That is how I did it...I would plan it out for at least a week. If we had longer stays, then I would plan it out for that period of time. I found that it was easier to shop that way and also cooking breakfast was one of the most fun parts for me as an innkeeper.
You normally don't have food in the house?Eric Arthur Blair said:We have to have the food in the house, so we need that extra 16 hours...
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Yes, I enjoy cooking too and it's so much easier when it's time to cook and you can just get started because everything you need is right there in the fridge! We also find we waste much less if we plan meals that "go together" (i.e., a French Toast dish followed by an egg casserole that uses up the end pieces of the bread that you used for the French Toast).That is how I did it...I would plan it out for at least a week. If we had longer stays, then I would plan it out for that period of time. I found that it was easier to shop that way and also cooking breakfast was one of the most fun parts for me as an innkeeper.Of course, sometimes the menu might have to be tweaked a bit if there were special needs but I had items in the pantry.
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Right now I have the fixings for FT because that's what we're having. Tomorrow we'll be having some sort of egg dish and we'll have to go out for more eggs. I've already made zucchini bread for the starter for tomorrow. There's probably a half loaf of whole wheat bread in the fridge. A couple boxes of sausages. Some bacon (we do serve it rather frequently). Random bits and bobs.You normally don't have food in the house?Eric Arthur Blair said:
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We will do up to 14 days of different breakfasts if a guest is staying that long. When it gets that long I usually have to start keeping a list. Of course, in the past week we haven't had a guest stay past 3 days... so I can repeat at will. We do switch sweet to savory and try to not always do so many "egg" dishes. But there is one dish you will never see me serve unless it's a very special request... eggs and bacon. In fact, we hardly ever make bacon.
Now, my pumpkin ginger bread... that even the neighbour comes running for!
I have to admit that I certainly have more than 14 different breakfasts. I likely could easily go another 14 days without repeating, but we do have the factor of seasonality of products. I'm almost past scape season. Peach season is about to begin. Strawberries are still plentiful, but I'm not sure how long that will last. Yellow plums have started.
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The advantage of living in a walkable neighbourhood...Yes, I enjoy cooking too and it's so much easier when it's time to cook and you can just get started because everything you need is right there in the fridge! We also find we waste much less if we plan meals that "go together" (i.e., a French Toast dish followed by an egg casserole that uses up the end pieces of the bread that you used for the French Toast).That is how I did it...I would plan it out for at least a week. If we had longer stays, then I would plan it out for that period of time. I found that it was easier to shop that way and also cooking breakfast was one of the most fun parts for me as an innkeeper.Of course, sometimes the menu might have to be tweaked a bit if there were special needs but I had items in the pantry.
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DH is an engineer so we're pretty stream-lined. Plus the grocery store is far and a MAJOR hassle, so needing to go only once a week makes for much happier innkeepers. We are fortunate to get eggs and milk delivered fresh every week which keeps our supplies up to date.
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I think here what we're saving is sanity. We're definitely not saving money!The advantage of living in a walkable neighbourhood...Yes, I enjoy cooking too and it's so much easier when it's time to cook and you can just get started because everything you need is right there in the fridge! We also find we waste much less if we plan meals that "go together" (i.e., a French Toast dish followed by an egg casserole that uses up the end pieces of the bread that you used for the French Toast).That is how I did it...I would plan it out for at least a week. If we had longer stays, then I would plan it out for that period of time. I found that it was easier to shop that way and also cooking breakfast was one of the most fun parts for me as an innkeeper.Of course, sometimes the menu might have to be tweaked a bit if there were special needs but I had items in the pantry.
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DH is an engineer so we're pretty stream-lined. Plus the grocery store is far and a MAJOR hassle, so needing to go only once a week makes for much happier innkeepers. We are fortunate to get eggs and milk delivered fresh every week which keeps our supplies up to date.
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The one I like to drive to... is a whole 3.5 km away.
- 750 m small grocery store
- 800 m small grocery store
- 1 km medium grocery store
- 1.2 km medium grocery store
- 1.5 km large grocery store
And if I need something in an emergency, the closest corner store is a whole 180 m away. Heck, Costco is only 4.5 km away. And the city's central market... just 5.5 km away.
Now saving money at the grocery store... that involves a heck of a lot more and planning breakfast against what's on sale. I haven't seen a good sale on eggs in a couple of weeks. We keep an extra refrigerator for when items go on sale. One supermarket is getting used to me buying a dozen cartons of eggs when they are on sale
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I usually freeze cinnamon bread for French Toast and today we finished the last one and I don't see the bread on sale this week, so that might have to wait a while. They were having silly sales on hamburger and hot dog buns, so we are using them to make strata or baked french toast.Right now I have the fixings for FT because that's what we're having. Tomorrow we'll be having some sort of egg dish and we'll have to go out for more eggs. I've already made zucchini bread for the starter for tomorrow. There's probably a half loaf of whole wheat bread in the fridge. A couple boxes of sausages. Some bacon (we do serve it rather frequently). Random bits and bobs.You normally don't have food in the house?Eric Arthur Blair said:
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We will do up to 14 days of different breakfasts if a guest is staying that long. When it gets that long I usually have to start keeping a list. Of course, in the past week we haven't had a guest stay past 3 days... so I can repeat at will. We do switch sweet to savory and try to not always do so many "egg" dishes. But there is one dish you will never see me serve unless it's a very special request... eggs and bacon. In fact, we hardly ever make bacon.
