Practical guides on feeding a household: tracking macros as a family, cooking one meal for different goals, and keeping a pantry honest.https://pantensa.com/https://pantensa.com/blog/basic-grocery-list/https://pantensa.com/blog/basic-grocery-list/A basic grocery list is what you buy when the cupboards are empty — a first kitchen, a new flat, a fresh start. Eight categories, what goes in each, why it stays generic, and where the idea stops working.Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pantensa.com/blog/how-to-make-a-grocery-list/https://pantensa.com/blog/how-to-make-a-grocery-list/A grocery list works when it is written from a plan and ordered by the way you walk the store. Build it in four passes — plan, pantry check, aisle order, one capture point — and the list stops being a wish and starts being instructions.Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pantensa.com/blog/weigh-food-raw-or-cooked/https://pantensa.com/blog/weigh-food-raw-or-cooked/Weigh food in the same state as the nutrition row you log it against. Cooking removes water, not calories, so 100 g cooked and 100 g raw are different amounts of food — and USDA publishes both.Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://pantensa.com/blog/imported-nutrition-data-is-a-draft/https://pantensa.com/blog/imported-nutrition-data-is-a-draft/Open Food Facts and USDA disagree with each other, packages change, and serving sizes are reported in incompatible units. Here is why Pantensa imports a number as a draft you confirm.Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT