I have kind of a ridiculously hard time using up all the produce I get before it goes bad. This makes me feel really guilty because food is expensive and we can't really afford to toss it.

I've tried different strategies to keep this from happening but so far I haven't had much success. First I tried getting the smallest amount of a particular veggie that I could get. If I needed bell peppers I would get one. If I needed broccoli I would take one of the bunches out of the pile (they usually are displayed in twos) and I would try to find the smallest one. This plan sucks because I end up having to go to the store several times a week and I would rather get everything at the farmer's market once a week or make one order at Amazon.

Then I tried getting a normal amount of stuff and preparing it as soon as it came so I'd be able to store it longer. This doesn't really work either. I just end up with a lot of spoiled already made food.

Have any of you had this problem? How do you combat it? Any tried-and-true recipes for veggie dishes that keep well in the freezer? I think if I could make some stuff and freeze it that would help a lot but I usually hate frozen vegetable dishes because when you reheat them they're so slimy and weird looking. -_-