Now, my pumpkin ginger bread... that even the neighbour comes running for!
I have to admit that I certainly have more than 14 different breakfasts. I likely could easily go another 14 days without repeating, but we do have the factor of seasonality of products. I'm almost past scape season. Peach season is about to begin. Strawberries are still plentiful, but I'm not sure how long that will last. Yellow plums have started.
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We shop everyday unless it's really quiet. It's not just about getting the food, it's about the other half getting out of the house everyday. But we've been doing it like that for years and it helps him, so we keep doing it that way. If he is gone and I'm in charge, I make a menu plan and shop once. I hate shopping.
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I should throw those in something this weekend, too.I usually freeze cinnamon bread for French Toast and today we finished the last one and I don't see the bread on sale this week, so that might have to wait a while. They were having silly sales on hamburger and hot dog buns, so we are using them to make strata or baked french toast.Right now I have the fixings for FT because that's what we're having. Tomorrow we'll be having some sort of egg dish and we'll have to go out for more eggs. I've already made zucchini bread for the starter for tomorrow. There's probably a half loaf of whole wheat bread in the fridge. A couple boxes of sausages. Some bacon (we do serve it rather frequently). Random bits and bobs.You normally don't have food in the house?Eric Arthur Blair said:
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We will do up to 14 days of different breakfasts if a guest is staying that long. When it gets that long I usually have to start keeping a list. Of course, in the past week we haven't had a guest stay past 3 days... so I can repeat at will. We do switch sweet to savory and try to not always do so many "egg" dishes. But there is one dish you will never see me serve unless it's a very special request... eggs and bacon. In fact, we hardly ever make bacon.
Now, my pumpkin ginger bread... that even the neighbour comes running for!
I have to admit that I certainly have more than 14 different breakfasts. I likely could easily go another 14 days without repeating, but we do have the factor of seasonality of products. I'm almost past scape season. Peach season is about to begin. Strawberries are still plentiful, but I'm not sure how long that will last. Yellow plums have started.
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We shop everyday unless it's really quiet. It's not just about getting the food, it's about the other half getting out of the house everyday. But we've been doing it like that for years and it helps him, so we keep doing it that way. If he is gone and I'm in charge, I make a menu plan and shop once. I hate shopping.
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I do have bacon in the house, both crumbled and pre-cooked. I never have raw bacon in the house... never. I can't stand the smell filling the house. We finished my banana bread, but I have some leftover bananas, so I guess I should make another.
I am planning on making some quiche, though... I have lots of veggies from the farmer, including a new bunch of scape.
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Either in my omelettes or in the quiche. They have such a nice flavour. I gotta see what the farmer brought and what I have left. Kohlrabi... that gets pureed and put inI should throw those in something this weekend, too.I usually freeze cinnamon bread for French Toast and today we finished the last one and I don't see the bread on sale this week, so that might have to wait a while. They were having silly sales on hamburger and hot dog buns, so we are using them to make strata or baked french toast.Right now I have the fixings for FT because that's what we're having. Tomorrow we'll be having some sort of egg dish and we'll have to go out for more eggs. I've already made zucchini bread for the starter for tomorrow. There's probably a half loaf of whole wheat bread in the fridge. A couple boxes of sausages. Some bacon (we do serve it rather frequently). Random bits and bobs.You normally don't have food in the house?Eric Arthur Blair said:
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We will do up to 14 days of different breakfasts if a guest is staying that long. When it gets that long I usually have to start keeping a list. Of course, in the past week we haven't had a guest stay past 3 days... so I can repeat at will. We do switch sweet to savory and try to not always do so many "egg" dishes. But there is one dish you will never see me serve unless it's a very special request... eggs and bacon. In fact, we hardly ever make bacon.
Now, my pumpkin ginger bread... that even the neighbour comes running for!
I have to admit that I certainly have more than 14 different breakfasts. I likely could easily go another 14 days without repeating, but we do have the factor of seasonality of products. I'm almost past scape season. Peach season is about to begin. Strawberries are still plentiful, but I'm not sure how long that will last. Yellow plums have started.
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We shop everyday unless it's really quiet. It's not just about getting the food, it's about the other half getting out of the house everyday. But we've been doing it like that for years and it helps him, so we keep doing it that way. If he is gone and I'm in charge, I make a menu plan and shop once. I hate shopping.
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I do have bacon in the house, both crumbled and pre-cooked. I never have raw bacon in the house... never. I can't stand the smell filling the house. We finished my banana bread, but I have some leftover bananas, so I guess I should make another.
I am planning on making some quiche, though... I have lots of veggies from the farmer, including a new bunch of scape.
