Due to allergies and difficulty in following diets (even diets that just avoid my allergens!) I switched to just eating meat and eggs (and wine and coffee and occasionally beer) so shopping is just 15kg of beef and two dozen eggs for a fortnight, and cooking is just lightly cooking ~600g of beef, sometimes with eggs
It's so simple, and quicker than a frozen pizza, tastier too
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.
That's why I'm buying two pizzas. Take that, brain!
Just make sure you have some ketchup for that rat!
And I'm also out of room in the freezer by the time I'm tired and staring at the thawing pizza
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.
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.
Now I just wanna have a buffet of pizza, rotisserie chicken, and sushi, and I have none of these things on hand.
Rat it is, then!
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.
remember that though the time is vastly extended - things can still go bad in the freezer https://foodsguy.com/how-long-fish-last-freezer/
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.
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
Half of my freezer is frozen pizzas. I know how I operate.
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+
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.
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
Ok but can I eat the fresh pizza from a chain without going outside?
What gourmet frozen pizza is this? An "okay by my standards" one costs £1.75..
Yeah, meanwhile pizza from a chain is like £16+
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€
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.
making frozen pizza is cooking as far as I’m concerned
Frozen pizza once a week for two decades, almost no exceptions. It's a tradition I will keep up until the day I die.
I'll save this for when I want pizza but also when I want to be disappointed.
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
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.
Wtf why do I feel called out
I feel personally attacked
It's been a long time since I've bought frozen pizza so the temptation isn't there.
I do it because I'm tired from shopping and don't want to cook.
That’s why I buy 5.
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.
Meal prep is a godsend
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...)
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.
honestly, frozen is pretty unnecessary for easy pizza though, the hard part of pizza is making the crust, so if you want personal pizzas, get a cheap pack of pocketless pita breads to add sauce and cheese and whatever else to, and then its basically the same as making a piece of toast with a bunch of toppings. takes about the same time to cook up as a frozen one and probably will end up being cheaper. Make it in a pan with a little oil and the crust will probably turn out nicer than frozen pizza, even.
The whole point is not doing all that
Yea frozen pizza i just unwrap and toss it in. I don't even wait for the oven to preheat. About 30 seconds of effort to have pizza 15-20 minutes later. Your method is more like 3 minutes of effort plus i need to have sauce and toppings ready to go
