You don't have to plan out the entire week - but you can just make a pile of stuff on Sunday and eat it until it's gone during the week, e.g., we never make less than several pounds of burgers or ground beef at a time, ditto fish. Planning a little doesn't have to mean OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder).
One of the oddest things to me is the current worry about salt. We eat what we cook from scratch most of the time here, and we are liberal with salt (sea salt) because it makes things taste better. There is _so_ much salt in processed food that won't be in what you make yourself. Buy the best raw ingredients you can afford: grass-fed beef, cheese and butter from grass-fed cows, whole grain breads baked locally, organic veggies, and cook them all so that they taste d@#$ good! And eat to your heart's content.
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One of the oddest things to me is the current worry about salt. We eat what we cook from scratch most of the time here, and we are liberal with salt (sea salt) because it makes things taste better. There is _so_ much salt in processed food that won't be in what you make yourself. Buy the best raw ingredients you can afford: grass-fed beef, cheese and butter from grass-fed cows, whole grain breads baked locally, organic veggies, and cook them all so that they taste d@#$ good! And eat to your heart's content.
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