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we are 5 mins away from a 24hour large supermarket and within 2km of another 3 and a short walk from half a dozen small ones. from my years in the hotel industry who didn't tend to plan very well I had to know what was open on xmas eve or 6am on a sunday. I always say you have to know your emergency shops.The advantage of living in a walkable neighbourhood...Yes, I enjoy cooking too and it's so much easier when it's time to cook and you can just get started because everything you need is right there in the fridge! We also find we waste much less if we plan meals that "go together" (i.e., a French Toast dish followed by an egg casserole that uses up the end pieces of the bread that you used for the French Toast).That is how I did it...I would plan it out for at least a week. If we had longer stays, then I would plan it out for that period of time. I found that it was easier to shop that way and also cooking breakfast was one of the most fun parts for me as an innkeeper.Of course, sometimes the menu might have to be tweaked a bit if there were special needs but I had items in the pantry.
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DH is an engineer so we're pretty stream-lined. Plus the grocery store is far and a MAJOR hassle, so needing to go only once a week makes for much happier innkeepers. We are fortunate to get eggs and milk delivered fresh every week which keeps our supplies up to date.
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The one I like to drive to... is a whole 3.5 km away.
- 750 m small grocery store
- 800 m small grocery store
- 1 km medium grocery store
- 1.2 km medium grocery store
- 1.5 km large grocery store
And if I need something in an emergency, the closest corner store is a whole 180 m away. Heck, Costco is only 4.5 km away. And the city's central market... just 5.5 km away.
Now saving money at the grocery store... that involves a heck of a lot more and planning breakfast against what's on sale. I haven't seen a good sale on eggs in a couple of weeks. We keep an extra refrigerator for when items go on sale. One supermarket is getting used to me buying a dozen cartons of eggs when they are on sale
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We are a walkable, historic downtown....with no grocery store!! We've been lobbying for one since we moved here. We do have a street market with local farm goods on Saturday mornings during the Summer and early Fall months.The advantage of living in a walkable neighbourhood...Yes, I enjoy cooking too and it's so much easier when it's time to cook and you can just get started because everything you need is right there in the fridge! We also find we waste much less if we plan meals that "go together" (i.e., a French Toast dish followed by an egg casserole that uses up the end pieces of the bread that you used for the French Toast).That is how I did it...I would plan it out for at least a week. If we had longer stays, then I would plan it out for that period of time. I found that it was easier to shop that way and also cooking breakfast was one of the most fun parts for me as an innkeeper.Of course, sometimes the menu might have to be tweaked a bit if there were special needs but I had items in the pantry.
.
DH is an engineer so we're pretty stream-lined. Plus the grocery store is far and a MAJOR hassle, so needing to go only once a week makes for much happier innkeepers. We are fortunate to get eggs and milk delivered fresh every week which keeps our supplies up to date.
.
The one I like to drive to... is a whole 3.5 km away.
- 750 m small grocery store
- 800 m small grocery store
- 1 km medium grocery store
- 1.2 km medium grocery store
- 1.5 km large grocery store
And if I need something in an emergency, the closest corner store is a whole 180 m away. Heck, Costco is only 4.5 km away. And the city's central market... just 5.5 km away.
Now saving money at the grocery store... that involves a heck of a lot more and planning breakfast against what's on sale. I haven't seen a good sale on eggs in a couple of weeks. We keep an extra refrigerator for when items go on sale. One supermarket is getting used to me buying a dozen cartons of eggs when they are on sale
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Often, saving your sanity is a whole lot more important!!I think here what we're saving is sanity. We're definitely not saving money!The advantage of living in a walkable neighbourhood...Yes, I enjoy cooking too and it's so much easier when it's time to cook and you can just get started because everything you need is right there in the fridge! We also find we waste much less if we plan meals that "go together" (i.e., a French Toast dish followed by an egg casserole that uses up the end pieces of the bread that you used for the French Toast).That is how I did it...I would plan it out for at least a week. If we had longer stays, then I would plan it out for that period of time. I found that it was easier to shop that way and also cooking breakfast was one of the most fun parts for me as an innkeeper.Of course, sometimes the menu might have to be tweaked a bit if there were special needs but I had items in the pantry.
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DH is an engineer so we're pretty stream-lined. Plus the grocery store is far and a MAJOR hassle, so needing to go only once a week makes for much happier innkeepers. We are fortunate to get eggs and milk delivered fresh every week which keeps our supplies up to date.
.
The one I like to drive to... is a whole 3.5 km away.
- 750 m small grocery store
- 800 m small grocery store
- 1 km medium grocery store
- 1.2 km medium grocery store
- 1.5 km large grocery store
And if I need something in an emergency, the closest corner store is a whole 180 m away. Heck, Costco is only 4.5 km away. And the city's central market... just 5.5 km away.
Now saving money at the grocery store... that involves a heck of a lot more and planning breakfast against what's on sale. I haven't seen a good sale on eggs in a couple of weeks. We keep an extra refrigerator for when items go on sale. One supermarket is getting used to me buying a dozen cartons of eggs when they are on sale
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