Rice or pasta can be cooked and in baches and stuck in the fridge in an icecream tub do 2/3 days at a time, Veg well just use what you got or likes been said frozen stuff and use a small handful at a time, apples i grab LOADS of the trees and freeze them down most i do blend/puree down in tubs so there always there same as all the herbs and veg that will die/rot in the winter, And dry mix i do use it as well people use alsort and some suit some dogs others dont find something that suits and stick with it iv mixed it with raw and cooked meat for yrs and NEVER had a problem, I also like too add