply to anyone including college students with little resources. I happen to be a single person living in a small house (smaller than most apartments larger than an efficiency), and these all work for me. I know many other people for whom these work, too - also single people living alone in apartments and small houses.