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new to measuring & storing

riceflourde
riceflourde Posts: 58 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
I would love any feedback and advice! This is my first time using a food scale and trying to portion food.

Tonight I measured out:

3 pounds of lunch meat in 2 oz portions. I rolled them up and put three 2 oz lunch meat portions in a quart size bag. I plan to freeze them.

Shredded cheese in 56 gram portions in a quart size bags. There was one serving left over so I plan to keep that one in the fridge and freeze the other 3 bags.

3 boxes of whole wheat pasta in 2 oz portions in quart size bags.

1 box of bran flakes in 29 gram portions in quart size bags.

I didn't finish the container but I made twelve 40 gram bags of Quick 1-minute oats in quart size bags and put them in a gallon bag.

I wish I had picked up bags smaller than quart size.

I noticed the WW Smart Ones meals use a lot of pasta. I thought if I had a serving size ready I could make them with vegetables. For the lunch meat I have Sandwich Skinnys and lettuce. When I'm guesstimating them I take a piece, give some to the cats, put a few pieces on my sandwich, take another piece.. I'm wondering if they will taste OK defrosted.

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  • besaro
    besaro Posts: 1,858 Member
    sounds like you've got a plan. and if making all these preplanned baggies will help you stay on track then it will work. if it was me, for the bran flakes i would just put the bowl on the scale and then weigh flakes directly into the bowl, reset and any fruits or sugars rather than create all these baggies.
  • cog62
    cog62 Posts: 52 Member
    You are doing way more than I have ever done. I cook dry beans and freeze in half cup portions to use in pasta or salads or canned low sodium soups. Lots of times, since I'm preparing breakfast at home I will just use a measuring cup or sit the bowl on scale, and zero it our and dump the oatmeal into the bowl. ( saving some steps) I have 4 sets of measuring cups and 3 sets of measuring spoons. I read on another post that a couple cooks all of their meals for the week in one day and measures them out into microwave containers for both lunch and dinner. Wow, I want to try that. Would make my life lots easier. I am going to incorporate some of your ideas! You are doing great!
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