If you love flushing money down the toilet and wanting to set your own hair on fire, you should definitely look into living alone. There are few burdens of adulthood more frustrating than buying tons of food and throwing it in the trash along with your bank statement and sanity. This is made all the more maddening when you hate grocery shopping, but you have to do it roughly 30 times a week because everything goes bad and the world is a terrible place. As someone who has lived alone in the middle of a city, I feel your pain. Luckily for us, the Internet is chock-full of food tips that will help us save time and money without also having to sell our souls to the Dark Lord.

Keep your love of produce in check.

This is the hardest of all. To counteract those 30 chocolate bars, I always like to stock up on produce. It's bright, it's pretty, and it makes me feel better about my life choices. Sadly, this stuff just doesn't keep. Be extremely picky about what you bring home, and be realistic about what you will actually be able to consume in a week. Food journaling is a great way to get a handle on how much produce you actually eat.

Get into a committed relationship with your freezer.

Let's say that you went a bit overboard on the veggies. Have no fear, friends. Heat some water on the stove, blanch your little green friends, separate them into resealable bags, and freeze. You can also avoid that step completely by buying frozen fruits and vegetables. Only use half a loaf of bread in a week? Freeze the other half for later. Basically, I'm telling you that you need to worship your freezer. After all, this is where ice cream lives.