This older post is a better restatement of the above (added line breaks):

When I'm shopping, I am totally price and quality driven and I am going to make hard choices, like a supply sergeant.

When I'm prepping items for the freezer, that also is a single-minded task and I am harvest-driven, wasting not an iota of chicken fat for example but also not wasting my time and energy on the prep or the cleanup.

When I thaw an item to make something for a workout brekky or lunch, I am totally thinking training nutrition principles.

When I'm putting a supper together, I'm thinking about pleasing my husband and myself (and any guests present).

Now, these separate thinking processes do eventually integrate over time. Thus, because training nutrition is a high priority which has brought rich rewards, that training nutrition drives the shopping choices, the portion sizes when I pack for the freezer, and the way I prepare the eventual meals. But at the time I am doing each function, that's the only function I am thinking about consciously.

It gets smarter over time.

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A persisent issue here has been brekkies on time and without prep. I thought I had posted the following item earliuer, but I guess not. Topday it was yummy cold brekky. Next time, nuked warm.

INSTANT RICE PUDDING
Amazingly, almost as good as my Mom's all-day, egg-custard-vanilla heaven!!!
<> Instant sugar-free pudding
<> Milk to taste (skim or full fat; quantity as called for on box, or less depending on desired texture)
<> Leftover cooked rice (still moist) folded into the above. Proportions are up to you.
<> Nuts, raisins, M&Ms, granola, etc. sprinked on top at serving are also good if your plan allows the calories.


Yesterday's snow-plowing eats included a rice-cookerfull for leftovers, so I made a triple batch of the pud last night before we went to bed that will stay creamy for days. The lemon flavor is DELISH, the butterscotch is not bad, and the fudge chocolate-- OH MY! Pistachio also good, but it IS green. :~)

Sugar-free flavors tend to dissipate over time, but a squeeze of lemon or honey when served brings it right back.

Add the thawed fruit, and VIOLA! Ooh, Hardi's running late on Sat. lunch-- I need another serving......

~Susan