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What do you do, if there is nothing to eat in the fridge?

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maggiedwyer | 1 year, 10 months ago
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I'm the Mom. The one the kid turns to and says "there's nothing to eat around here," meaning, he hasn't thought about what all of these ingredients might become, he just doesn't see the finished dishes. I'm the one who looks in the fridge, the freezer, the pantry, and decides what I can make that will fill up the kid and keep him healthy. He's 18, he has turned into a nocturnal creature this summer, so regular "breakfast," for example, doesn't happen for him. He gets up at noon and wants something breakfast-like, though.

http://unknowncystic.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/muffins.jpg

Invariably I can cook something fairly quickly. Slice some bread (I make my own), scramble a couple of eggs in a bowl, dredge the bread through the eggs then fry on a griddle, and he'll eat French toast any time of day. Pull out the flour, butter, sugar, an egg, some fruit, and make blueberry muffins. He'll eat those any time of day. Peel or slice fruit, and he'll eat that. Fix a plate of leftovers and nuke it and he'll eat that.

When he goes away to college next month, they'll feed him in the campus food service much of the time. He'll probably gain weight, but I've warned him about that. When he comes home, I'll feed him some, but I'll do more of what I've been doing this summer, I'll work with him and teach him how to make a few things.

Just because the finished food isn't right there in the fridge to eat (instant gratification) doesn't mean it takes long to have something ready.

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/images/quesadilla_blackbean.jpg

I have a few things around that are always good for impromptu meals. I buy tortillas in bulk and freeze them a few at a time in plastic bags. My daughter used to get many types of leftovers, mix them into something that resembled a "breakfast burrito" and cook it up. Her brother isn't so creative, but I can take those tortillas and add a meat and some cheese, some onion or peppers, etc, and make quesadillas. Can't put too many ingredients and you have to have enough cheese to hold it together, but they always seem to come out good. And sometimes all it takes is a few bites of something like this and he can wait for the rest of the meal that might take longer. Works for me, also.
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buddawiggi | 1 year, 10 months ago
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To me this is a questions of actual circumstance vs created circumstance.
I like to create circumstance from actual circumstance.

Do I ..
1) Go to to grocery store and get some things I like. (created circumstance)
2) Go out to eat. (created circumstance)
3) Lower my standards of what is acceptable. (actual circumstance)
4) Go hungry. (actual circumstance)

My willingness to do any of these available options will depend on a few different factors like available money, meal time company, time of day, how far down my standards would have to go, available time, etc.

I like to take control of scenarios where the control is there to be responsibly taken so in this circumstance I think I would be leaning to using options (1) and (2) first as this important question/scenario is just begging to be taken control of so if I had the means then I would pick (2) "Go out to eat" first but if not then I would (1) "Go to the grocery store" and if my ways and means were incompatible with either of those options then of course option (3) "Lower my standards" would be the next logical choice and lastly option (4) "Go hungry" would be the last resort.
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bitbit | 1 year, 10 months ago
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I check the pantry. Sometimes I move from fridge to pantry back to the fridge as if something new will magically appear!
I'm hoping you are simply bored with food in your fridge and not lacking for food. If you indeed are out of work and in need of food, contact your local emergency services to ask where the nearest soup kitchen is located or if they have other provisions. You can also contact local churches, most are usually willing to provide food to those in need.

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bklynjs | 1 year, 10 months ago
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Go to your friends house for dinner. Go out to eat. Order in. Go hungry. Eat cookies. Go to the grocery store. Call Mom.

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jljl | 1 year, 10 months ago
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well, i go to the sam's club they offer there free food samples :) that's not gonna make you full but....

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maggiedwyer | 1 year, 10 months ago Report

I wish Sam's Club hadn't fired all of the sample ladies and outsourced their sample department. You know what that means - to make a profit, the outsource folks pay less and offer no benefits. So if the former sample folks (not just ladies, but mostly) want to work for them, they earn less and don't have benefits they might have had before. It was a slap in the face to them for Sam's to do that. IMHO.

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psynopsis | 1 year, 10 months ago Report

Good idea. But I'm always nervous about trying samples because they know I'm not going to buy the product. I'm just there for the food. :]

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sunshine09 | 1 year, 10 months ago
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If I could not find anything in ther fridg., I would look in the cubboard. most of us will have peanut butter and crackers or peanut butter and jelly. Sometimes you can also find something like a box of rice of some kind that you could make maybe with a sandwich. You could always order out or go to the local grocery store and find something to make that might not be all that expensive. Buy a frozen pizza. Stop at Subway and get a bowl of soup or a small sub. Eat some of your favorite cereals, have toast and peanut butter. Have some popcorn.

