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I'm getting really tired of my food expiring before I make anything with it, and I want to quit buying anything that can't be frozen or last several months in the cupboard.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yah, pasta is such a great dish. It lasts forever and you can use it in so many ways. Most of my diet is just variations on the typical "pasta with sauce" formula.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An easy way to add some vitamins and fiber, buy a bag of frozen broccoli cuts or other cut veggies and throw some in the boiling water when your pasta is almost done. When they froze it they cooked it a little, so you're really just heating it up while your pasta finishes cooking. Use a rubber band or something to close the bag if you're only using part of it. You can do this with frozen peas, cauliflower, green beans, or other veggies, but not soybeans/edamame! They have to be cooked separately to be sure they're fully cooked, or they can make you sick.

Unlike canned, frozen vegetables retain the nutrients of fresh. And you're not opening the drawer to find they've gone moldy.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sounds interesting. What are some good pasta dishes that go with veggies? I'm just imagining putting broccoli in my Kraft Dinner water and laughing.

I guess that one garlic recipe from Italy might work. It would pare nicely with some of the more savoy vegetables like carrots and sweet potatoes. The extra vitamins and flavor in the noodles would certainly be nice, and I'd get a nice side dish, too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Actually, broccoli loves cheese! Try a handful next time you mac'n'cheese.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm having a hard time figuring out, if these exist elsewhere, but over here, I can buy dried soy shreds, which are really great for pasta.

Here's a product I can buy over here, to give you an idea.

So, those are roughly meatball-shaped. There's also smaller one's which kind of work in sauces like minced meat.
They don't taste like meat, more like wheat, but they give you the same protein and chewiness and can be kept in a cupboard basically until the end of time.