Last week's challenge inflated my ego (spoilers: I had no expired items in my pantry) and as soon as I read this week's challenge: 

Week 4: Let go of mismatched containers

I was feeling smug. I didn't have any, right?

Since I meal plan and batch cook every week, I am familiar with all our food/meal storage containers. 

There are no missing tops or bottoms... nothing is mismatching...

Video of me reviewing food containers here.

BUT

BUT (!!)

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Years ago I stopped bulk buying, buying "sale" items, or buying anything I wouldn't use in a week. 

I've saved thousands (truly thousands) of dollars this way. 

For most of my life I lived in apartments that were so small my home couldn't be a warehouse.

Once I had a little more room, I seized on "buy one get one" type deals but soon found myself with too many items I wasn't using. This lead to a cluttered pantry …

When my teenage niece was staying with us, she would occasionally show up for lunch/dinner with a guest I wasn't aware was coming LOL

Since most of her friends are not even a little bit vegan, I relied on pasta as a safe option to serve. 

This dish was born on a Sunday afternoon when I needed a meal fast from whatever odds and ends I could scrounge up. The friend liked it so much she asked me to print …

FAQ Friday (on a Thursday)

Jennifer asked, "I'm healing from an injury. Which Meal Mentor recipes do you consider to be antioxidant powerhouses?"

#1 The GREAT part of eating whole food plant-based is any meal will be LOADED with antioxidants! 

#2 Any Meal Mentor recipe that isn't pasta/noodles will be perfect for healing 💯 

The more "whole" food the better.

EASIEST OPTION: The detox plan from January (or previous years) would be perfect here. 

You can find the detox plans …

Below are the 5 things I didn't love (for this week's Minimalist Monday task)

Admittedly, when I assigned this weekly task my brain thought about clothes/the closet. 👚 👗

HOWEVER I did a massive clothes purge recently and didn't even have a single pair of socks to prune... 

SO I headed to the kitchen and found these items that truthfully, I never use. 

THE TRUTH: I have other spatulas I like better, I've aged out of camping (re: the …