Grocery Zero

 Something I am finding a challenge in this nomadic way of being is getting to grocery zero. Grocery zero is like inbox zero, except it has to do with groceries and trying to eat all of them before I move from place to place. With only 3 days left in Wisconsin, this is what's on my mind right now: how do I finish all my cheese curds?

I purchased two bags of cheese curds at the aforementioned farmers' market, and I now see that was a mistake. Not that I don't like cheese curds--they are essentially like mozzarella cheese, and I'm a person who appreciates cheese in all its forms--but each bag contains a lot of cheese curds. Now as you can see, each of the bags is about half full, which means that had I bought only one bag I would not be in constant cheese-eating mode.

It's not just the cheese. It's advantageous to eat all of the refrigerated groceries and as many of the non-refrigerated groceries as possible before leaving a place, in order to avoid lugging extra stuff unnecessarily. I have a lot of extra stuff in addition to things I can eat, so if I can eat the edible stuff rather than carry it around, it satisfies my faint sense of minimalism (I also use this same mentality on long hikes--eat the snacks first! reduce the weight in your backpack).

So I find myself getting creative. Last night, I heated half a jar of masala sauce and air-fried some fresh organic kale to make this cheese curd centered creation:

I think some cheese curd sandwiches are in my future. Cheese curds for breakfast. Cheese curds for snack. And the bummer part of it all is, the more food I eat at home, the less I can eat out and try the many, many restaurants on my list!

Ultimately, I need to find a way to buy less, even less than I think I need or want. Maybe divide the quantity in half in general? I didn't intend to buy a lot of groceries for Madison, but here we are. I'm only one person. A person who likes to eat ice cream.