The Better Show
Get Great at Groceries
Episode Summary
We discuss valuable grocery shopping hacks. We explore how to make healthy choices, save money and make this weekly chore work for you.
Episode Notes
We discuss valuable grocery shopping hacks. We explore how to make healthy choices, save money and make this weekly chore work for you.
Show Notes
- 2:35— We learn that the top 4 or 5 leading causes of death in the US are all about what you eat or how you eat.
- 6:53— March shares a statistic that, as a percentage of total income, US households spend less on food than any other country in the world.
- 10:31— “The foundation of cooking well is shopping well.”
- 11:05— Darren drops some deep wisdom on the group with the observation that “you can’t eat the Oreos if the Oreos art in the house.”
- 11:11— Ian shares his journey towards a deeper appreciation of fresh broccoli and the team gets off on a tangent about their distaste for microwaves.
- 13:32— Darren asks the question, “microwaves, what are they good for?” and asks The Better Show community for help educating him on the value of that appliance.
- 14:37— Ian gives a shout out to his mom and we break the myth about whether microwaves are safe to use.
- 16:45— We hear about Ian and March’s personal experience with grocery shopping ranging from when they first started living on their own to grocery shopping today.
- 22:17— Darren confesses his romanticism for the grocery store and shares a story about taking his wife, Mardee, to his favorite grocery store on their first date.
- 24:59— March shares his first tip of the show: make sure that the fruits and vegetables you buy are the one’s currently in season for your geography.
- 29:44— Ian shares his old recipe for microwaving broccoli. (And you DON’T want to try this one at home.)
- 31:00— Ian shares a tip about bringing a list with you to the grocery store and shares a resource from Zen Habits with 50 tips for grocery shopping.
- 36:16— “If a product has to write the word “healthy” on the label, it’s probably not healthy” — March
- 38:12— Pro tip from March: “Make your meal plan when you are hungry, and go grocery shopping when you are full and have your list.”
- 46:32— We share our love for Trader Joe’s (aka T.J.’s) ❤️
- 48:37— Future episode idea: Tips for using Alexa more effectively.
- 51:02— March describes how he and his wife use Alexa to make grocery shopping easier and more efficient.
- 52:18— Darren shares some tips on grocery shopping from his wife, Mardee.
- 56:23— Ian shares a flowchart to help shoppers identify actual food when browsing the grocery store aisles.
- 58:56— Ian mentions a tip from a previous episode: The Dirty Dozen and The Clean 15 foods.
- 1:00:51— March gives tips for grocery shopping with kids — give each of the kids a list and set expectations for when they can shop for treats.
- 1:02:34— Ian shares a personal story about a learning experience he had at the grocery store when he was young.
- 1:04:18— Ian shares something that he’s going to experiment with and report back on: his 3P plan.
- 1:07:11— Darren and March offer some tips to help Ian with his meal planning and prep.
- 1:12:36— We announce the release of The Better Show on YouTube. Find us at http://betrr.io/youtube
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