Hit $50 saved in a month just from using my freezer differently

I started doing this thing where I cook a double batch of chili or pasta sauce on Sunday and freeze half. After 4 weeks I added up what I saved from not buying takeout on busy nights and it came to $52. That's basically a free week of gas for my truck. I also started throwing leftover veggies into a bag in the freezer and using them for soup stock once it's full. Has anyone else tracked their savings from batch cooking? I bet it adds up faster than people think.

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alice_hart12d ago

Oh man I gotta admit I was totally skeptical about this whole freezer thing for years. I always thought it was a waste of time because I'd just forget what I put in there and let it get buried under ice crystals. But you describing your actual numbers changed my mind, that $52 is real money and not just some theoretical savings. I started doing the veggie scrap bag trick after reading your post and my last batch of stock saved me from buying the boxed stuff for like two months straight.

the_holly10d ago

Different take here, @alice_hart. The $52 works if you actually keep up with it, but most people I know toss that bag of scraps after a week because it turns into a science experiment in the back of the freezer. Happy it clicked for you though, just saying the system has a failure point for the rest of us.