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psynopsis | 1 year, 10 months ago Report

Your photos made me hungry! :D

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sunshine09 | 1 year, 10 months ago Report

LOL me too was hoping for best anwser with them lol

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lotusla | 1 year, 10 months ago
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Your options are:

-make something to eat (raid the pantry)- you can't do that if you are lazy
-go buy or order something to eat - you can't do that if you don't have money
-invite a buddy to visit you, let him/her bring something to eat - you can't do that if you don't have friends

If you cannot do any of the above, I think you should SLEEP, if you're in luck maybe you will dream that you are eating food and you will wake up not hungry. If you're not hungry, you just have a habit of looking inside the fridge, kick the habit...lol.peace.
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albanian | 1 year, 10 months ago
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When there is nothing to eat in the fridge I have a beer. Beer is more or less liquid bread; but, it tastes a lot better. At least, the kinds that fill most of my fridge do.
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pellrider | 1 year, 10 months ago
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I will think of start cooking. I will have some canned items and uncooked beans in the pantry along with rice and flour. If those things are running out too, I will think of going to the grocery store to buy some items. If that is not an option, because of my finances, then, I will get myself invited to my cousins place. She will sure have something for me to eat. While I am there, I will try to borrow a $10 for emergency also.
In the worst case, I will have to use the local food bank. But that is the worst case scenario.

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lisak52 | 1 year, 10 months ago
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It is my everyday. There is always plenty there to eat but....

I am so tired of cooking the same things over and over again.
I move from the fridge in the kitchen to the freezer in the garage then to the pantry.That goes on from about 10am till about 4 pm when I decide what I want to do.When all else fails,I call the Pizzaria for pizza and wings.
Most of the time I end up cooking the same few things.UGH!!!

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watson84 | 1 year, 10 months ago
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I make lunch or dinner myself.

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julianne | 1 year, 10 months ago
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Maybe you should always buy more food so that you can deal with such situations. For instance, instead of buying 2 loaves of bread, but three, etc. You should always try to have healthy food at hand for the time when you're really hungry and you don't feel like cooking or ordering junk food. Have plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables ( you could always fix yourself a salad with sliced tomatoes, onion, cucumbers, adding a little olive or sunflower oil and some vinegar; if you like, you can sprinkle some cheese on top); when it comes to fruit, bananas or grapes make an excellent dessert and they are much healthier than chocolate.

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potterarchy | 1 year, 10 months ago
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Like @bitbit, I go to the pantry, then I go back to the fridge, peek in the freezer... and then realize I'm snacking because I'm bored, and I need to do something about that. Sometimes I cave and eat something totally pointless (my current snack of choice is graham crackers and peanut butter), but usually I'll go sit back down and try a new movie, or go out and take a walk. I'm a bad emotional eater, and boredom's the worst of them all.
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potterarchy | 1 year, 10 months ago Report

Maybe you should change that habit from "look -> eat" to "look -> clean!" ;)

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lotusla | 1 year, 10 months ago Report

FUNNY PIC, @bunnyphuphu. Hope it's not happening, if not you will have "Cold Cat" (not Cold Cuts) hahaha...lol.

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bunnyphuphu | 1 year, 10 months ago Report

Don't forget to check the fridge doors. I often forget about many yummy things there!

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psynopsis | 1 year, 10 months ago Report

I've made it a habit. I look in the fridge even when I'm not hungry.

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msmuffintop | 1 year, 10 months ago
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The only three recipes in my house are: 1) What's around, 2)Go to the store and 3) leftovers.
So if there's nothing to eat in the fridge #1 would be improvise with what's in the pantry
#2 would be go to the store and get more stuff and
#3 - going to a friend's house / mom's house to eat as some of the people have suggested

Lately as a single person I find it harder and harder to make a meal. I'm so bored to cook for one person. My last room mate asked me if I was a "raw foodie" which I am NOT, because all she saw me eating was yogurt, peanut butter, cottage cheese. . . it was because it's dull to cook for one. Anything I eat I'm stuck eating for lunch and dinner the next two days! I find many of my single friends have this problem so when I get the chance I go over and cook for them, not as a date, just to have something more fun to eat

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ladymermaid | 1 year, 10 months ago
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I dig out a box of cereal and munch on it. Cereal is low in calories but because it is fortified with a lot of essential nutrients it is now also good for you. I'm a muncher so this works out perfect. Try your cereal dry - you might like it :)

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ahasmileybb | 1 year, 10 months ago
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drink plenty of water,the go to my room to surf the internet,I like all kinds of bags,so I usually visit this web: www.intheshipping.com

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alecmw | 1 year, 10 months ago
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I don't, use unnece,ssary commas.
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psynopsis | 1 year, 10 months ago Report

Sorry, I didn't know this was grammar school. :|

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